Jodhaa Akbar

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Jodhaa Akbar

Released Feb 15, 2008

3h 33m

Romance

History

Drama

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Epic romance, set in 16th-century India, about the love story between Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar, the Mughal Emperor of Hindustan, and Rajput princess Jodhaa. In order to extend his empire, Akbar agrees to a marriage of alliance to young and fiery Jodhaa but soon realizes he has to defend his choice of bride as his courtiers voice their displeasure at the idea of their Muslim Emperor marrying a Hindu.

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

Watch Jodhaa Akbar for its beguiling moments of amour. The rest is window dressing.

May 17, 2019

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Namrata Joshi

Outlook

Gowariker builds the film on progressive, even if simplistic, politics that may not be palateable to all, but shows his own civility as a filmmaker. Needless to say, Ash and Hrithik work rather well as a pair...

Rated: 3/4

Jan 29, 2019

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

The music and dance that are such hallmarks of Bollywood filmmaking are here seamlessly incorporated into the story rather than creating a pause in the action.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 18, 2008

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Ishmeet Nagpal

Common Sense Media

This epic drama can easily be counted as one of the classic historical romance sagas produced by Bollywood.

Rated: 5/5

Jul 19, 2023

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

An Indian epic, an intimate love story, and an interfaith masterpiece proclaiming that everyone is deserving of respect.

Rated: 5/5

Jul 17, 2023

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Khalid Mohamed

Hindustan Times

The action set pieces are sound and fury amounting to nothing. Amitabh Bachchan's voice-over commentary is stale. Kiran Deohan's cinematography is conventional and Ballu Saluja's editing is rather old-fashioned.

Rated: 2/5

May 5, 2015

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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/26/24

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Shivam S

what a movie , i have no words . Just felt like a real mesmerizing story with great acting , scenes , action , music and cinematography. Just love it , Ash and Roshan

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/01/23

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Spectacular production values. Really shows the grandeur of the Muslim influence on Hindustan.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

Hrithik Roshan and the story weaved around him is irresistible. Rest of the cast is okayish but that does not matter.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

One of the best Historical films of all time!!!! Hrithik's portrayal of Akbar is fantastic

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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yash b

"Jodhaa Akbar" is a historical drama that works because of the strong chemistry and acting from the two leads. While this movie is overlong and at times tends to drag, I still thought it was watchable. The movie does a good job transporting you back into this era and the sets and costumes are effectively convincing. I don't particularly enjoy historical movies set in India but I think this is one of the better ones I've seen so far. It may just be that this particular genre doesn't interest me that much, but the slow pacing and extremely long length of the movie make it an experience I would only want to have once at most.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Ashutosh Gowariker

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Hrithik Roshan

Akbar

Aishwarya Rai

Jodhaa

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Raja Veer Bharmal

Suhasini Mulay

Rani Padmawati

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Synopsis

Epic romance, set in 16th-century India, about the love story between Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar, the Mughal Emperor of Hindustan, and Rajput princess Jodhaa. In order to extend his empire, Akbar agrees to a marriage of alliance to young and fiery Jodhaa but soon realizes he has to defend his choice of bride as his courtiers voice their displeasure at the idea of their Muslim Emperor marrying a Hindu.

Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Producer: Ashutosh Gowariker, Ronnie Screwvala
Screenwriter: Ashutosh Gowariker, Haidar Ali, K.P. Saxena
Distributor: UTV Motion Pictures
Production Co: Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Pvt. Ltd., UTV Motion Pictures
Genre: Romance, History, Drama
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 15, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 1, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.4M
Runtime: 3h 33m

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