He made Fiza and the horrendous Tehzeeb. Anyways you cant expect more from a person who gave Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham 5/5 !!
On 2/15/08, neena kochhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > is he not he same guy who made a not so successful Fiza or mission > kashmir or both? > > *Anil Nair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > For this man though hardly ..any INDIAN movie is hardly ever > impressive ..so not much to read into > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx? > id=64210ad8-ad75-4bc3-a608- > 228999fc3774jodhaaakbarmoviespecial_Special&&Headline=Review% > 3aEM+Jodhaa+Akbar%2fEM > > Jodhaa Akbar > Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Poonam Sinha > Direction: Ashutosh Gowariker > Rating: ** > > Dig this. No eat meat on Monday, so the royal Rajput bride serves > technicolour gattas, navratan pillauf and cabbage kofta curries. > Emperor loves. Hey, now every Monday is firmed as an eggless, > chickenless day. There's no allusion at all to the Rajput partiality > to red meat (laal maas). After all, it's so cool to go veggie. Veal, > well, veal. > > Please, what is Ashutosh Gowariker's Jodhaa Akbar trying to serve > anyway? A romance dopiaza? Mughlai history biryani? Secularism sushi? > Chandeliers-e-Azam? Battle Stroganoff? Absolutely no answers to that, > except that you're as disappointed as a guest who came away without a > morsel from a wedding banquet. Sad. > > As you know, the romance is between Shahenshah Akbar (from the look > of things here, a bachelor at 30) and Jodhaaji (not exactly in the > prime of her youth either). She is coerced into a marriage with the > Mughal but won't allow him his conjugal rights till she feels up to > it from her `dil'. Frowns she like Kill Bill. > > Till that belated Dil-Day occurs, they sword fence, she a crouching > dragonette, he a patient tiger. Never mind, if her swashbuckling > skills aren't ever re-employed by the script. Misunderstandings and a > patch-up later, the regal couple at last share common pillows-`n'- > quilt. Takliya really. > > Vis-à-vis history, you learn about Rajputana kings who either acceded > to Mughal supremacy or hatched plots culminating in battles starring > scabbards, cannon balls, bows-arrows and helmets. Sorry but you're > not sure which soldier is fighting whom and why. The body count rises > to Ramboesque proportions; the displeased emperor banishes a mulla > and good `ole lieutenant Bairam Khan to Mecca forthwith. > Surprisingly, the mulla looks as if he were being sent to Siberia. Is > this history? > > Secularism is conveyed through such gestures as Akbar allowing Jodhaa > her own temple space and approval of A R Rahman-composed bhajans. No > mention of the emperor's foundation of the all-religion-embracing Din- > e-Ilahi faith. Moreover, how relevant is it to address the issue of > Hindu tolerance of the minority today, instead of vice versa? > > Sufism is touched upon by a clap-a-hand-here-clap-a-hand-there > qawwali in the course of which the emperor is zapped by a sky light, > causing him to break into a jolly jig with the qawwals. > Unintentionally funny. Did Akbar ever boogie woogie? > > For a tribute to Mughal-e-Azam, a fluttering palace eunuch is > recalled and durbar cliches abound like "Hukam ki taamil ho." > Inevitably, flighty handmaidens clasp secrets to their bosom, > eavesdroppers lounge around at jharokas. And the venomous Nigar > Sultana is supplanted by a diabolical daai, or Ila Arun, playing the > role as if she were a harridan from Harry Potter. > > On the plus side, Nitin Desai's sets and plush pageantry are eye > filling. So is the elaborate picturisation of the Marhaba song in the > style of the drum-stacked Chandralekha of yore. > > The Shahenshah's mum, Poonam Sinha, is so benign that it hurts. So > does one of her Eiffel Tower-tall hats. What a balancing act! In > fact, the headgear displayed here – from Aladdin Cave turbans to > those qawwals' upturned ice-cream cones -- are a gas. > > The action set pieces – involving a rather senior citizen elephant > and the Troy-like one-to-one combat finale -- are sound and fury > amounting to nothing. Amitabh Bachchan's voice-over commentary is > stale. Kiran Deohan's cinematography is conventional and Ballu > Saluja's editing is rather old-fashioned, what with the 1950s-style > wipes. The length of three hours-20 minutes is a punishment. > > On the plus side, Nitin Desai's sets and plush pageantry are eye > filling. So is the elaborate picturisation of the Marhaba song in the > style of the drum-stacked Chandralekha of yore. Still, like it or not > Gowariker – normally a fine, conscientious director – has > miscalculated the technical logistics and emotional content of a > period piece. Crucial detailing isn't the virtue here. The child > actors playing the eponymous pair have coal black eyes which > magically turn cat light on adulthood. > > Of the cast, Sonu Sood in a strongly written part fits the bill. But > Hrithik Roshan is a major let down. His Urdu diction is laboured, his > physical presence unequal to the role, and far too frequently he > blinks his eyes like a neon sign gone out of order. The imperial gaze > and carriage are conspicuous by their absence. > > Relatively, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is more convincing. She carries > off difficult scenes with unexpected fluidity, her eyes conveying the > pleasure as well as the pain of a woman oscillating between love and > rancour. > > Bottomline: Toss a coin, whether you want to buy a ticket for Jodhaa > AkBORE.. or not. > > > > > ------------------------------ > Support the World Aids Awareness campaign this month with Yahoo! for > Good<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mailuk/taglines/isp/control/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51947/*http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/> > > >
