Well the question is - how do you know "not single person" liked it? Did u check with each and every person? If you did then thats commendable.
Sorry dude ....no offence meant. I dont think it was bad enough to say "it sucks". It was an honest and a brave attempt at recreating those times and historical characters. Yes ...there were short- comings - agreed -but in no way can the whole movie be called a "waste' -A --- In [email protected], "Rajeev Gandhi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > I saw JA yesterday. It sucks big time. movie lasts for 3hours 45 > minutes and will bore you to death. Not a single person in the whole > theater liked the movie. Ashutosh has made a joke out of akbar. > > Its not even worth download and watch. Dont waste your time/money on > this movie. what a waste of 40+ crores. > > regards, > raj > > > --- In [email protected], Gopal Srinivasan <catchgops@> > wrote: > > > > Gowarikerâs > > churned out a historical one yet again, but unfortunately itâs so > > awfully long that, by the time you exit the theaters, youâre yawning, > > wondering to yourself how the editing (or the lack of it) ruined the > > film so bad Iâm tempted to title it Jodhaa Ak-bore. Because parts of > > the âepicâ just drag, itâs like a heavyweight flick heaving itself > > lazily to the final reels as if it were a burden. > > Like Lagaan, the movie begins with Amitabh Bachchan > narratinghistory. But thatâs where the similarity ends. Jodhaa Akbar > takes aneternity to develop too many characters, and while there > isnât a singlescene in the movie that is irrelevant, many of them > could be simplytrashed. The plot is simple, and historians might argue > on this, but ittraces Akbarâs (a confident Hrithik) path from > childhood to youth, tomarrying - and falling in love with - the bold > and rebellious Jodhaa (astrikingly pretty Ash). Sprinkled in are the > battles. > > Yes, itâs technically brilliant, save for the > unforgivablysubstandard war scenes. The warriors - and the animals - > are often soclumsy on the battlefield that itâs sometimes painful to > watch themfight. Outside of that, Gowariker is flawless - as is > thecinematography by Kiran Deohans, Neeta Lullaâs scrumptious > costumes andNitin Desaiâs breathtaking sets. In those aspects, the > flick isspectacular and might just make people say âgoodâ when > opinions areneeded. The much-talked about khwaaja song is so > brilliantlypicturised, and it ends with Hrithik defying the norm, > being hypnotizedin awe and love for the saint, as he joins the devout > disciples intheir celebration, almost under a spell. A scene loaded > with passionatefaith that leaves the audience moved. > > The performances are a strict okay,except for the leads. Hrithik, > for once, is amazingly expressive.Warmth, romance, fury, frustration, > fear, sympathy, helplessness,vengeance - you name it, and the > blokeâs managed it all effortlessly,silencing many a critic. Helping > him out is his captivating screenpresence - thereâs a scene where he > tames a rogue elephant, and whilethat scene might be rubbished on > paper, the director-actor duo do sowell to make it convincing that you > almost nod your head inappreciation. Ash is no less expressive - in > fact, she has very littledialogue yet a lot of meat in her role - but > I must admit, her abilityto emote is far, far superior than her > sword-wielding skills. Still,she fits the part of the defiant Rajput > princess. > > The support cast is unfortunately weak. Kulbhushan Kharbandaâs Raja > > Bharmal is almost always helpless, very unlike a king if I may, and > > Nikitin Dheerâs Shareefuddin is so absurdly over expressive that, at > > times, you hope Akbar slaughters him and gets over with it. Sonu > Soodâs > > Sujamal is expected to make the audience notice him, and he manages it > > more out of sympathy than conviction. The female support cast do a lot > > better, Ila Arun deserves a mention but itâs Punam Sinhaâs > Hamida Banu > > who plays the motherâs role to the T. Credit to Gowariker for getting > > that bit of the cast together, and extra-credit for handling the > > subplots of religion so subtly, so simply, and so sweetly that you > > agree unconditionally. > > All in all, itâs worth a watch if you donât mind the 200- minute > > length, but you might catch sunrise if you go for the night show. And > > feel free to excuse yourself in the middle to grab a snack or two, as > > you wonât miss too much with the extra scenes. As the credits > rolled at > > the end, I was left in a mild shock seeing Ballu Salujaâs name for the > > editing. Where was the editing anyway? This crazily stretched film > > shattered my expectations, and for me, Jodhaa Akbar is history. > > In more ways than one. > > ***** > > > > > > mutiny.in > > >
