Note: A) Contains Spoilers.
B)These are my random thoughts after watching the movie . C)There are many good points about the movie,but i am not going to stress more about those things since many others have already written about it. D) I totally agree that it takes lots of courage and passion for making a epic movie and Ashutosh Gowariker should take a bow for attempting such kind of a movie in India. End of Note. It is clearly evident from the promos and from the fact that this movie was made from the maker of Lagaan and Swades ,that it was made with lots of passion and love for cinema.When the opening credits rolled on the screen, i got goosebumps ,sheer out of the expectations and the hype created around the movie, which was further added with magnificent voice of big B narrating the proceedings. The initial war sequence was very craftily picturised and the cinematography was top notch.The aerial view of the battle field along with the long angle shot was a masterstroke,but as the camera moved closer to the soldiers the "make belief" factor of the war was lost,the extras looked constrained and lazy.The sequence which could have gone down in the history of Indian cinema was held back.The same thing can be said about the entire movie.I never expected a troy or for that matter lord of the rings,but i surely expected the plot and the sub-plots to be rock firm solid and characters(Apart from Akbar) to be of flesh and blood.Don't take me wrong the movie is ok, but what could have been a masterpiece simply becomes a long and dragging piece of cinema. The saving grace of the movie has to be Hrithik,he sinks his teeth into the character of Akbar and makes him alive on the screen.Aishwarya Rai Bachhan is good in the movie as compared to her other movies.Sonu Sood is strictly ok.All the other actors are wasted. The two songs individually are mindblowing.The Khajwa song is picturised in such a manner that it pulls you like a magnet and you are glued to the screen for the entire track.The title track is A.R Rahman at it's best……beautifully shot and the best song in the album. The main culprit here is the screenplay with half baked plots and half developed characters.The relation between Jodha and her brother is never developed in a manner that you can relate to or feel for.As a result in the end when he dies, you don't get emotional nor do you get numb,in fact you don't feel anything for him.The film drags in parts and some editing could have certainly helped.Just before the intermission, Ila arun creates misunderstanding between HR and Aishwarya and just after the intermission the plot extinguishes like someone has abruptly cut it.The lead villain 's character in the movie played by Nikitin Dheer(ND) is again not developed fully and doesn't have enough screen presence to prove his point.The final one to one combat between HR and ND is inspired heavily from Troy,doesn't matter though but still it remains just fine and again never goes that step ahead.Then again the scene depicting the sword practice of HR ,showing his muscles looks forced and artificial.Though i must say some of the romantic scenes between HR and Aishwarya are treat to watch. I felt sad after watching this movie as i expected a lot from Ashutosh Gowariker and he could have offered so many more things at various levels to this movie.As an ardent fan of Indian movies i still beleive that Ashutosh Gowariker will one day make another classic like Lagaan,but this time he has missed the bus by 3 hrs 20 mins. a blogger review in passionofcinema
