Every Hrithik Roshan movie is widely discussed, celebrated, criticized and looked forward to. Barely 8 years old in the industry he cannot afford failures. Jodha Akbar was off to a poor start on friday in India, largely due to its limited release at multiplexes; not to forget the pathetic promotion, and many on movie forums were actually questioning his star power!
So whats the verdict on Jodha Akbar? Has the movie worked with the audience? Were the performances upto the mark? Was the ever so long wait worth it? Has it worked at the all important box-office? The answer is YES! Jodha Akbar has worked big time, with the critics and the audience! The critics especially have loved the movie and the audience reaction has been extremely positive. The performances, direction, cinematography, music, visuals, choreography almost every aspect has been praised. The only thing that has been criticized is the length.
Now the box-office verdict
India - The movie was off to a slow start on friday grossing 3.25 crores, picked up big time on saturday grossing almost 7 crores. The weedend gross (Friday - Saturday - Sunday) is expected to be around 17 crores! One more thing that is in favour of Jodha Akbar is, there is absolutely no big release for more than a month, the next big bollywood release is Race which releases on 21st March! The timing of the release has been perfect!
Overseas - Jodha Akbar had the widest release for a Bollywood movie ever! It was released in 26 countries in about 1500 prints!
United Kingdom (UK) - Jodha Akbar released on 70 prints and grossed 57,000+ pounds on the thursday night preview alone! The opening has been earth shattering and could end up just a tad below Shahrukh Khan’s Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna and Om Shanti Om for the weekend, which would mean its the third biggest opening in the UK for a Bollywood movie! Now for a histrocial, its a HUGE achievement!
Unites States (US) - The movie had the biggest release for a Bollywood movie ever and the openning is even bigger opening here.. It has reportedly grossed $374,000 on Friday! SRK’s Om Shanti Om grossed $385,000 on the first day of its release. Jodha Akbar has surpassed all expectations. Never in the widest of dreams would anyone have expected it to open so big.
The poor promotion, delay, negativity around the movie prior to its release; absolutely nothing seemed to have affected the movie. This is by far the biggest opening for a Hrithik Roshan movie overseas. In short, Jodha Akbar looks like a winner all the way, at home and overseas!
Note - For the exact overseas figures, be sure to check this space on Tuesday!
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February 18th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
hi i wanna know its performance amoung audience n ofcourse box offica
February 18th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
as far i m concerned jodha akbar is that damn good……..n a must watch movie
February 18th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
I was surprised to see a pack theater first time ever here in Seattle!
great movie!
February 18th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Big movies specially a historical one has to be long as they spend money on production and needs big efforts and the story itself is long. If big movie such as Jodhaa Akbar which was suppose to be 4 1/2hrs and the director chopped an hour scenes from the movie and made it only 31/2, then he would have ruined the whole movie!!
And let’s say he chopped 2hrs of the movie, and everyone to imagine that some scences which we saw on the screen were deleted by the director, I don’t think we would have loved the movie or accepted. I’m sure everyone would have said: 2 1/2 only for such a big movie!!
Audiences are never satisfied, whether directors give them the best or the worse, they must leave the theatre with some criticisum. This is human’s nature.
February 18th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
i wanna c da movie
February 18th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
the film is amazing……..
February 18th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
The movie was EXCELLENT IN ALL ASPECT. HRITHIK WAS BORN TO PLAY THE ROLE OF AKBAR. The direction by Mr. Gawarikar was AWESOME. EVERYTHING WAS VERY REALISTIC AND DID NOT LOOK CHEAP LIKE SAAWARIYA. ALSO THE BALANCE BETWEEN WAR, ROMANCE, EMOTIONS WERE PERFECT. THE MUSIC WAS VERY TOUCHY! I THINK HRITHIK SHOULD DEFINETELY GET THE AWARD FOR THE BEST ACTOR IN INDIA FOR 2008. THIS MOVIE SHOULD BE NOMINATED FOR OSCARS. OVERALL, I AM VERY GLAD AFTER A LONG TIME A GOOD MOVIE IS MADE - WHICH IS CLEAN AND HAS A LOT TO LEARN FROM. MOVIE’S BIGGEST STRENGTH WAS HRITHIK…..BEST OUTFIT, LOOKS, ACTING + ACTION.
UR THE BEST HRITHIK!
February 19th, 2008 at 1:54 am
Blockbuster movie. Everybody must watch this movie for the sake of Indian Cinema, to promote good quality movie. One of the finest movie I have seen after tare Zameen Par.
February 19th, 2008 at 3:26 am
thank God its doing incredibly well! Ash and hrithik totally rocked this movie! unlike dumb srk who only cries and shakes and they call it a masterpiece but JA truly is a masterpiece!
i swear..people in India have nothing else to do…wtf protests over a frigging movie?! my God…grow up! directors are allowed to explore different avenues in a movie..thats why its called a MOVIE fools!
Ash better win all the awards for this otherwise someone will die!
February 19th, 2008 at 9:38 am
chuttar picture hain yaar. gariya piraye lage!! what a stupid movie. some good sequences. but its just a crap movie overall. very boring. rather watch a massala flick like partner. popkorn khao, picture dekho, girlfriend ko kiss karo theater mein, aur mast ho jao.
JA is trash. NOT oscar material. stupid movie. one or 2 good scenes mean crap. wathc the scene where ash fights with hrithik. hrithik looks like a fukin girl outdone by ash who looks like meri dadi ma and is a skinny ass.
SRK rocks. aamir rocks!! watch out for ghajini which will be even better.
February 19th, 2008 at 10:22 am
What a movie! It is truly a monumental epic - a magnum opus in every sense. The sets, the music, the acting, the costumes and above all the direction were all outstanding - never before seen in a Bollywood movie. It is reported the film costs Rs.40 crores (about US$10 million). Of course, this is peanuts compared to a Hollywood movie but for a Bollywood movie, it is a huge sum of money.
Hrithik Roshan was Akbar. By far, this is his best performance in an illustrious movie career. Shah Rukh Khan is just Shah Rukh Khan in every movie. SRK is an overrated actor appeaing in 3 or 4 movies a year. This is Hrithik’s first release after Dhoom 2 in 2006. He is careful in choosing the movie he appears whereas SRK believes in the Cheaper by the Dozen theory. Well done Hrithik, keep it up.
Aishwarya Rai was very good too especially in the scenes she appears with Hrithik.
Finally, I hope this film is nominated in the Best Foreign Film category next year.
February 19th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Excellent MOvie! Every one must to see this film.Hrithik & Aishwarya rocking performance.
Hrithik would be next Millenium star after Amitabh Bacchan.
H R T H I K IS GREAT!!!!
February 19th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Excellent movie. It will do better as the days go by due to word of mouth.
February 19th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Hrithik was fantastic. Movie was GRREAT.
February 19th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
outof the world movie best movie in indian cinema till date hrithik u rock
February 20th, 2008 at 1:06 am
JODHA-AKBAR is jus amazing…………hv already seen it 2ce m planning 2 c mre times…HRITHIK is simply SUPERB..he hs done full justice 2 d role of akbar..evn ash n other actors hv done a good job…..its a visual delite …thanx mr. Govarikar for givIn us a fabulous movie like JA…
February 20th, 2008 at 9:18 am
today is wednesday you promised to update on tuesday
February 20th, 2008 at 10:14 am
i love d movie…. its d best movie of HRITHIK so far….
February 20th, 2008 at 10:40 am
it will remain as the best in the indian film history…Hrithik n other n over all Asutosh’s direction was superb…
February 20th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
A superb movie……….
Once again Asutosh has proved it……….
Hrithik and Aish was a perfect pairing. No one else can give justice as they did.
Hrithik was as usual so perfect perfect perfect.
Aishwarya was really so gorgeous and mavelous. This movie will surely change the carrer of both especially Aish b’coz its her first release after mariage.
A MOVIE WHICH WILL B ALWAYS REMEMBERED FOR YEARS.
February 20th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
what a film it is. hrithik performace is mind blowing. it will be a big hit in 2008. it is best historical film compare to ashoka and mangal panday.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:25 am
Total crap…stupid movie!
February 21st, 2008 at 2:51 pm
fuck up u all movie watchers………………
this movie sucks worst movie i have deen after saawaria.
fuk up ualllllllllllllllllllllll
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:08 pm
simply amazing!!!!!!!!!! every action every move is so well done that the length of the movie didn’t bother me at alllllllllll.
Jodha Akbar drives you in, making the audience a part of the historical era.
I salute the director for having a “grander than life” perception.
MARVELOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 23rd, 2008 at 12:44 am
Great Movie. This is how good movies are made. There are good movies and then there are masala movies. Each has there own audiences. If you love masala movies than this one is not recommended for you.
February 23rd, 2008 at 2:15 am
Fascinating Movie!!! Thoguh the history was moulded a lil bit but that was for good.It just paid off.Hrithik was good as usual and so was Ash.Ashutosh Gowarikar did a better job this time than Swades.Now i believe that hes the same director who made Lagaan as well.
February 23rd, 2008 at 3:24 am
The movie was a complete piece of fiction and should have not been linked with Indian history. A true misrepresentation after all!!! Jodha was Akbar’s son wife and moreover Akbar’s wife was Hir Kunwar who was converted to Islam right before the marriage. Also, Akbar’s first wife was the widow of Bairam Khan (remember the general who helped Akbar win the war of Panipat)… Could it get any more disgusting?? Guess what, it does, Akbar married 4 times, and so much for the love chemistry between Akbar and Jodha (Hir Kanwar). It is truly unbelievable that Ashutosh Gowariker could direct a movie as crappy as this, which truly distorts history. I am glad the movie has been banned in Rajasthan and am truly grateful to the Indian public that they have not embraced the movie and it will after all turn out to be another flop. I wish the comments in this post were made only after people had any sense of Indian history. Nothing more than another piece of crap.
February 24th, 2008 at 6:27 am
i hope it gets higher in the uk box office chart! it should be number 1!
February 28th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
i was thundard after watching dis movie.it’s excellent.this film should get all the awards.everybody must watch it.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
I just loved the movie. I never used to be a grt fan of Hrithik. But this movie was something beyond my expectation. If I want to learn more abt Mugal history, I will get hold of some history books rather watching a movie. The director himself agreed that 70% this movie is from his imagination. Akbar had more than 800 wives. So what?? U want the director to show all of them in this movie?? When I watch a movie I care for one thing..what it conveys to me. How it makes me feel at end. And I felt spell bounded. Watch the movie for Hrithik and Aish. Watch it for the greatest performance of a decade. Watch it for the love one feel for the opposite gender. I WOULD SAY ITS CLASS
March 2nd, 2008 at 12:39 am
js superb!!!!!!!ash i luv u n ofcourse hritik is truly called mr.perfectionist!!keep it up.
March 2nd, 2008 at 8:48 pm
jODHA aKBAR
SUPER MOVIE EXPERIENCE.
Historically, kings and others married many times for political reasons. India would be a battle ground even today, like what is happening in PALESTINE / ISRAEL even today. If the Rajputs started Gueirilla warfare, with the wild Mongols now called Mughals. Islam was created to destroy others and be the only relogion in moddle east , thousands of years ago. It united the wild and nomadic Middle eastern tribes under one religion.
This princess was converted ofcourse, Other wise Jalaal-ud-din’s marriage will not be legal.
But Historically Akbar was known to have been a fair, and just king, He was also spiritual. He had Sufi inclinations, Sufis are very spiritual. He was illeterate, but was a benefactor of arts and literature.
Usually the nomadic Turk, Mongol invaders were very wild and destructive. Mongols historically through their horseman ship, and wild invading nature, statred in Mongolia but found a road map for civilizations to meet. They eventually dissolved into other cultures mostly.
A devout princess must have transformed Akbar.
Islam was started to unite the wild and violent Middle Eastrn tribes by clever prophets. These are wild, violent, intolerant, and most of the time destructors of arts, literature and cultures. But by Mongols becoming islamic, through their horseman ship and invading nature, they started a road map for the civilizations of the world to become familiar with each other.
Like internet is doing today.
It is Creator’s world, he has geater plans for greater good.
Love is also duty, sacrifice, self respect and respect for the loved one. Not only the way it is in USA, date, have sex,, possibly marry and ill treat all families and others involved. It is a blasphemy of nature.
March 2nd, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Hey I loved the movie so very much!
watch with your family and friends so many romantic cute things in the movie that might give u goose bumbs
Oh! sword scene was so mind blowing.
kwaja song was breath taking
akbar’s acting was natural
Hritikh is too aristrocratic to be just plain. His admiration for the aristrocatic was really an expression of his passion for excellence:P
Hritikh should go to Hollywood. He is much much better best than any actor in hollywood..and Bolly wood actor’s are no where near his simplicity and perfection.
Wanna know the perfect hostory go to near by library and wanna watch fun filled romantic history with hair raising events…Watch JJJJJJJJJJJJodha AKBAR. I simply Loved the movie
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:58 am
this is one of the best period film in bollywood.hats off to the director for attempting this .
chemistry between aish and hrithik is fantastic . war scence are shot with great feness.hrithik and aish are simply awesome.its a movie for class as well as mass.must watch for every one .dont even think abt missing this one,plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz watch this on theatre
March 5th, 2008 at 1:55 am
jODHA aKBAR
Super duper Hrithikn, super AISH.
Ashutoshm ask for God’s forgiveness, and dig up the truth about princess Hira KUNWARI, Ask for her forgiveness,.
You are a great movie maker, but you cannot distort history, and lie about the feelings and life of a innocent young girl who’s life was sacrificed for peace. She did not get any honors even as the mother of Shah Jehan.
Rehman ‘S MUSIC,, jAVED aKHTAR’S lyrics, editors, all actors are great.
Ashutosh, build a temple in Princess Hira Kunwari’s name, in MEVAR / AMBER / jAIPUR wash off your sins.
March 5th, 2008 at 3:18 am
I salute to Mr.Asutosh’s direction and Hritik act…………In bollywood hritik only a actor which could be played a role of akbar so nicely.
Jodha Akbar………………..its like amazing. I think after Tare jameen par, its only a movie which would be remember years and years. It is a fantastic movie,its a true historical period movie.The bonding of JA is too good………….emotions,romance,action,war you found everything in this movie.picturisation was good,cinemetography was marvalous,songs like as sweet as koyal kooohooooooooooRehman ‘S MUSIC,, jAVED aKHTAR’S lyrics, editors, all actors are great……. .if we come to direction then Asutosh justify,whatever he was want to the actors he got it…………. and at last acting hritik is superb he is fantastic only the actor which justify the role of akbar………..his exressions were amazing….he is a true actor….hritik rocks……..in future he will be a millanium star…….and Ash is also good in movie…………… who didnt watch Jodha Akbar till now,plz go and watch it………….if u dont, then u lost something good of ur life………….so go and watch it………..
Thnx to Mr.Asutosh and Hritik Roshan for a beautiful movie…………Jodha Akbar rockssssssssssss……………..
March 14th, 2008 at 2:57 am
JODHA AKBAR
EXCELLENT MOVIE BUILT ON FALSEHOOD.
People in the world do not have respect for Hindus, because our religion, Hinduism, Our Gods alk are many times added on.
Where as our Historic Kings, our real history also does not get respect because, movie makers have grossly distorted them, and have made them a subject for entertainment.
Ashutosh,
Tthe Rajput princess, who was married to Akbar, later became mother of King Jehangir does not get any mention, monuments or respect historically,
The common iranian women later called Noor Jehan ( jehangir’s ) wife, is a celebrated woman, Mumtaz Mahal who was also a commoner, who King Sheh Jehan married for liove gets a ‘Taj Mahal ‘ monument.
Rajput princess married to Akbar had to change religion and make utmost sacrifice, and also help Hindustan a better place at that time, was also supposedly mother of king Jehangir, helped shape the next several decades of peaceful ruling by Akbar has gone anonymous.
Ashutosh Gowarekar, build a temple for this peace maker in her native kingdom, in her Rajasthan. do some truth ful research. Give this lady some justice and dignity.
I will research this, if you want, fecilitate my travel to Rajastan. My heart aches for these princesses that were married to moslems,. and were possibly put down by that religiious mullas and others and scheming women in the palaces.
March 29th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
long later finally i saw the movie jodha akbar.and i am fully satisfy with the movie the art and the decoration of the sets were very beautiful and as for the acting is concern superb acting done by hrithik his expression and body gasture was mind blowing overall its a great movie made by govirikar.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Awsome Movie………………….with Superb Musin by AR rehman
shame to those who are writing bad comments abt such a great movie
and about history……………Movie is Just For Enjoyment and Fun……………..Dont relate it with any personal Life or any History
THis is all Entertainment and Enjoyment ..nothin else………..
about ban in Rajastan.please Mind it Jodha Akbar has earner 65 crore in Box Office …. and also got released in Telgu tamil and kannad..