Aishwarya Rai, Hrithik Roshan, Kulbhushan Kharbanda

A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodha.

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Unrated, 3 hrs. 42 min.

Directed by: Ashutosh Gowariker

Release Date: February 14, 2008

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DVD Release Date: September 9, 2008

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  • October 26, 2008
    Fantastic movie by Ashutosh Gowariker! Amazing story plot. Great cast- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Sonu Sood. Amazing music!! Definitely worth seeing.
  • November 10, 2009
    Day: Sunday
    Date: 2 March 2008
    Amt: 60/-
    Time: 5.00 Pm
    Over at: 8.30 Pm
    With: Mom, Dad
    Theatre: Eros, Mumbai

    Good Movie...Good Costumes and Jewellery.
  • October 30, 2009
    Hindoeprinses huwt in toenemende mate seculier opererende moslimkeizer. Meest expliciet sensuele Bollywood-film tot nog toe.
  • September 26, 2009
    its one of the best movie in bolly wood
  • September 8, 2009
    Amei esse filme, figurinos impecáveis
  • September 2, 2009
    good movie all the way...Aishwarya looked stunning through out the movie
  • August 30, 2009
    I'm not really into Indian movies, but this one was just amazing. great cast and great music. have to love it
  • August 25, 2009
    I also love this one. a must see. the things you do for love.
  • August 10, 2009
    perfection .

    Synopsis :

    Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a political marriage of convenience that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa.

    Political success knew no bounds for Emperor Akbar (Hrithi...( read more)k Roshan). After having secured the Hindu Kush, he furthered his realm by conquest until his empire extended from Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal, and from the Himalayas to the Narmada River. Through a shrewd blend of diplomacy, intimidation and brute force, Akbar won the allegiance of the Rajputs. This allegiance was not universal. Maharana Pratap and many other Rajputs always considered Akbar as a foreign invader. Maharana Pratap also banned inter marriages between Rajputs who had given their daughters to the Mughals and the ones who did not. But little did Akbar know that when he married Jodhaa (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), a fiery Rajput princess, in order to further strengthen his relations with the Rajputs, he would in turn be embarking upon a new journey ? the journey of true love.

    The daughter of King Bharmal of Amer, Jodhaa resented being reduced to a mere political pawn in this marriage of alliance, and Akbar?s biggest challenge now did not merely lie in winning battles, but in winning the love of Jodhaa ? a love hidden deep below resentment and extreme prejudice. Jodhaa-Akbar is their untold love story.

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    it's about something really luxurious and beautiful . Not to forget the beauty of India and their cultural problems , a real MARVELOUS historical romance of one of the most exotic place in Asia called India .

    The setting was extremely perfect and beautiful . You will see the greatness of God in that beautiful desert captured in perfect cinematography by Ashutosh Gowariker .

    Jodhaa Akbar amazed me for 3 and half hours . VERY LONG TIME and sometimes it was very boring , it made my brain went slower for a while and it wasn't that nice when the scenes start to be slow and useless . But , there's amazing tension after those boring scenes . So , i can say that the "boring feeling" was cured after the tension scene came out .

    What keeps me woke up was the extremely beautiful scenery , cinematography , the set , the costume and the "smooth" acting from the actors .

    Well , the songs or i can say the soundtrack of the movie itself was pretty amazing eventhough there was too much repetition upon few songs which distracted me for a while from the movie . The tunes of the songs themself were pretty beautiful without losing its traditional Bollywood tune .

    Jodhaa Akbar doesn't lose its BOLLYWOOD points like dancing scenes , love scenes etc . But, Ashutosh Gowariker could make Jodhaa Akbar as an expensive-looking movie even with those classic BOLLYWOOD thingies . Surely perfect for this one , eventhough sometimes there's still some scenes which were too long and boring .

    Then , the actors and the actresses . All eyes on Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan . 99% perfect chemistry between them , expensive faces work with luxurious kingdom sets and of course with great acting of those two . They could make this movie and their movements as another representative of art .

    At the end , i really like this movie , extremely luxurious beauty from India , PROBABLY THE BEST BOLLYWOOD MOVIE EVER . If i watched this in a festival(or cinema) , i would give Jodhaa Akbar a standing ovation .



    THE MOVIE ITSELF IS AN ART .
  • August 5, 2009
    A great re-telling of story and setting for a great history. Though there's a huge controversy for the history part of the story (which the whole point of the movie really was), Jodha Akbar is an ideal, Disney-ish version of the history therefore making it an entertaining, romant...( read more)ic movie. I'll definitely watch it over and over again.

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  • cleopatra2008
    January 4, 2009
    it's my first bollywoodian movie from really good time ago and i can say im not disappointed in fact i was really pleased..i liked everything in this movie the love story ,the historian side,the outfits ,the dances ,the wars,....etc
    everything were in the right place at the right time ...gr8 movie really
  • savinjukshi
    March 6, 2008
    The movie makes you wish it was longer.. It's an amazing epic, and has none that bore you associate with period film.. It one of the movies you can watch more than once without complaint!! Two-thumbs up for Jodhaa Akbar.. Watch it..

    BTW, I love Hrithik and Ash..
  • pkgirls
    March 2, 2008
    it was a nice movie and hrithik looked great as always
  • mycupcake2007
    February 29, 2008
    I love this movie. Some people said it was too long, but I dissagree. It was longer than most movies but, I wouldn't want it any shorter. By the way I love Hrithik and Aishwarya Rai.

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