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[dhruvdeepak]

anu malik anyone?

[keep-it-cool]

pritam

he gives you the best of everyone

[feverpitch]

pritam

he gives you the best of everyone

true. he is the 21st century's answer to Bhapida...

[broadbat]

Watching the buzz that Jodha Akbar was creating out here I could only read but not take part. One of the negatives of living in small towns is that you do not always get the best of movies until after all the hype has passed. It is good in a way that you rarely have to suffer a dud on opening day.
I am not sure how much of the film is actual history and which portions are a part of the directors imagination, however one thing that struck me was that there seems very little in current day life that does not seem to have been done before. This may be one of the reasons perhaps that have led to coining of the term, ‘history repeats itself’.
Below are some passing thoughts that went through my mind as I watched the movie.
1.   Inflation seemed to be a major issue even then and for once we can be sure that the price of crude had nothing to do with it.
2.   Chidambarm got his idea of waiving farmer’s loans after watching this film or at least tipped the balance in their favor for him to go through with the idea.
3.   Palaces even then were designed with brilliant acoustics and it is quite possible that one of the forefathers of Bose was present in the durbar that Akbar conducted. Probably it was early recorded inputs from him about hearing Jodha sing that led to Bose creating the legendry ‘place anywhere and listen everywhere’ speaker systems.
4.   Very rarely do songs not sung by the lead actors stand out and turn into masterpieces. Off hand I feel that after Chanchal in Bobby and RD in Sholay the Kwajaa number stands a good chance depending on the how well the movie does.
5.   Unfortunately having watched ‘Gladiator’ and ‘Troy’ on DVD just this past month (yeah I know, very late) the fight scenes some how never did it for me.
6.   Akbar was the forefather of the POW treatment clause adopted at the Geneva Convention.
7.   Akbar was truly the pioneer of secularism in India.
8.   Thought I had read about Jodha being a warrior princess or was that someone else? If it was because of that foreplay with swords she had with Akbar, umm well then Ok.
9.   Suicide pills were in vogue long before the LTTE thought of it.
10.   Bad mother in laws, even if by proxy, existed even then and Ekta Kapoor only dressed them better. Yes also that blood is thicker than milk.
11.   Cheesiest moment of the movie, the one where Jodha or is it Ashustosh, who tries to prove that ‘my god is better than yours’ by having Jodha’s prayers answered with a flash of light from above, leading to Akbar’s recovery from a poisoned arrow attack.
12.   The idea for a miner’s headlamp had its origins, after its inventor saw pictures of Jodha with one (without the bulb of course) around her head.

Now where do I position myself with regard to rating this picture? Well to use Kic’s scale; on current length a notch above Jfk, cut out 20 minutes and on par with Kic. Another 20 and I would be up there with WN.

[LosingNow]

Watching the buzz that Jodha Akbar was creating out here I could only read but not take part. One of the negatives of living in small towns is that you do not always get the best of movies until after all the hype has passed. It is good in a way that you rarely have to suffer a dud on opening day.
I am not sure how much of the film is actual history and which portions are a part of the directors imagination, however one thing that struck me was that there seems very little in current day life that does not seem to have been done before. This may be one of the reasons perhaps that have led to coining of the term, ‘history repeats itself’.
Below are some passing thoughts that went through my mind as I watched the movie.
1.   Inflation seemed to be a major issue even then and for once we can be sure that the price of crude had nothing to do with it.
2.   Chidambarm got his idea of waiving farmer’s loans after watching this film or at least tipped the balance in their favor for him to go through with the idea.
3.   Palaces even then were designed with brilliant acoustics and it is quite possible that one of the forefathers of Bose was present in the durbar that Akbar conducted. Probably it was early recorded inputs from him about hearing Jodha sing that led to Bose creating the legendry ‘place anywhere and listen everywhere’ speaker systems.
4.   Very rarely do songs not sung by the lead actors stand out and turn into masterpieces. Off hand I feel that after Chanchal in Bobby and RD in Sholay the Kwajaa number stands a good chance depending on the how well the movie does.
5.   Unfortunately having watched ‘Gladiator’ and ‘Troy’ on DVD just this past month (yeah I know, very late) the fight scenes some how never did it for me.
6.   Akbar was the forefather of the POW treatment clause adopted at the Geneva Convention.
7.   Akbar was truly the pioneer of secularism in India.
8.   Thought I had read about Jodha being a warrior princess or was that someone else? If it was because of that foreplay with swords she had with Akbar, umm well then Ok.
9.   Suicide pills were in vogue long before the LTTE thought of it.
10.   Bad mother in laws, even if by proxy, existed even then and Ekta Kapoor only dressed them better. Yes also that blood is thicker than milk.
11.   Cheesiest moment of the movie, the one where Jodha or is it Ashustosh, who tries to prove that ‘my god is better than yours’ by having Jodha’s prayers answered with a flash of light from above, leading to Akbar’s recovery from a poisoned arrow attack.
12.   The idea for a miner’s headlamp had its origins, after its inventor saw pictures of Jodha with one (without the bulb of course) around her head.

Now where do I position myself with regard to rating this picture? Well to use Kic’s scale; on current length a notch above Jfk, cut out 20 minutes and on par with Kic. Another 20 and I would be up there with WN.

That headlamp thingy without the bulb is a traditional Rajasthani adornment