I saw this movie yesterday in Dallas. It has every masala to make it a popular hit movie. However, if I look at it as a critique I would say it is too long to watch. Besides the fact is distorted. Things could have been much acceptable to a broader audience if the main characters were not Akbar and Jodha. When you try to grab something from the history, better dont rewrite it .Anyway I'll give a complete three stars unlike Rediff which gave two and half star!
RE:OK kind
by G on Feb 19, 2008 03:43 AM
i agree with you. If you are going to take historical characters then it is the director#s responsibility to make sure the historical facts are at least in mostly there. However as is well known i suppose that if historical facts had been followed totally this movie would not have been made - at least it wouldnt have been called jodha akbar. there is a controversy about akbar's hindu queen but i think her name was harkha bai.
Good Review Raja Sen.. I agree, it is a good movie, but not a great one.... maybe one expects better from Ashutosh now.
The message - 1. Akbar was a good king 2. Muslim and Hindu wedding 3. How Akbar won the heart of Jodha... probably there was need to identify one message and depict is clearly. As of now the movie did not convey any of these clearly... but credit is due to Hritik for terrific acting. Aishwarya looks good but still needs to act better. The role of her brother was important and demanded better acting.
All in all, worth watching once only.. but lacked focus.... so does not leave a long lasting impact.
RE:RE:wow
by Kiran Kumar on Feb 18, 2008 12:26 PM
Superb movie...I watched it yesterday...A must watch movie.....i dont know why Raja sen finds it a bit OK movie. Raja Sen is sick. I dont know why rediff still hires him to write reviews.
JOdhaa Akbar was cinema at its best! Right from the beginning till then end, there was not even one moment that would bore you! Beautiful film and very well executed! Hrithik Roshan stands out all along and is the real scene stealer!Brilliant performance! Bollywood at its best!
Mr Sen finds fault with the form of Ashutosh's cinematic interpretation of "just-slice-of-growing -up-years-of-a-would-be-great-emperor"...
Yet he can't stop himself from swinging his own moods from "denial" to "admiration" and all-so-much-grey in between!!!
Imagine Mr Sen being in the editing table with long footages lavish sets,actions and romantic scenes!!!
If Din-e-elahi ( pardon if I am mistaken ), ( today's equivalent of "sarva dharma samaj") was great contribution of Akbar to Indian history,then just an exploration into psych of the creator of this religion faith is worthwhile. This is a piece of history. Yet so contemporary!
The director, unravelled it silently without being verbose.
RE:jodhaa Akbar ---- major blooper !!
by AlexanderLiyaqatali Sharma on Feb 18, 2008 01:10 PM
Do you want every movie like Swades & lagaan? then where is the variety? you will argue!
