Bollywood movie Jodhaa Akbar

Jodhaa Akbar is a film that was released with great expectation on February 15, 2008. It is directed and produced by the famous Ashutosh Gowariker the Academy Award nominee for the film Lagaan in the year 2001. The movie stars the hot throbe Hrithik Roshan and the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai. It also includes the introduction of a newcomer Abir Abrar. The making of this great project began in Karjat. The story of the film rolls around the love between the Muslim Mughal emperor Akbar (Hrithik Roshan) and his Hindi wife Jodhaa (Aishwarya Rai). The music is composed by the versatile genius music director A.R.Rahman. It was launched on January 19, 2008.

Storyline

Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story between the Muslim Mughal Emperor Akbar and the Rajpat Princess Jodhaa. Akbar was aiming at only political success. His success knew no bounds. He successfully conquered the Hindu Kush. And then he wanted to extend his empire from Afganistan to Bay of Bengal and from the Himalayas to Godavari river. To strndthen the relationship with the Rajpats Akbar married the elegant princess of Rajpat, Jodhaa. After then he was traveling in a new journey of strengthening the love between him and Jodhaa. This was the journey of a powerful, true love. The daughter of King Bharmal of Amer, Jodhaa was used as a mere pawn in strengthening Akbar’s relationship with the Rajpats. Akbar did not find it difficult to conquer the empires. On the other hand he found it damn difficult to win the love of Jodhaa that was hidden deep in her heart. Precisely Jodhaa Akbar is an untold love story.

Cast: -

• Hrithik Roshan played role of Emperor Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar
• Aishwarya Rai acted as Jodhaa
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Raja Bharmal
• Sonu Sood as Rajkumar Sujamal
• Suhasini Mulay performed as Rani Padmawati
• Shaji Choudhary as Adham Khan
• Punam S Sinha : Mallika Hamida Banu
• Digvijay Purohit : Rajkumar Bhagwan das
• Pradeep Sharma : Sheikh Mubarak
• Rajiv Sehgal : Raja Viraat
• Gurmmeet Singh : Raja Shundi
• Balraj : Raja Balraj Singh
• Yuri : Bairam Khan
• Disha Vakani : Madhavi
• Indrajeet Sarkar : Maheshdas/ Birbal
• Sudhanshu Singh : Raja Shimalgarh
• Nikitin Dheer : Sharifuddin Hussain
• Rajesh Vivek : Chugtai Khan
• Surendra Pal : Rana Uday Singh
• Raza Murad : Shamsuddin Atka Khan
• Ila Arun : Maham Anga
• Pramod Moutho : Todar Mal
• Pramatesh Mehta : Chandrabhan Singh
• Visswa Badola : Saadir Adaasi
• Manava Naik : Neelakshi
• Jassi Singh : Raja Bhadra
• Ulhas Barve : Raja Mankeshwar
• Abir Abrar : Bakshi Banu Begum
• Aman Dhaliwal : Rajkumar Ratan Singh
• Shehzor Ali : Raja Hemu
• Sanchita Kaur : Special Appearance
• Amitabh Bachchan : Narrator

Production

Ashutosh Gowariker wanted his film to be historically also strong. Hence he called for a team of historians from varios places like New Delhi, Agra, etc. There were about Over 80 elephants, 100 horses and 55 camels were used in the movie. A song in the film featured around thousand dancers in traditional costumes which was shouted in the rich location of Karjat. The budget of the film is estimated to be about 37 crores.

Direction

The director Ashutosh Gowariker accepted that 70 % of his film is based on his own imagination. Certain historians argued that Jodhaa was married to Akbar’s son Jahangir. They also protested against this issue and also acclaimed for apologize from Ashutosh Gowariker. Since this film was not released in 30 theaters in Rajasthan. Ashutosh Gowariker acclaimed that he atmost tried to follow according to the book. He also added that there was contradiction regarding the name of the Rajpat princess.

Music

The music tracks are composed by the versatile musician A.R.Rahman. There are officially five songs and two instrumentals. The music was released on January 18th 2008. the music launch was done on January 9,2008. The tracks were recorded Panchathan Record Inn A.M. Studio Nirvana Studio. The song Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah which was sung by Mohd. Aslam, Bonny Chakravarti & chorus. The next track Jashn-E-Bahaara was sung by Javed Ali. A.R.Rahman, the vibrant singer has sung the song Khwaja Mere. Thus the songs in the film are box office hits of the year.

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