![]() ![]() Looking for nice music in Jodhaa Akbar? Forget it. If you don’t think Aishwarya Rai’s sword fighting is funny, there is her ludicrous presence on the battle field as Akbar prepares to fight his scheming brother-in-law. Where is the question of her performing sword fights with elan? ![]() (even amidst all this outsourcing mania in the U.S., it’s safe to say Steven Spielberg or George Lucas won’t be outsourcing special effects to India any time soon).Ĭomedy comes in the form of Aishwarya Rai’s sword fights. We found Hrithik’s fight scene with the elephant less-than-terrifying and less-than-spectacular.Īnd as for the war scenes in Jodhaa Akbar, they are hopelessly amateurish by Hollywood standards. The action scenes in Jodhaa Akbar also left us disappointed. In great love stories on the screen like Casablanca, the love of the principal characters for each other hits you with a gale-force that leaves an indelible impression on the mind.īut that never happens in Jodhaa Akbar. What a pity that the passion Hrithik Roshan brought to some of his earlier movies like Koi Mil Gaya or Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai is completely missing in Jodhaa Akbar.Īs for Aishwarya Rai, the less said of this ethereal beauty’s non-acting, whether in Jodaa Akbar or any other movie, the better. When Jodhaa imposes two conditions for the marriage, Hrithik Roshan disappoints and when he learns of his old Badi Ammi Maham Anga’s perfidious action, he disappoints again. ![]() In several crucial scenes, Hrithik Roshan lets the audience down with a wooden performance. Most of the time Hrithik Roshan seemed like he was performing the role of Birbal (Akbar’s court jester). In Jodhaa Akbar, Hrithik Roshan displays none of those magisterial traits one would associate with the Great Mughal Emperor Akbar. Neither Hrithik Roshan nor Aishwarya Rai -who play Mughal Emperor Akbar and Jodhaa respectively – distinguish themselves by their acting in Jodhaa Akbar. Boy and girl unite.Īdd some amateurish war scenes with some elephants, camels and horses to this Mills & Boon kichdi and you have the essence of Jodhaa Akbar. The movie is like one of those trashy Mills & Boon novels – Boy meets girl. The movie is three hours and 24-minutes long! Jodhaa Akbar is also unnecessarily long, so long that Regal Cinemas in Burlington, New Jersey provided an interval (a rarity in the U.S.). Simply put, Jodhaa Akbar is not a work of a powerful imagination. Also, most of the dialogues were a little hard to understand without subtitles.Jodhaa Akbar is an epic bore athough it’s touted as an epic love story of Mughal Emperor Akbar and Rajput princess Jodhaa, daughter of Raja Barmal, a minor king from a small state called Amer.ĭirected by Ashutosh Gowariker (of Lagaan fame), Jodhaa Akbar never once scales lofty heights but struggles in the quicksand of its mediocre story, pedestrian acting, insipid action scenes and awful music. Also, the initial war sequence and the Jodha's childhood sequence were a little too long. On the Flip side, In Lamhon ki Daamon mein song was cut off, and it would have been such a perfect song to complete thier acceptance of each other as soon as Jodha returns from her parents place. She was equally good in all the romantic scenes, but for me Hrithik was the scene stealer. I also loved him in that particular scene when he gets distracted by Jodha and there are no words to describe his awesome scene presence, who could forget the sword fighting sequence.Īishwarya was tolerable as she had very less dialogues to say. He was a absolute delight to watch, be it the brave young king who thinks his uncle's ruthlessness is unwarranted, or the proud husband who realizes his prized wife doesnt really like/respect him, or when he realizes his mistaken assumption about his wife and pleads her to come home with him. I think he has improved so much over the years from his abyssmal Kaho Na Pyar Hai. I have never been a big fan of Hrithik until Dhoom2. Jodha(Aishwarya Rai) is a fiery young Rajput Princess who is forced into marrying Akbar, when her father realizes friendship with Mughals is easier than fighting against them! The rest of the story revolves around how they eventually fall in love with each other. It was every bit entertaining but a tad too long.Īkbar(Hrithik Roshan), as history suggests was one of the greatest Mughal Emperors of the sixteenth century. All three of us cozied up in our couches to watch this intriguing and controversial historial love story between Jodha and Akbar. This weekend was perfect for movie watch since P was in town. ![]() Finally, the long wait is over! I have been insisting to M that we should watch this movie, ever since MTV aired 'Jashn e Bahraan' sometime in mid December. ![]()
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