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A great conqueror who learnt how to rule when he discovered love.
Ok here it is, the year’s first big release. And when I say big, trust me I mean BIG. The canvas is humongous, specially the first war scenes within the first half hour. Very sleek, never seen before visuals in Bollywood. Think on the lines of TROY. Yes every frame is straight out of a Sanjay Leela Bhansali film, in terms of visuals. Ah, but before I start my review, let me tell you one thing.. I have a major problem with the length of the film.
Reel Life – The film is a story of India in the 1550s. The time of the Mogul rulers when, kings walked the soil and fought battles to expand their kingdom. In the midst of this, is an Emperor who has been raised to conquer, with the elders around him making all his decisions. Then one fine day when he decides to make his own decisions, he decides to accept a proposal to marry a Rajput princess. No big deal you say, except the man is a Mogul king, a Muslim. Now don’t expect a modern day drama about how this is un-acceptable. Instead what we get here is a nice story about how secularism was so much more evident in that era than it is now. The story resolves around how betrayal and greed, and also a small dose of fanaticism is overcome by love and secularism.
Real Life – ‘And let it be known that every person in my kingdom is free to worship in however way they wish to’ – one of the closing lines of the film, says it all for me. I really wish the world today, after all these centuries, was more secular than it is now. There are so many lessons here, of loyalty, of love, of power, but more importantly it’s about how people’s faith is what is one of the coolest things mankind can keep alive.
Cinematically – The canvas is amazing, very elegant, very lavish and above all very apt for the frame it is set back against. The background score is good. A.R. Rehman’s songs are good too. The cinematography is really exceptional. The sets fabulous, and the special effects as never seen before. The acting is good, but Hrithik is the person who walks away with the cake. It’s a pleasure to see the guy. Finally with the film we see the debut of a certain Mrs Bachchan. She was good in some scenes and just about ok in the rest. On the whole, cinematically all I can say is summed in one word – Take a bow Ashutosh. I don’t know how it will fare at the box-office but yes this is a must watch at the theatre. Finally, the narration of the film is provided by non other than Amitabh Bachchan and all I can say is ‘dada, only you have that voice and the style to narrate something so amazingly’
My name is Tagore Almeida (www.tagorealmeida.com ) and I am a full time IT professional and a part time film-maker/writer(http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2291443/). I am the guardian of a humanitarian group called ‘The Uncultured Company’ (www.theunculturedcompany.com). I believe that there is just ‘One World, One Faith and Once Race. We are all one colour called life, and we have merely a different face’.
i loved jodhaa akbar! great movie! ash and hrthik looked soo nice together. movie was amazing and i loved it ! i would want to watch it over again. it is longb because they are tellinbg hikstory and a story otherwise it would have not been that long! loved the costumes, sets, and jewelry too! i thoguht they both looked terrific and acted flawlessly. hrithik did a really good job of acting as mughal king. i loved the way he sits. haah ! loved the movie, deffinately go watch it !
Well writing about years biggest movie so far..we need to think in all the ways..
1. Hritiks perfomance,s superb.
2. Ash should better start taking care of AB Senior, Ab Junior, and Jaya g.
3. Ashotoush,s Direction has been cultively panned to excellence.
4. Brialliantly made in all aspects, thus the lenght can be shortened to 2 and half hours escpecially second half gets lack lustre.
5. Coming over to box-office well movie is facing a multiplex issue and hasnt been released in Rajhastan yet. over all cost for which makes it a profitable movie is if it crosses 400 Million mark. First week does not look so promising as such a big movie has fared 70 to 80% even in big cities and small screens are not going quite well.
6. Mind me its a must watch a brilliantly made cinema in wicked era. and as Ashotush doesnt hold such good record in term of lenght and box office. still wish this fares well due to presence of a brilliant perfomance by Hritik Roshan.
I agree Ash’s acting is so bland lately…she just cant exude the sparks as she did in hum dil de chuke sanam and even devdas.
yeah definitely, ash has been lackluster for the past two years or so. can’t wait to see this movie though, previews look great!
the movie was ok, not what i thought it would too boring
Why The Hell Was AB’s voice used, and why was his wife there, couldn’t they get someone else to do these things?
hte movie is okay, not bad. male lead hritick was wicked and actually believe he was the moghul emporer
aishwarya was horrible , she can’t act
i loved jodhaa akbar! great movie! ash and hrthik looked soo nice together. movie was amazing and i loved it ! i would want to watch it over again. it is longb because they are tellinbg hikstory and a story otherwise it would have not been that long! loved the costumes, sets, and jewelry too! i thoguht they both looked terrific and acted flawlessly. hrithik did a really good job of acting as mughal king. i loved the way he sits. haah ! loved the movie, deffinately go watch it !
Well writing about years biggest movie so far..we need to think in all the ways..
1. Hritiks perfomance,s superb.
2. Ash should better start taking care of AB Senior, Ab Junior, and Jaya g.
3. Ashotoush,s Direction has been cultively panned to excellence.
4. Brialliantly made in all aspects, thus the lenght can be shortened to 2 and half hours escpecially second half gets lack lustre.
5. Coming over to box-office well movie is facing a multiplex issue and hasnt been released in Rajhastan yet. over all cost for which makes it a profitable movie is if it crosses 400 Million mark. First week does not look so promising as such a big movie has fared 70 to 80% even in big cities and small screens are not going quite well.
6. Mind me its a must watch a brilliantly made cinema in wicked era. and as Ashotush doesnt hold such good record in term of lenght and box office. still wish this fares well due to presence of a brilliant perfomance by Hritik Roshan.
Thansk and reply of what you think!!!
AWESOME MOVIE..wah wah wah Ashutosh, Hrithik