Jodhaa Akbar *****

Set in the sixteenth century, Jodhaa Akbar is a love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa. Little did Akbar [Hrithik Roshan] know that when he married Jodhaa [Aishwarya Rai Bachchan], he would be embarking upon a new journey — the journey of true love.
The daughter of King Bharmal of Amer [Kulbhushan Kharbanda], 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 this defiant princess.

I haven’t watched anything so rich, so magnificent like this in a long, long time on the Hindi screen. It’s not just beautiful, but there’s life as well.

Perhaps this is one of my all time favourites except the lenght of the movie. But once into Jodhaa Akbar, the sequence of events, the drama, the romance, the war… every aspect keeps you mesmerized. There are several instances which makes us awestruck !

• Hrithik taming an elephant


• The two pre-conditions set by Jodhaa, before her marriage to Akbar.


• when Ash is asked to taste the food herself by Ila before she’s about to serve the food to the Emperor and his associates. Once done, Hrithik demanding that he be served the meal from the same platter that Jodhaa had used.


• The sword fight between Hrithik and Ash.


• lovestruck Hrithik's expression with the best track in the background.

A.R. Rahman’s music gels beautifully with the mood of the film. Azeem-o-Shaan Shahenshah and Jashn-e-Bahara are the best tracks in terms of tune. Khwaja Mere Khwaja is outstanding. Rahman’s background score is simply extra-ordinary.

To sum up, Jodhaa Akbar leaves you spellbound. A MUST-watch movie ! Undoubtedly 5 stars !