Jiva Mahala News: Marathi film ‘Raja Shivaji’ has crossed the Rs 100 crore mark at the box office. In this film, along with the acting of Riteish Deshmukh, the audience is appreciating the Marathi cameo of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who played the character of Jiva Mahala, who saved the life of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. But behind this shine of the screen there is a bitter truth hidden. The generation of the brave Jiva Mahala, whose theaters are resonating with applause today, is in a very bad situation today. His 14th descendant Prakash Sapkal has been suffering from paralysis for the last 11 years. Forget treatment, this family, dependent on every penny, is today forced to live in anonymity and misery in Kondawali, Mahabaleshwar.
in the movie salman khan Today, the blood relations of the same great protector, i.e. his 14th descendant, Prakash Sapkal, who played the character of Jiva Mahala, are living a life of anonymity and helplessness in the Y of Satara. The paralysis attack that came 11 years ago broke this happy family from within. This family, which once lived proudly, is now forced to help others to meet the expenses of daily medicines.
Why did Veer Jiva Mahala’s daughter-in-law express this pain?
In a very emotional video that went viral on social media, Prakash Sapkal’s wife Jayshree said that many heroes like Tanaji Malusare, Bajiprabhu sacrificed their lives for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, today all their families are in good condition. But even today we’re Jiwaji That’s why ‘Vachle Shivaji’ (He was the son of Shiva, that’s why Shivaji survived) proudly says that his descendants are living in this condition today, which is not right. I think a memorial should be built in the memory of Jiwaji in this village. In the video, Prakash Sapkal has also said in a very weak voice in front of the camera that just get help for a little medicine, the government should pay a little attention, this is my request.”
After all, what is the meaning of ‘Hota Jiva Meerem Vachala Shiva’?
The name of Veer Jiva Mahala is recorded in golden letters in the history of Maratha Empire. When Subedar Afzal Khan of Bijapur had treacherously attacked Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with a dagger at the foothills of the Pratapgarh fort, Shivaji Maharaj had torn his stomach open with a Waghmukh. At the same time, Afzal Khan’s bodyguard Syed Banda came forward with his naked sword to attack the Maharaja fatally.
If Syed Banda had attacked Maharaj at that time, history would have been different. But Jiva Mahala, who was standing ready there, without caring for her life, cut off Syed Banda’s hand in the air. After this hair-raising incident, this saying became immortal in history – ‘Hote Jiva Mein Vaachla Shiva’ means Shivaji was alive, that is why Shivaji Maharaj was saved.
Will the demand for ‘proper respect’ and memorial in the village be fulfilled along with treatment?
The Sapkal family is not only worried about their treatment, but they are also sad that the warrior who shed his blood for Swaraj did not get the place and respect in history that he deserved. The family demands that the government build a memorial of Veer Jiva Mahala in their village in Wai, Satara.
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