Review of Jodhaa Akbar (2008) by Zainab . — 21 Jun 2009
Never quire recovers from a clay-footed opening hour that consists chiefly of meetings and negotiations in (admittedly beautiful) red, green and gold tents, but it picks up considerably once Jodhaa reaches court, where A.
R. Rahman's songs come as some relief after so much intoned dialogue, and we're invited to watch the two stars coming to forge a stronger, stable, more tolerant India... The money and know-how is all right up there on the screen: the desert battle sequences are pure "Lawrence of Arabia", and even at three and a half hours, you get more elephants per foot of celluloid than in any film since the days of Cecil B.
De Mille. It does feel properly epic, the sort of film Zee TV could call into service every Bank Holiday as their very own "Ben-Hur".
This review of Jodhaa Akbar (2008) was written by Zainab . on 21 Jun 2009.
Jodhaa Akbar has generally received very positive reviews.
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