Review of Jodhaa Akbar (2008) by Lee V — 09 Aug 2009

Perfection .

Synopsis :

Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a political marriage of convenience that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa.

Political success knew no bounds for Emperor Akbar (Hrithik Roshan). After having secured the Hindu Kush, he furthered his realm by conquest until his empire extended from Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal, and from the Himalayas to the Narmada River. Through a shrewd blend of diplomacy, intimidation and brute force, Akbar won the allegiance of the Rajputs. This allegiance was not universal. Maharana Pratap and many other Rajputs always considered Akbar as a foreign invader. Maharana Pratap also banned inter marriages between Rajputs who had given their daughters to the Mughals and the ones who did not. But little did Akbar know that when he married Jodhaa (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), a fiery Rajput princess, in order to further strengthen his relations with the Rajputs, he would in turn be embarking upon a new journey ? the journey of true love.

The daughter of King Bharmal of Amer, Jodhaa resented being reduced to a mere political pawn in this marriage of alliance, and Akbar?s biggest challenge now did not merely lie in winning battles, but in winning the love of Jodhaa ? a love hidden deep below resentment and extreme prejudice. Jodhaa-Akbar is their untold love story.

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Review :

It's about something really luxurious and beautiful . Not to forget the beauty of India and their cultural problems , a real MARVELOUS historical romance of one of the most exotic place in Asia called India .

The setting was extremely perfect and beautiful . You will see the greatness of God in that beautiful desert captured in perfect cinematography by Ashutosh Gowariker .

Jodhaa Akbar amazed me for 3 and half hours . VERY LONG TIME and sometimes it was very boring , it made my brain went slower for a while and it wasn't that nice when the scenes start to be slow and useless . But , there's amazing tension after those boring scenes . So , I can say that the "boring feeling" was cured after the tension scene came out .

What keeps me woke up was the extremely beautiful scenery , cinematography , the set , the costume and the "smooth" acting from the actors .

Well , the songs or I can say the soundtrack of the movie itself was pretty amazing eventhough there was too much repetition upon few songs which distracted me for a while from the movie . The tunes of the songs themself were pretty beautiful without losing its traditional Bollywood tune .

Jodhaa Akbar doesn't lose its BOLLYWOOD points like dancing scenes , love scenes etc . But, Ashutosh Gowariker could make Jodhaa Akbar as an expensive-looking movie even with those classic BOLLYWOOD thingies . Surely perfect for this one , eventhough sometimes there's still some scenes which were too long and boring .

Then , the actors and the actresses . All eyes on Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan . 99% perfect chemistry between them , expensive faces work with luxurious kingdom sets and of course with great acting of those two . They could make this movie and their movements as another representative of art .

At the end , I really like this movie , extremely luxurious beauty from India , PROBABLY THE BEST BOLLYWOOD MOVIE EVER . If I watched this in a festival(or cinema) , I would give Jodhaa Akbar a standing ovation .

THE MOVIE ITSELF IS AN ART .