Jodhaa akbar costumes movie#

The hand to hand combat scene between Akbar and Shareef Ud Deen is top notch even if it seems to borrow heavily from Troy in the first few moments. Though on one occasion somebody did remark that it all looked like screenshots from Age of Empires and that is the honest truth as far as the battle views from top of the hills are concerned but let it not distract us too much from the fact that the work is well done. The camera angles used in the long shots for all the battle scenes, be they ultra tele-shots of the cavalry approaching the battle ground or top down shots of the troop formations or even shots of infantry running in to clash with the opposition all have been executed with a certain degree of mastery. This adds to the 'feel' of the times immensely though on one or two occasions I felt that close ups of the actors would have been better. And another things is that the younger generations seem to identify more closely with Hrithik Akabr than Prithivi Akbar.ДЄngles are utilized to great effect in fact the wide angles have been used with great frequency often to show not only the character but also to highlight the work done by the art direction team.

Jodhaa akbar costumes movie#

One look at the excited and ultra positive reception Hrithik has received in the minds of movie goers and you realise immediately that Hrithik has created and cemmented a new youthfull image of Akbar. = Zill-e-Ilahi, Badshah Salaamat, Jahanpanha-e-Aalm

But you get the idea and if you don't here's them photos an'all to help y'all: The Lord knows Prithiviraj Kapoor is always going to remain in my mind as the pot bellied Akbar just as any mention of Moses, Judah Ben Hur or any Israelite for that matter conjures up a torrential flood of Biblical proportions in the form of a bearded Charles Heston, clothed in coarse fabric, flinging down God's commandments engraved in stone, from far atop a mountain on the unbelievers, with dark skies and lightening in the background.okay I went too far I know. One of my personal grudges with Jodhaa Akbar has always been that there is a lot of difference between the physique of the 5feet 11 inches-muscled-to-the-hilt, chiseled-for-the-Greek-Pantheon Hrithik Roshan and that of the character he plays in this movie, the 5feet 4inches odd barel-chested-stocky-mole-sporting-mongoloid-round faced- frame of emperor Akbar. He may never be Emperor Akbar in the minds of some of the more puritanical aficionados of history but he looks, acts, feels emperor-like. He moves and gestures with regal dignity and blue blood purpose (does that sentence mean anything?). Even those who did not understand half of the dialogues due to the slightly Persianised Urdu came out of the cinema halls happy because of Hrithik's role. The respect and admiration he has earned at being able to do justice to a serious role in Jodhaa Akbar will spill over to the whatever other projects he may undertake from now on. This is his English Patient, his Omkara, his Guru Jodhaa Akbar has changed the way in which even the staunchest of Hritik RoshanвЂ™s critics think of him. Make no mistakes this is the seminal event of his career. Yes Sir, Jodhaa Akbar will always be counted amongst Hritik Roshan's finest performances, while thankfully Main Prem(s) Ki Diwani Hoon, and Na Tum Jano Na Hum will be relegated under the carpet forever at least I hope so. This timeline becomes important later on. Timeline - As per my calculations Jodhaa Akbar's core story talks about events from 1559AD to 1562AD and then ends circa 1566AD. And this is exactly how one feels during the movie, the historical aspects are in the frame narrative but they are not the main theme of the Jodhaa Akbar. In an interview director Ashutosh Gowariker was asked if history was central to Jodhaa Akbar and his reply was 'It is not central, but it is not incidental either'. This movie is not about the magnificense of emperor Akbar (even though Abul Fazl would have his readers believe that his glorious benefactor was the Ever Refulgent Light of the Universe even before being born). Jodhaa Akbar is not about historical accuracy (the producers make it quite clear with a disclaimer to this effect right at the begining). It is about religious tolerance and harmony. It is about coming of age and taking up responsibilities and making decisions for one's self. It is about pernicious court intruge (something which the Mughals did better than anybody else in the world). Jodhaa Akbar is about the love which blossoms between a husband and a wife after marriage and how it happens. This review of Jodhaa Akbar is an arm-chair review.