great Dinesh.. excellent one.. do post it in JA official website, feedback section..
cant wait till this weekend to watch the movie again!!! On Feb 17, 2008 8:52 PM, Dinesh Vaidya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I watched Jodhaa Akbar yesterday night. I can only say that I am > speechless ! This movie is by far the BEST I have seen in a long long > time, to be precise after Swades. Now call this as a biased statement > of a Rahmaniac or admirer of your talent but believe me, all those > negative reports you might have read about JA are all FAKE. This > movie is Awesome ! > > Dear Ashutosh, Take a bow !! Be proud of a well deserved hat-trick !! > > Contrary to all those pseudo-intellectual critical reports, this > movie appealed to me for many many reasons, > > 1. Rahman's Songs are already famous, but the BGM's ? My god ! Out of > the world ! I want to request you, Please come up with special > edition of BGM score, especially for us, the Rahmaniacs. Moreover you > have done justice to Rahmans songs. > > 2.Another important thing is all actors have literally lived their > performance, including Hritik and Ash. I would say, like Shahrukh in > Swades, this movie will be remembered as a special turning point for > both the lead actors. For others, All their characters are well > drafted so much that in the end, you remember each and every one of > them. > > 3.The detailing to minutest matters is really noteworthy. At no stage > in the movie I could feel that something is fake or not correct. You > and the art director deserve special mention for this. The swords and > the shields are truly what they are ! > > 4. Costumes and jewellery has been done with great care and the > grandeur of Mughal Empire really comes up well. And the sets ? > AUTHENTIC ! > > 5. A special mention about the glorious and well deserved praise you > have used for the Rajputs. Not only they are the pride of India, > their struggle and honour in defending their land comes out extremely > well in your movie. Those who are opposing your movie are plain > ignorant. > > 6. In the end of the 3 hrs 20 minutes, the movie length, or the more > of it, was NOT AT ALL an issue. In fact I can not single out one or > couple of scenes which can be cut. For those who are cribbing about > the movie length, I can only say that there is no rule on length of a > movie is it ? Is there any restriction on number of pages in a book ? > NO ? Then you can not call a movie long or short ! Period ! > > 7. Dialogues are apt, screenplay and editing is top class. > > 8. Your quest to go deep into the subject and do thorough research is > seen in each and every frame, I would list following scenes which > standout as directors special, > a.During Khwaja Mere Khwaja, at the near end of the song, Akbar > gets up and joins the whirling Darwish team. > b. Akbar and Jodha sleep side by side with a curtain in between > when Akbar says sorry to Jodhaa. Jodhaa pretends to be sleeping. Next > shot she just about opens her eyes and there is a glorious smile on > her face, like Monalisa.. > c. During same scene, when Jodhaa decides to sleep, she uses a > hand-fan to douse the oil lamps. > d. Akbar visits Jodhas's temple, and seeing her footware > outside, removes his and then enters in. > e. Akbar during the Azeem-o-Shaan song, goes out on horseback > amongst his subjects, but is constantly surrounded by a ring made by > his trusted guards. > f. After serving food to Akbar, when Jodhaa stops him from > eating under the pretext of salt, her glance towards Ila Arun speaks > 100000 words ! > > All in all, I loved this movie and can not wait for its DVD and BGMs. > Kindly do not delay these 2 items anymore ! > > For those so-called-critics who gave funny numbers ( especially the > Times of India and Indian Express, because I read those yesterday > morning ), I would sympathize with them because probably they went in > to see your movie assuming it as DHOOM 3. My advice to you is, kindly > ignore such critics and their comments, they do not know what and why > they are writing it in the first place ! > > My verdict on the movie ? FANTASTIC / AWESSOME / GREAT piece of work. > A collectors item indeed !!!! > > I am eagerly looking forward to your next movie, with AR Rahman > ofcourse ! > > Keep up the good work ! > > Best regards > Dinesh Vaidya > Pune > > >
