> > > Did Jodhabai really exist? Syed Firdaus Ashraf February 06, 2008 15:46 IST Aishwarya Rai, as Jodha Even as director Ashutosh Gowarikar is all set to release his film,, controversies dog the leading character. It is claimed by some historians that Jodha was not Akbar's wife, as is shown in the film. The great Mughal emperor Akbar had three historians during his rule who recorded the history of their time -- Abul Fazal wrote the Akbar Nama, Abdul Qadir Badayuni wrote the Mutakhabutawarikh and Nizamuddin Ahmed (also called Nizamuddin Bakshi) wrote the Tabqat-i-Akbari. None of them have mentioned 'Jodhabhai' in their books. 'These books were written in Persian and there is no mention of Queen Jodhabai. There is no proof of her in history,' says Dr S M Azizuddin Hussain, history teacher at the Department of History, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.