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'''''Shabash Anarkali''''' (शाबाश अनारकली, شاباش انارکلی) is a [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] [[parody]] of the historical [[Anarkali|romance of Saleem and Anarkali]] set during the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] period in [[India]]. The play was written by [[Surinder Gulati]], directed by [[Nadira Babbar]] (and others), and staged throughout India as well as on [[Doordarshan]] (Indian state television) in the late 1970s.<ref name="thehindu2003kdf">{{Citation | title=Magazine: Mumbai | date=2003-05-11 | access-date = 2010-07-12 | url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2003/05/11/stories/2003051100400500.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106070232/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2003/05/11/stories/2003051100400500.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-11-06 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | quote=Snippet: ''... Prithvi hosts two performances of Nadeera Babbar's "Shabash Anarkali" ...''}}</ref><ref name="mumbaitheatreguide">{{Citation | title=Shabash Anarkali | newspaper=Mumbai Theatre Guide | access-date = 2010-07-12 | url=http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/hindi/sa.asp | quote=Snippet: ''... Shabash Anarkali is a parody of the romantic love story of Saleem and Anarkali. The writer Surinder Gulati has painted a clumsy, innocent and manly picture of Anarkali, who falls in love with Prince Saleem ...''}}</ref><ref name="saeedi2006">{{Citation | title=Urdu Theatre: Kal aur Aaj | author=Makhmur Saeedi, Anis Azmi| publisher=Urdu Akadmi (Rajkamal Prakashan Pvt Ltd), Delhi | year=2006 | isbn=978-81-8197-006-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w-j7tZKN_QEC | quote=Snippet: ''... ड्रामा का उनवान: शाबाश अनारकली, ड्रामानिगार: सुरेन्द्र गुलाटी, हिदायतकार: दीनानाथ (Drāmā kā unwān: Shābāsh Anārkali, Drāmānigār: Surendra Gulāti, Hidāyatkār: Dinānāth) ...''}}</ref><br />
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Although it aired on state-run television, the play came in for some criticism in the [[Parliament of India]] because it allegedly made disrespectful fun of Emperor [[Akbar]], "''a great and respected leader of this nation of ancient times''."<ref name="loksabha1978">{{Citation | title=Lok Sabha debates | publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat, Parliament of India | year=1978 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Emg3AAAAIAAJ | quote=Snippet: ''... Secondly, as far as programming is concerned, will Government take care to see that programmes like 'Shabash Anarkali' where a great and respected leader of this nation of ancient times, viz., Akbar, ...''}}</ref> The play has received popular and critical acclaim since it first began to be staged.<ref name="jagranfdg">{{Citation | title=मुंबई के लेज़ियम व लावणी नृत्य ने किया सम्मोहित | newspaper=Dainik Jagran | access-date = 2010-07-12 | url=http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/punjab/4_2_5898123.html | quote=Snippet: ''... वहीं जयपुर की टीम ने कॉमेडी नाटक 'शाबाश अनारकली' पेश की । इस नाटक ने दर्शकों को हंसा-हंसा कर लोटपोट कर दिया। दर्शकों ने इस नाटक को जमकर सराहा। (Jaipur's team performed the comedy drama 'Shabash Anarkali'. This play had the audience in splits. The audience delivered a standing ovation to the performers ...''}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Hindi theatre]]<br />
[[Category:Urdu theatre]]<br />
[[Category:Indian plays]]<br />
[[Category:History of India in fiction]]<br />
[[Category:Mughal Empire]]<br />
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