All ideas and proposals listed below are my attempt to show the awesome diversity of ancient India and to connect the civilizations of East and Central Asia with those of South/West Asia.
1. An epic vivid artistic colorful and brutal movie about the romance(that never happened because of jauhar, also known as ritual suicide) between Rani Padmini and Alauddin Khilji. We'll have them connected by the red thread of fate(part of east asian/central asian culture) through which they can communicate and do romancy cuddly stuff with each other.
Asin Thottumkal would play the role of Rani Padmini, while Gao Yixiang would play the role Alauddin Khilji.
http://cdn2.stylecraze.com/wp-content/uploads/2013...
http://www.jattdisite.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/...
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fklhjB4pN_U/V7yaUbgvAtI...
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-95buM8zF7bo/V7yUF-A4ugI...
2. A 50 episode historical TV Series about Siddharta Gautama and his descendants Chandragupta and his teacher and advisor Chanakya and his grandson Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire, embodied by Minority ethnic actors from Nepal and North East India. Also, as part of the same larger production: a historical TV series about the Gupta Empire with minority ethnic actors from the Seven Sister States.
Pala period Sanskrit palm leaf manuscript from Bihar showing Siddharta Gautama:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c...
Greco- Buddhist statue of Gautama Buddha:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b...
Maitreya Buddha Greco Buddhist Kushan art:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5...
Boddhisatva:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a...
Mathura Buddha:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b...
1915 painting of Chanakya made in India:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c...
Painting of a North East Indian male looking guardian god in Ajanta caves from the Gupta Empire of Chandragupta II:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c...
Painting of a Dravidian female looking guardian goddess in Ajanta caves:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0...
3. Movie about Mahmud of Ghazni's cruel and ruthless invasions of the Indian subcontinent.
Vietnamese model Pham Anh Tuan could play Mahmud Ghaznavi with Takashi Ukaji as Sabuktigin, Mahmud's father. Old Alptigin could be played by Tatsuya Nakadai, while Hiroshi Abe could play young Alptigin.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UIiacMLsDuc/UmYhWr4dXlI/...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0...
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HA9oOq5O8VM/UmYey2RVxoI/...
http://tylerraiz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Ka...
young takashi ukaji:
http://livedoor.4.blogimg.jp/nwknews/imgs/3/0/302f...
4. A high budget production about the Mughal(Mongol) Gurkani(In laws of the Borjigin Mongols of Genghis Khan's line)dynasty of India, focusing mainly Tamerlane the forefather and second Genghis Khan(both descendants of Bodonchar Mughak), Babur the founder of the dynasty, Humayun the next successor and initiator of Persianate Mughal culture, Akbar who is generally considered to be one of the greatest Emperors of India and his son Jahangir who was born to a Hindu Rajput Princess.
Dynastic portrait commissioned by Jahangir in 1620(Tamerlane on the throne had obviously been dead for the last few centuries so his portrayal isn't accurate, he is shown a s a typical broadshouldered Mongol male)
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YVQMM6OJrTc/V7_ouW6dA4I...
Dynastic portrait commissioned by Shah Jahan, Jahangir's son:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/8b/6e/8c...
Tamerlane to be played by:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-frrXClZikMk/V7NJ4kHNc1I...
Babur to be played by:
http://66.media.tumblr.com/4894e08576fbe96599946c6...
Humayun to be played by :
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Kv0Z-c9IbiM/V751JFL7t3I...
Akbar to be played by :
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rShL9x7KeQc/VRpJ9ioPRUI/...
Jahangir to be played by:
Any lightskinned North Indian/Persian actor, not too familiar with them tbqh
Heer Kunwari to be played by :
http://images.indiatvnews.com/entertainmentmasala/...
Taj Bibi to be played by:
http://18165-presscdn-0-1.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp...
or
http://www.filmfare.com/media/content/2012/Nov/iil...
Hindal MIrza to be played by :
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NBKiQ_2j2C4/V78FeWr715I...
Kamran Mirza to be played by:
http://vothuat.vn/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1102....
or
http://67.media.tumblr.com/66c4d9945115c038deb35f0...
Hamida Banu Begum to beplayed by:
http://actors.livetv.pk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03...
or
http://stylesatlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12...
Narghul Agacha to be played by :
http://ilarge.lisimg.com/image/4552016/1118full-el...
Mubaraka Yusufzai to be played by:
http://movies.dosthana.com/sites/default/files/ima...
Tell me what you think and whether or not it would be accepted by the general populace of India(I know Priyanka Chopra received massive hate for starring in Quantico and is now labeled as a slut by many ) :) Just to let you know, I'm half Indian half White and interested in most Eurasian cultures