Jodhaa Akbar (2008)

Director:

Ashutosh Gowariker

Writers:

Haidar Ali (story)
Haidar Ali (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

15 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Biography | History | Musical | Romance

Plot:

A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodha.

Plot Keywords:

Marriage | Rajput | Emperor | Princess | Hindu

Awards:

11 wins & 15 nominations

Cast

Hrithik Roshan	...	Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar
Aishwarya Rai	...	Jodhaa Bai (as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan)
Sonu Sood	...	Sujamal
Poonam Sinha	...	Mallika Hamida Banu (as Mrs. Punam S. Sinha)
Suhasini Mulay	...	Rani Padmavati
Ila Arun	...	Maham Anga
Raza Murad	...	Shamsuddin Atka Khan
Kulbhushan Kharbanda	...	Raja Veer Bharmal
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Abeer Abrar	...	Bakshi Banu
Shehzor Ali	...	Raja Hemu
Amitabh Bachchan	...	Narrator
Vishwa S. Badola	...	Saadir Adaasi
Balraj	...	Raja Balraj Singh
Ulhas Barve	...	Raja Mankeshwar
Shaji Chaudhary	...	Adham Khan
Chetana Das		(as Chetana)
Parth Dave	...	Young Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar
Aman Dhaliwal	...	Rajkumar Rattan Singh
Nikitin Dheer	...	Sharifuddin Hussain
Sudhanshu Hakku	...	Raja Shimalgarh
Sayed Badrul Hasan	...	Mullah Do Pyaaza
Dilnaz Irani	...	Salima
Bharat Kumar	...	Raja Chauhan
Pramatesh Mehta	...	Chandrabhan Singh
Pramod Muthu	...	Todar Mal
Manava Naik	...	Neelakshi
Surendra Pal	...	Rana Uday Singh
Raju Pandit	...	Raja Bhaati
Digvijay Purohit	...	Rajkumar Bhagwan Das
Tejpal Singh Rawat	...	Ni'mat
Idrajit Sarkar	...	Mahesh Das / Birbal
Rajiv Sehgal	...	Raja Viraat
Pradeep Sharma	...	Sheikh Mubarak
Gurmeet Singh	...	Raja Shundi
Jassi Singh	...	Raja Bhadra
Yuri Suri	...	Bairam Khan
Rucha Vaidya	...	Young Jodhaa
Disha Vakani	...	Madhavi
Rajesh Vivek	...	Chughtai Khan

Runtime:

UK:213 min | India:213 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | Urdu

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:12A | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | India:UA

Company:

Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Pvt. Ltd.

Trivia:

Rajesh Vivek, who plays Chugtai Khan, used to recite poetry to his horse while preparing for the scene where Akbar and his entourage enter Ajmer for the first time, post his marriage to Jodhaa.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the scene where Jalal goes to Amer for the first time to take back Jodha, one of the subordinates of Jodha named Madhavi, while watching him through window, comments that "Mujhe to ab bhi vishwas nahi ho raha", meaning "I still can't believe this". This is clearly being spoken in Gujrati accent. It seems unlikely that a small kingdom of Amer (In present day Rajasthan) would have hired domestic help from Gujarat.

Soundtrack:

Mann Mohana

Jodhaa Akbar is a well made love story and war based film

Jodha-Akbar is a motley of exceptional love,Terrific Action,Soulful music and splendid cinematography.It is one of the most uncommon films and a must see one if you want to witness something special.The film got combative stunts and it has everything to please everyone.But on the other side,the film is slow and lengthy.The first half of the film lasts more than 2 hrs yet the twists and turns will glue the audience to the cinema.Hrithik was awesome as Akbar and Aishwarya was majestic as Jodha.Direction was at the best.Ashutosh proved yet another blockbuster which falls in the same line of Lagaan and Swades.May be he need to concentrate on the duration of the film by chopping off few scenes.Jodha Akbar is basically a love story instead of calling it as a War based film.The film lacks pace and slow narration of few scenes and the frequent usage of Urdu language made the audience ambiguous and also boring.But at the other end,even though the film lasts for more than 3.30 min,it is gripping enough and very much bearable.The Director need to edit the film and make it as a 3 hrs film so that the audience will like this film even more.The huge star-cast of Hrithik-Ash playing as Akbar and Jodha might have evoked a lot of curiosity among the audience before the release but i must admit the film almost lived up to the expectations.The love part was dealt exceptionally well and it is the forte for the film.The film depicted the Legacy of Akbar.The film also shown that Akbar did lot good for Hindus. I don't feel,the film will hurt any religion sentiments.The director did an excellent job in maintaining the balance.A R Rahman's background score was very good and music is freshy.And adding to that,the picturisation of the songs is spectacular.Especially Azeem-O-Shaanshahensha,it is definitely one of the best ever pictured songs in the history of Indian Cinema.Overall, a film worth watching.