Learnings from the movie Padmavat

The movie Padmavat(earlier named Padmavati) focussed on the battle between Alahudin Khilji, Rani Padmavat and Raja Ratan Sen. The poem story can be read here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmavat  I feel the movie makers stoked controversy for a movie which eventually glorified Rajputs. But that said, following observations

1. All is fair on love and war-the seemingly act of treachery by shooting an arrow in the back in the ending scene, Khilji killing his father in law etc
2. Muslim invaders won as the Hindu kings had a misplaced sense of honour and chivalry as to not crush the conquered enemy, give a second chance, believe their word etc. Thankfully, the Christian and Hindu right have identified the war of civilizations and are fighting back on radical Islam as the threat to democracy
3. War technology(catapults, cannons) makes the difference-hence necessary to invest in defensive tech to avoid losing. Conventional or modern does not matter,but defence tech does
4. Friends turned foes can be deadly-for example the expelled priest Raghav Chetan. Though he was killed in between, but the damage had already been caused.