Jodhaa Akbar stars Hrititk Roshan as Akbar and Aishwariya Rai as his wife Jodha. The story focuses on how Jodha and Akbar married for a political alliance but were fortunate enough to find LOVE within their union. While the whole getting married for a political alliance seems rather far-fetched these days, many people can associate with entering a marriage and learning to trust that person. One of the key points that they focus on in this movie is that a relationship needs the foundation of TRUST to become stronger. One person should trust the other person and there should be open communication between them to prevent misunderstandings. This key point should be taken home by all the viewers of this movie.
I had mixed feelings about watching this movie in the theatre. From the promos that I had seen, the set design looked very elaborate, the costumes and jewelry: breath taking, the scale of the production: grand and the actors who starred in this historic drama: beautiful. As for the story, I knew it was a historical subject matter and a ‘love-story’…now this was a hit or miss in my opinion. Not to mention the little fact that the movie was almost 4 hours long and watching it in a regular theatre meant no intermission breaks!!! Anyhow, I bit the bullet so to speak and went to see the movie in the theatre. It was a smart move on my part as I consider it time well spent.
2 comments:
I felt the movie was too long given the fact that there was no plot or climax to the movie. I wanted something to happen which would grab my attention during the long 3.5 hours but i felt like i was just passing from one elaborate scene to another in a comatose state. Perhaps i'm being a bit harsh by saying that. It is a very well made movie with good performances and no real flaws. My basic issue is that if this movie doesn't have any flaws, it doesn't have any strengths either which causes me to feel that my 3.5 hours were wasted.
But i do agree with the point Jyoti made about trust. That is very true!
You do have a good point there but the focus of the movie is their relationship and they tried to provide it with a level of normalcy. Normal people's relationships normally don't have much drama in them. But then again, when we go to see a movie, we want drama. I don't know I'm just torn on the whole lack of plot issue.
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