Jodha Akbar Review

Review Jodha Akbar

It’s been a long wait for the epic drama and the wait has been worth it.

Brief story – Jodha Akbar is a journey of true love of Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar (Hrithik Roshan), the great Mughal emperor with Jodha Bai (Aishwarya Rai), a Rajput princess and daughter of the King Bharmal of Amer. Akbar’s biggest challenge isn’t only about winning battles but also winning the heart of Jodha.

Now the Review, let me start off with the helmsman – the man behind this magnificent drama. Director Ashutosh Gowariker’s direction is flawless, every single sequence has been executed brilliantly. The effort that has gone into the making of this epic love story is evident on the screen – etched on every frame of the movie. It’s simply incredible. The movie deserves nothing less than a ‘A++’ in every aspect.

  • The scene where Akbar tames an elephant, has been performed and executed to perfection.
  • The sword-fighting scene between Jodha and Akbar is a masterstroke by the director. It’s romance on screen at its ultimate best. The dialogues in the particular scene too are brilliant.
  • When Jodha and Akbar meet for the first time, their chemistry, Hrithik’s body language, the execution – Perfect!
  • Hrithik’s dance at the end of Khwaja Mere song as if he was immersed into the song, his expression and those eyes… I was awestruck
  • Akbar practicing sword fighting baring his torso as Jodha watches him hiding behind a wall… Hrithik’s physique is perfectly captured, an absolute treat for the female audience.
  • The romance between the couple is subtle and beautiful, something that is hard to find in modern day movies. The chemistry between Ash – Hrithik is sizzling.
  • Azeem-o-shan-shenshah – choreography, music, use of colors, execution out of the world. Never ever would you have witnessed something like this before!
  • The final fight – brilliantly done and Hrithik performs the action sequence with a lot of class.

Cinematography is of international standards. Kiran Deohan’s proficiency is evident from scene one. He just sweeps you off your feet by capturing the huge sena to the intimate romance with deftness. Music by A.R. Rehman is perfect classic material. Khwaja Mere Khwaja is divinely pure; Jashn-e-bahara is a beautiful romantic song. Every song is a classic, superbly choreographed and picturized. The editing for a couple of scenes could have been tighter but never mind, you don’t get bored for a single moment.

The movie belongs undoubtedly to Hrithik Roshan. He is Akbar, not for a moment do you feel its Hrithik Roshan the superstar on screen. His body language, expressions, action, dialogue delivery just about everything is perfect. Here is an young actor, who is light years ahead of the competition, with the right kind of roles Hrithik is gonna rule Bollywood in the future. Shenshah-e-Roshan, indeed!

Aishwarya Rai is great too; this is one of her finest performances. She looks every bit a beautiful Rajput princess. Sonu Sood and Ila Arun are good and so is the rest of the supporting cast.

So overall, Jodha Akbar is a classic masterpiece that shall be remembered for a long long time. Don’t worry about the length, you hardly feel its 3 hours 20 minutes long. Remember, you got to be a bit patient while watching Jodha Akbar, relax and enjoy as the epic drama unfolds with all its glory. Don’t miss it, worth the price of your ticket and more!

Rating: ★★★★½ 4 and a half stars.

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147 Comments

  • Hi Bablu

    Yhank u…..actually i like my own posts in here. Every day i log on n read my posts…may be from now on I will read urs as well.. giggle thank u…………….any funny post u find with a different name must be me……:P:P

  • Hey but now on I will post the review with the name Tara jo hair jaan sai payara……manoj patel n one more guy let me check the name, yeah gotcha Akshaya…..they were cute too in expressing their views! I am gonna log out ..this room sounds like a chat room….fun fun

  • Jodha akbar is a master piece.first of all i would like to advice that one must watch this from the heart . not with a mind with thousands of doubts and questions about history or prejudice about the cast or costumes ..then you are lost in the superficial thought process..you absolutely miss the connection…when watched with involement they cannot miss small beautiful moments which magically bind you to the characters and the plot…
    it is like drowning in the beauty of a painting …the subtle romance brought out between the young akbar and jodhaa mainly through the “eyes” is beautiful. this is a true artistic expression of romance. enough to ignite the passion in anybody …

    there is no room for boredom anywhere. …..a real
    classic master piece of our times……..the fight between akbar and sharifuddhin in the end is fabulous … it portrays the power of a mighty emperor…here is an emperor who is the symbol of Power , Might and righteousness and also ruthless when it comes to punishing the traitors ..but at the same time harbours such tenderness and love in his eyes for his queen that you would just drown into it… the most touching and beautiful scene was ….when the emperor perceives the light and is soaked in the divine love of god ..looses himself dancing with the sufis ….its a brilliant storke ……and the next beautiful moment for me in the movie was when jodhaa’s song Man mohana (calling lord krishna to leave kashi and mathura to come to her ..be one with her )..this song is symbolic as akbar cannot resist but leave his darbar and forget all who present there , keeps following the melody of the voice that magically draws him to her..and then for the first time he looks at her breath taking beauty and for a moment the world stops for him……then he is lost……
    hats off to AR rehman for composing such soul level music…the song eshk -bahara hein is a master piece in itself.
    “In lamho kein daman mein “song was the best part of the movie. what a way to show the two opposite energies drawn together with beautiful emotions … experiencing moments of completeness….this was the most artistic part of the movie.
    i am sure ..western movies can never portray the subtle beauty of romance and passion shown in this movie . at least i haven’t seen so far.
    a must watch for any one with artistic instinct…..

  • jodha-akber is great movies ash is looking cute and hritik acting is super
    and dressing is wonderful
    the great movies

  • The best movie of hrithik and of ash even
    real pic of Akbar in Hrithik and Jodha in Ash
    10 OUT OF 5………..

  • Movie is a super hit. Supreme court lifted the ban… its a wonderful news .. Very kind of the judge who took a wise decision. Let this movie be tax free now..so every one watches this movie. I feel sorry for the producer of the movie who suffered great loss coz of the ban imposed on it.

    Now , to balance the loss which occured coz of ban, they should make it tax free or give him the money he lost.According to sourses producer lost Rs 10 or 20 million for the 4 days ban in M.P.

    I request everyone to watch this movie and if you have already seen the movie watc h it one more time to support a beautiful movie which has so much right emotions to touch any kind heart. Jai Hindustan.

  • This movie sets an example for perfectness ….right from the casting, direction, screenplay, story, editing , the picturisation , music, art……..and it goes on………the movie also showed the hard work and dedication of everyone who has been invloved directly or indirectly………Hats off to the marvellous work done by everybody………hope they must also been enjoying the fruit of it……….

    Hrithik is absolutely fantastic in the movie………..he has reached the heights of maturity …….in the performence………so as aishwarya……..

    Skills of direction can be sensed in every bit of the movie….

    Everybody should watch the movie……

  • superb movie i have seen it thrice and i enjoyed it every time so i strongly recomend this movie to watch

  • Jodha Akber is a fantastic movie.The chemistry between Aishwarya and Hrithik is superb.This movie really leaves print in your heart.

  • I THINK THE 4&HALF STAR IS VERY LESS FOR THIS FILM THIS FILM DESERVES***************************** JUST WATCH THIS MOVIE &YOU WILL NEVER FORGET IT IN THE FUTURE &FOR ASH YOU ARE ONLY MADE FOR HRITHIK&SO GET HIM&CAUGHT &MAKE HIM SIT WITH YOU
    THEY BOTH ARE JUST INCREDIBLE

  • I just wanna see this movie for one more time, i wanna see the scene where akbar asks jodha aur doosari shariyat.. nt he way he walks to meet her for the first time, n may be that sword bare topless practice giggle, n humm that dance where he dances out of epipheny ..kwaja merey.. and hritikh’s eyes wow he is so chweet…Akbar is sucj a cute n fav word..n i loved the way aish or may be jodha reads the name akbar for akbar..the way she says jaillauddin akbar, it touches you swiftly….more than once ina day i say jailludin akbar in the say jodha style..wish ashotosh had taken me..jk..

    Now it has been released in tamil n telgu , but i don’t think they promoted it in tamilnadu at all..i wish everyone watches akbar jodha there too….:P A/r rehmaan music is out of the world…
    I a gonna watch it tomorrow but it is still running full house every where… Hey Hritikh how r u?:P this is tara:P..i just got back from Chicago( actually from bombay):) u looked so handsome n majecstic woow:) Jodha bai toh kammal kr deekhaee i mean she did a good job, emoted good…ASHOTOSH ONCE MORE…..make one more historical movie u got a magic in ur hand

  • I just came across this site yesterday and was thrilled by the comments which have ben written, esp you Tara you have kept the tempo going.

    I guess this is the last week JA will have such an open run, meaning no competition. Race should get a good opening and should do well overall. In any case JA will be visible on quite a few screens what with so many multiplexes around these days.

    Reg the movie, even die-hard srk fans have loved it if they have even 10% open mind. I know of so many srk fans who have unwillingly at first shifted their loyalties to Hrithik after Dhoom2 and now with Akbar they must be wondering what srk knows about acting..

    JA was simply mindblowing and I have sent almost all my friends and family to see it. Still reminding a few who have missed out on this golden opportunity.The movie is made only for the big screen.

    Hrithik is so awesome just cant imagine what can be expected from him next. But he continues to work hard, continues to surprise us. He is the only actor who truly believes in taking our cinema to the next level. Makes sense since he works so hard on every movie for almost 12 months, no point in working in mediocre movies.

    Hrithik should however ensure one release every year , so he can get an award every year! If you notice every year that Hrithik has a release he gets the award.

    As for Ashutosh, hats off to him too. I was worried when Hrithik attempted a historical but was glad that he chose Ashutosh for this. Now a successful historical has got added to the gamut of roles duggu has done. I believe his next movie is a thriller with a lot of dancing. He should attempt a romantic comedy soon.

    Also at long last all the nonsense about one film wonder, giving hits only with pop, etc..have been wiped off forever.

    Another confusing thing is the box office status. At long last every site has admitted to it being a HIT at least. This is a great change since everyone was waiting for it to fail. As for overseas, there is a unanimous Super hit status.

    In any case UTV has made enough money, so media can continue saying whatever they wish.

    Cheerio friends …

  • AWW THAnk you so much! this site is so tempting that sometime si cannot control my fingers nend up sending review… after all its Hritick Rosha, anything for him.
    i GOT a gift to write for people whom i really likve very much..I like H.rosha coz he is a gentle breese that tocuhed u softly in the wild tempst of Bollywood. So anything for good people…..

    Hey….guys pls feed stary dogs:) noone takes care of them,. All heros……pls do something for stary dogs..they die with maggots on them. Just imagine u fall sick n noone takes care of u…
    When a dog is down with a itch, its like eaten live with those tiny bugs.its heart wrenching thing to even think…….comeon guys watch jodha akbar while getting back home carry 4 loaves of bread n feed dogs…we need to do good deeds to reach god….:P
    u don’t have to be animal lover to feed them..so just feed them n slowly u might fall in love with them…:P
    o yeah! never hit dogs coz i heard ppl who hit stray dogs get into some bone problem later, n if u feed them u get rid of many ailments………………..

  • this movie is too good. i dont have words to describe how apt is hrithiks performance in this movie.its a must see.

  • Jodhaa Akbar is a great movie. Of course, if everyone has 4 hours to watch it!

    The grandeur of the movie is stunning. The costumes, settings, locations both indoor and outdoor, and music are all spectacular. The use of color to accentuate the mood and feeling – red for rajputs and green for mughals, and music enhances the entertainment value of the movie. Each of the songs is unique – from sufi-spiritual Khwaja mere khwaja, classical Mann mohana…, ghazal like Kahne ko jashne, upbeat Azeem-o-shan shehanshah, to the sensuous In lamhon me daman mein – and form the 5 jems of Jodhaa Akbar.

    Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai were amazing in their performances. Ashutosh Gowariker’s direction is excellent, especially in his use of eyes as a means of communication between Jodhaa and Akbar consistently in the movie. His efforts to re-enact the traditions and culture of the 16th century and yet make them relevant today are commendable.

    In an interview, director Ashutosh Gowariker said he considered Jodhaa Akbar mainly as a romance, not a war or historical movie. Yes, the romance between Jodhaa and Akbar was a big part of the movie. It’s always nice to watch a love story in an arranged marriage! The marriage alliance between the moghul emperor and rajput princess starts of as a bitter pill for Jodhaa and a successful strategy for Akbar’s expansion of the mughal empire.

    But Gowariker did not devote much film or time to show their love blossom. There are 3 long war scenes and other scenes where kings plot and conspire, and not enough showing the transformation of Jodhaa and Akbar. Akbar finds Jodhaa’s strong-will and outspokenness attractive; and Jodhaa quickly finds out how genuinely nice Akbar is. Akbar’s character is well-developed: he’s a brave warrior, a wise ruler, and a nice man who can win people’s hearts and minds. But Jodhaa’s character isn’t so developed. The 2 songs – Mann mohana… and Kahne ko jashne… could have been in full instead of playing bits and pieces. There could have been more scenes between them.

    Ultimately this movie is more than the romance in the life of India’s greatest mughal. Gowariker underscores India’s heritage of cultural and religious syntheses without speeches or lectures.

  • if you like sleep 3hr in A/C you go to jhuda akbar so you have nice sleep Trust me.
    hum sab dostoon nay yahen kiya tha yaar,
    bakwaas movie,

  • Hey Raaja,

    You must be yet another srk fan. That is good but dont be a stupid srk fan. You guys dont have a house to sleep? I mean why waste money on a non-srk film and go to sleep? By March18th, you could have met quite a few like minded people who you could have asked reg the movie.

    Or may be you guys badly needed some sleep? Anywayz ur comment has no relevance now. JA is already a hit and it does not need any more word of mouth !

  • even after giving hits like jodhaa akbar and D2 krissshh and many other……i get the feeling that hrithik roshan isnt getting his fair share of fame. u dont see him in gatherings, neither any one goes ga ga about him like media goes for SRK (even when he makes us c ridiculous movies like OSO). hrithik is the numero-uno in bollywood……just don’t understand the politics of this world!!!

  • Yes coz may be srk pays the media, once he tried to pay the judges to get the filmfare award n later he apologised..actually srk is insecure guy though he is nice too…but he is scared to loose his position.

    On the contrary, Hritik is a humble guy, who just wants his work to speak about him. He is still a newbie when compare to srk.

    Hritik is a superstar and a super hero, rest of the lots are heroes. Hritikh takes risks and it pays well for him.
    Media itself is hungry for publicisty these days. They want there channel to be the best. Actually evry channel is at its worst, they just drag the news. they keep on repeating things, they have nothing new to show. They have one takia kallam..zaheer se batth hai ..zaheer see bath hai…and sometimes the breaking news they show sounds like a silly news…breaking news- mango fell from the tree..breaking news- one monkey is eating biscuit in the tree. Its better to watch news than to see any serial, as it accounts for more entertainment than news. Sometimes reporters don’t know what they are suppose to speak, so they go on bragging..salman khan is on the plane ,seat number is 26 he is wearing blue t shirt and laal chaddi..(hahah) now why do we care what colour is his underwear… and why do we care what is thenumber of his seat……sanjay dutt is outt jail he is shaking hands, now he is turning left and smiling now he is touching his nose. now he removed his hands and now I can see one black makhi(housefly) sitting on his thumb, may be makhi wanna lick the food:P…this is the news we get to see everydday.

  • Oi Raja tera baj gaya baaja….. aab tojhey sirf save karengey kwaja merey kwaja…….. hehehe..
    Raja seriously you must be some boring guy, u know every tapoori guy also has some kinda decency and they appreciate things that r beautiful to evry eye, either u need to go for an eye check up and u need some maturity and stop acting as if you are such a cool guy! coz now a days cool guy prefer movies that has too much sense and purity..gone are those days when cool guys used to use f words n b words….now a days new trend has been surfacing which is more docile and appreciative…n that is cool u r dibba and may be a whithered fooool

  • Thanks Jamuna for also bajawing Raja’s baaja. Imagine he took all the pain to visit the site, read all messages and then post a lousy message as if that was great value addition for us!
    As for what Mayank feels, it is so true. Hrithik is the number one. no doubt,esp if you see the range of roles he has done and that too with a fair amount of success and consistency. we can say more or less for sure that in a year with Hrithik movie release, srk and others might as well slepp coz he is surely geting the awards.
    Now hrithik needs to succeed in some kinda comedy movie too..
    srk is all over all channels, and that is what the media want. how will they occupy 24 hrs of news info,srk guarantees them one hr per day, waht with cricket,quiz shows, etc….
    The publicity for OSO was the height!

    I doubt there will be any other actor like Hrithik, we were lucky to have him this decade after a full two decades of mediocrity after Amitabh’s first innings.Hence all khans etc with hardly any acting prowess were successful!

  • absolutely rite………SRK gets very insecure whenever there’s a hrithik movie around the corner……
    and then he cracks ridiculously bad jokes(lyk the ones at filmfare) on hrithik to bring out his frustration……
    newayz……ne one knowz bout future projects of HRITHIK?? his forthcoming movies aftr the super success of Jodhaa akbar……..???cant wait 2 c his next……

  • Hrithik’s next movie is dad’s prodn with Anurag Basu as the director called Kites. Thereafter he is likely to do Krish sequel if nothing else exciting comes up. Anurag’s movie is an intl thriller with lots of dance!

    The release will happen only next year I guess even thou he is hoping that it will happen end of the year.

    Next years awards are more or less booked. I wish Hrithik has atleast two releases a year! That way srk will give up on awards atleast.

    What was so great about his acting in Chak de aside from the fact that he didnot ham as usual.

  • Hi Sunita

    U r too cool kinda girl, I see loads of innocence in what you write, n it looks like u r Kritikh Roshan’s fan…good good. I think u r a spiritual girl coz spiritual ppl gt attracted to the subtle aura of their kind, coz hritikh too is a spiritual guy..anyone who is god fearing and caring has some kinda spirituality in them, n they should purseu it.

    Hritick I think, you need to have new hair style in every movie that u act in, coz it makes u so fresh and look so different and differnt from the previous venture.
    I like Farha khan’s attitude that she casted a NEWBIE ACTRESS IN HER MOVIE. Look at yash chopa he onlu picks actors who are already number one n never gives oppertunity to any new actress.Rishi kapoor acted with many new actress in every movie or most of the movies he was inovolved with.

    I request directors and producers to pls introduce new heroines, we got fed up of seeing rani kareena preity they are old women..n already got enough money…give oppertunity to new girls. sot hat ur movies get the new look, we get to see a fresh face..and those girls get good oppertunity.

    Nisha kotari is such a good actress she has amazing body, acting skills and pretty face, BUT karan johan is casting same old heroines.

    Producers say we give public what they wanna see, n public says we watch what filma walas show. Though public wanna see new faces, new actress. We are bored seeing karan johar’s movies coz he got same group of actors acting repeating in the same sterotyped movies and boring subkject, same one bhangra song. He literaaly copied yash chopra style.

    I like Subhas ghai atleast he looks out for news actresses. coz of him we got to see anisha koirala mahima choudhary..n he did cast madhuri immediately after Tejab.
    N Yash chopra just think of his movies n thin of the actress played the role..all old and popular actress of that time. Yash chopra can make any ordinary girl popular by taking more news faces..I hope hisson will bring this new trend.

    Karan johar..please mend ur ways before ur boring style eat u up..just cast news actress n give fresh deal to ur old sterotyped movies..I am tired now..I have typed enough.
    Before I faint ciao

  • Well yash raj did try Tulip in mere yaar ki shaadi, three new gals in Mohabattein and even Tanisha is some damn movie with Uday Chopra, but none of their career took off, in yash raj or outside. So I guess they cant spot talent easily.

    Similarly the Chake de gals will soon fade into oblivion!

    Actually forget the heroines, even the places are the same – New York, blaha blah, that makes kank,khnh all look similar too..

    And yes I am a BIG HR fan, mainly because he is a good human being in addition to being a fantastic actor!

  • Yes u r right. I too like him moastly coz of these too reasons. You are a good obervent and u have got a wonderful memory.

    I am waiting for krissh-4:P

    Hritikh please act in some voilent wild movies. Lets see how do you act in those movies. Like how angry was Amitabh in kala patthar something in that style…..coz girls like voilent rough guy’s image. especially me:P

    and yeah with new hair style…i loved you in lakshaya, the first half was mindblowing.. but the second hald they showed more mountains than u….had they continued the tempo..of the first half, the movie would have been a super hit. Jved akhatar was young writing the script but after interval he screwed up the story..he could have continued making the mean lead as lay actors, but still manages to get whatever..that formula would have done wonders

  • krrish 4? whatz that? HR is talking of Krrish3, I wonder where is Krrish 2? BTW, it seems like Rakesh OM Mehra is gonna direct this one too for Filmkraft.Rakesh Roshan aint gonna direct it..

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