Jodhaa Akbar

i went for this movie despite mediocre movie review...and despite the frightening length of the movie of 3 and half hours....ya i know m a movie freak....

anyways abt the movie....
well the plot is not so simple...dont know how much was reality n how much fictional....
plot is king bharmal of amer doesnt wish to give the kingdom or a part of it to the son of his elder brother sujamal (played by sonu sood) who is elder n more deserving than his own son...this leads sujamal to seek help from other king to help overthrow king bharmal..

this other king happens to be akbar's brother in law who decides to help sujalmal only if after being crowned king sujamal will help him to overthrow akbar...

bharmal wants protection for his empire n so he proposes the marriage of his daughter jodhaa to akbar....
to strengthen the ties with rajputs emperor akbar agrees to marry jodha daughter of rajput king bharmal of amer....

well jodha is not happy abt the situation that her opinion is not asked in this matter n that the marriage is purely a political alliance...but for the sake of the people of her kingdom n ensure their protection she agrees to marry...provided her conditions r met with...they being she shd not be converted to islam n be allowed to follow her hindu traditions and a temple be made in palace for lord krishna...

obviously akbar agrees....after their wedding jodhaa refuses to let akbar near her as she doesnt love him....again akbar agrees....n so starts love story...love story is cute like any other love story where the guy n girl try to impress each other n try to make each other happy....
but life is not so simple....
the dai (who has raised akbar) is a possessive female and cant bear if anyone else becomes more important to him....not even jodhaa...so she creates misunderstanding between two...puts jodhaa in trap n akbar in his blind faith in dai sends jodhaa back to maika....

well the dai is caught quite easily n misunderstanding is resolved...but now akbar has to win jodha's love all over again....which he manages to do as he becomes a people's king....and makes amends in the policies to help common man....
but there is still trouble in paradise as akbar's brother in law tries to murder him so that he can rule over entire empire....
well now jodhaa nurses him back to health with her prayers n love...

then finally as all seems goin well there is final war with his brother in law which of course akbar wins...n alls well in paradise...on the way of course akbar's brother in law kills sujamal as he refuses to fight on his side...

a long story....
as for the actors......hrithik as akbar is good jus it takes some time to settle in...
ash too is good as jodhaa....sonu sood is good too...rest all actors also good...

good direction...but mistakes like child actors have black eyes shd have beem taken care of...many nice sequences (its a treat to watch hrithik's sword practice scene)...the one with elephant is also cool....nice romantic sequences too...nice choreography in the marhaba song....

cud have been edited quite a lot..cud have easily been a three hour movie...songs r too long...couple of them cud have been edited completely....war scenes too long...sword fight scenes too long..
LENGTH ....thats the only problem of the movie...

sets by nitin desai r grand..costumes r good...
movie appears nice colourful...
watch the movie for the grand splendor of moghul forts n palaces...leaves u wondering how it must have been in reality...to know the lifestyle of the royals...

at the core of it this is a simple love story of a man and a woman who r bound to each other and finally fall in love with each other n make their marriage work despite all odds

GO FOR IT if u have enough free time....