I believe they will publish Sudhish kamath's version next friday in the Chennai edition. --- Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This one thrills neither historians nor connoisseurs > > > > > > > > > > > Recreating history: Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya > Raiin Jodhaa Akbar. > > Jodhaa Akbar (Hindi) > Director: Ashutosh Gowariker > Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Sonu Sood, > Poonam Sinha > No man is a chessboard. In each one of us, greys > abound. Unless of course, one is watching Ashutosh > Gowarikerâs Jodhaa Akbar.Here Akbar, arguably the > great Mughal emperor, is a paragon ofperfection. He > does not lose a battle and towers above the rest > withhis moral stature. Sorry, Akbar needs no brownie > points from posterity.Gowariker is a poor student of > history. The film is so glaringlydeficient in the > most obvious of things that you wonder if the > directorwas trying to mock at history. Or is it a > deliberate subversion of thetruth? > Agreed, there has been a debate, largely avoidable > though, whetherJodhaa was Akbarâs wife or > daughter-in-law. A common cinemagoer canleave it to > historians to thrash it out, but where Gowariker > failsmiserably â his third film in a little over > six years, after Lagaan and Swadesâ is in > attention to elementary details. Relating the > untapped romanceof the Mughal Emperor and his Rajput > wife, the film lacks integrity. > Gowariker takes too many liberties with history in > the name of > artistic licence. His devout souls at the dargah are > all carefully > clean-shaven, like those ads for menâs lotions. > This in an age and at a > place where a beard was the preferred way. And his > emperor even does a > little jig at the end of a song. Then walks the > garden path with the > ladylove in another sequence. All this is a > throwback to more ordinary > romances of commoners. Akbar is not spared any > dignity. > So many negatives. Yes, but like life, here too > there is a little > silver lining. Hrithik Roshan may not fit the > stereotypes of Akbar, but > he is fine in action. He is a decent actor who > manages to look good > simply because his counterpart Aishwarya Rai refuses > to do even the > bare minimum. She is vapid all through, making > Hrithik look almost > outstanding in comparison. Unfortunately, Gowariker > does not invest his > hero with too much detail. He comes across as a man > who could do no > wrong. And we never get to see the human side of the > redoubtable man. > And Deen-e-Ilahi is non-existent here. > Watch Jodhaa Akbar as a masala entertainer, andyou > may not be too disappointed despite its poor > editing, inordinatelength. The big canvas will > appeal to some, the cinematography toothers as would > the song âJashn-e-bahara haiâ. > Looking for a masterpiece of history with the past > throbbing with > life? You might have to wait till eternity. This one > thrills neither > the historians nor connoisseurs. > ZIYA US SALAM > > > > http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/17/stories/2008021750840200.htm > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
