Sunday, March 23, 2008

Jodhaa Akbar

It was a long wait before today, when I finally got to watch the movie. I have been listening to its soundtrack almost daily since I got hold of it and each day I have a new favourite from it. Such is the quality that A.R. Rahman can offer, and this one surely will go down as one of his best works ever; the best in my opinion!

Coming to the movie, I'd say it's 200 minutes of living the history in its grandeur. The daunting duration never poses a problem as the screenplay takes care of it and there isn't a dull moment to mention. Lavish costumes, magnificent sets, the imperial canvas...they all take you back in time and I won't be surprised if you wish to be a part of that era to have a taste of the royal treatment!


The movie had some magical instances which will be talked of, over and over again. Akbar's moment in trance and swaying to the enchanting Khwaja Mere Khwaja stands out! The cinematographer has done an amazing job at capturing the war scenes, and more or less throughout the movie. The sword fight between Jodhaa and Akbar is beautifully worked out. And the spectacular rendering of Azeem O Shaan Shahenshah is a treat to the eyes!

There is nobody in our film industry who could have played the character of Akbar better than Hrithik Roshan. He epitomizes perfection and brings out the best in him to stand up to the mountainous task of portrayal of the great emperor. Aishwarya Rai fits the bill perfectly as Jodhaa. The director, Ashutosh Gowariker has to be applauded to have executed the project with such brilliance to dish out a masterpiece!

This one's definitely from the top drawer, not to be missed or ignored, and might just finally get us an Oscar, hopefully!
One of the movies which you walk out of feeling all good inside.

15 comments:

crasiezt said...

Oh! It's good? Couldn't muster up my guts to watch it!! Might try now:-)

RiĆ  said...

Hi there!stumbled upon ur blog and found this post gud since i too loved the movie....Hrithik was every bit gorgeous...i absolutely wanted to devour him! :D

freesherry said...

thats quite a lavish review of thye movie I must say
i watched it too and liked it though not as much as you did :)
though the music is definitely out of the world

Anonymous said...

Yeah!.. the movie is as splendid as it was expected to be.. a great piece of work..! Such movies are not made often in one's lifetime..

I have "Jashn-e-bahara" playing repetitively in my car all day. :)

And the post..
"Mahshallah..!" :)
keep up..!

Anonymous said...

I agree with every word u said :) Hrithik Rocks!

Reeta Skeeter said...

I loved it too!
Well-written review from you...
Only thing that I disagree with is Hrithik's acting... could've been better... though wasn't bad...
And the trance sequence was surely a winner!
And I also liked the kitchen and meal sequences...
So finally u watched it! Ahem!
:D
Cheers!
Keep Writing!

Prateek Arora said...

I really want 23 watch d movie now.listen buddy,y dont u write smthin bout Blackird?

Ankur Arora said...

@crasiezt: I'd recommend it to everybody. It deserves to be viewed in a theatre!
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@ria, anonymous2: :-) He's classy![bows]
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@sherry: The soundtrack is superlative!
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@anonymous1: Shukriya! :)
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@skeeter: Thanks for all the good that you said...And here's for the bad one: Gustaakh!
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@prateek: You should have; you're missing out on it and so is your gf! :p
Why should I write about Blackbird? Were you drunk when you wrote this?

Satanic Angel said...

I loved it a lot, infact I've seen it twice already! The screenplay is simply awesome and hritik -omigawd- hes one greek god..my fav scenes were all the romantic ones and also the one in wich hritik's brandishing his sword and praticing..he;s too sexy.
The masala that they've put in (ref: scenes involving ila arun)wernt bad either. Azeem-o-shaan shenshah has some awesum cinematography..jashn-e-bahaar and khwaaja are soulful songs..rehman has done it yet again..looks like i reviewed the movie again only to echo wateva u hadta say :D

Reeta Skeeter said...

hu ha...
*darrr gayi*

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Ankur Arora said...

@elusive: Maasha-allah! Khoob kaha aapne! :-)
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@skeeter: Sar kalam kara diya jayega tumhara! Ab aap aur darr sakti hain! :D
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@sherry: Thanks so much! I'm flattered! :-)

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