Jodhaa Akbar - Review Film: Jodhaa Akbar Rating: 3.25/5 Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Sonu Sood, Kulbushan Karbanda Camera: Kiran Devhans Stunts: Revi Dewan Music: AR Rehman Lyrics: Javed Akhtar Production: UTV Direction: Ashuthosh Gowarikar Released On: 15th Feb 2008
Story: Historicalstories need not be retold in text here. Same applies to Jodhaa Akbar.But there is enough of creativity injected in it. Messages get into theheads of people when that is told through well known characters.Ashuthosh has chosen a right historical character-set to narrate hismessage oriented theme instead of going with routine social characters.In other words, instead of taking social characters he has chosensocial studies this time. It's all about how Akbar wins theheart of his wife Jodhaa despite his hectic kingly responsibilities.The film can be understood even in mute. The expressions and emotionaldepth are rightly projected on to celluloid. Everything has to be watched on screen and that brings a fabulous treat. Performance: Hrithikjustified his role with his macho look. It is sure that Akbar goessynonymous with Hrithik from now onwards. Aishwarya, although may notbe synonymous to Jodha, she performed in a spirited role as braveprince. Sonu Sood is ok in his shoes. Costume designer deservesgood mention. Art direction is marvelous and stunt coordination is alsodealt well which happens to be the seriously considerable aspect inthis film. Music by AR Rehman is on high score. He gave haunting tunes once again. AshuthoshGowarikar made a fine film that goes in tune with the taste of tastefulaudiences. But he would have worked on cutting down the length of thefilm especially in first half. Analysis: Thefilm is like reading War and Peace, the bulkiest book with manycharacters in it. As the story is not so popular on par withMahabharatha it becomes a hard pie to bite for audience initially. Butas the audiences start connecting to the sense of narration, the filmgives a marvelous experience and they hardly look at their watches. Thebest part in the film is that it is not verbose like Prithvi Raj Kapoorstarrer Mughal-E-Azam. The dialogues are not so hard to understand forcontemporary audiences. There is a right mix of Hindi and Urdu whichleaves the audiences easy to go with the subject. The songs like'Azeem-o-Shaan Shehanshah..' were carried with verbose Urdu lines whichboosts up the adrenaline. This 40 Cr worth movie draws anaffluent picture on the canvass of eye balls. It's worth watching forthe flamboyant mahals, palaces and Emperor Courts as well ashigh-voltage monarchial battles. It is one of the richest films evermade on the Indian celluloid. AR Rehman's music stands ahighlight and Ashuthosh Gowarikar made him the best use. Kiran Devhans'Camera work is a synonym for excellence. Ravi Dewan's battlecompositions are impressive and stand in international standards. Thefilm was made with a very long hard work of about 3 years. A vast studywas made on Jodhaa, Akbar and many related historical characters. Theefforts are seen on the screen. There are a total of 16 fencing battlesin the film where Hrithik has shown his mettle and brought Akbar inhim. And coming to Aishwarya, she looked the best in all the frames andbrought real glory for the entire movie. It's not just her mostrenowned beauty and sensuous factor but even her hard work inperforming in fencing battles deserves a great mention. Firsthalf of the movie picks up slowly and the real tempo starts in secondhalf. Although the film appears to have shifted the track from the wellknown history, it leaves no boredom for audiences although rolls onscreen for about 3 and half hours. http://bharavis.blogspot.com/2008/02/jodhaa-akbar-review.html
