'Jodhaa Akbar' Review: A True Form Of Richness
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by smiler_reddy 1 days ago (mp3mantra.com)
Film: Jodhaa Akbar
Rating: 3.75/5
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:
Historical stories need not be retold in text here. Same applies to
Jodhaa Akbar. But there is enough of creativity injected in it. Messages get
into the heads of people when that is told through well known characters.
Ashuthosh has chosen a right historical character-set to narrate his message
oriented theme instead of going with routine social characters. In other
words, instead of taking social characters he has chosen social studies this
time.
It’s all about how Akbar wins the heart of his wife Jodhaa
despite his hectic kingly responsibilities. The film can be
understood even in mute. The expressions and emotional depth
are rightly projected on to celluloid.
Everything has to be watched on screen and that brings a
fabulous treat.
Performance:
Hrithik justified his role with his macho look. It is sure that Akbar
goes synonymous with Hrithik from now onwards. Aishwarya, although may not
be synonymous to Jodha, she performed in a spirited role as brave prince.
Sonu Sood is ok in his shoes. Costume designer deserves good
mention. Art direction is marvelous and stunt coordination is
also dealt well which happens to be the seriously considerable
aspect in this film.
Music by AR Rehman is on high score. He gave haunting tunes
once again.
Ashuthosh Gowarikar made a fine film that goes in tune with the
taste of tasteful audiences. But he would have worked on
cutting down the length of the film especially in first half.
Analysis:
The film is like reading War and Peace, the bulkiest book with
many characters in it. As the story is not so popular on par
with Mahabharatha it becomes a hard pie to bite for audience
initially. But as the audiences start connecting to the sense
of narration, the film gives a marvelous experience and they
hardly look at their watches. The best part in the film is that
it is not verbose like Prithvi Raj Kapoor starrer
Mughal-E-Azam. The dialogues are not so hard to understand for
contemporary audiences. There is a right mix of Hindi and Urdu
which leaves the audiences easy to go with the subject. The
songs like ‘Azeem-o-Shaan Shehanshah..’ were carried with
verbose Urdu lines which boosts up the adrenaline.
This 40 Cr worth movie draws an affluent picture on the canvass
of eye balls. It’s worth watching for the flamboyant mahals,
palaces and Emperor Courts as well as high-voltage monarchial
battles. It is one of the richest films ever made on the Indian
celluloid.
AR Rehman’s music stands a highlight and Ashuthosh Gowarikar
made him the best use. Kiran Devhans’ Camera work is a synonym
for excellence. Ravi Dewan’s battle compositions are impressive
and stand in international standards.
The film was made with a very long hard work of about 3 years.
A vast study was made on Jodhaa, Akbar and many related
historical characters. The efforts are seen on the screen.
There are a total of 16 fencing battles in the film where
Hrithik has shown his mettle and brought Akbar in him. And
coming to Aishwarya, she looked the best in all the frames and
brought real glory for the entire movie. It’s not just her most
renowned beauty and sensuous factor but even her hard work in
performing in fencing battles deserves a great mention.
First half of the movie picks up slowly and the real tempo starts in
second half. Although the film appears to have shifted the track from the
well known history, it leaves no boredom for audiences although rolls on
screen for about 3 and half hours.
