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Banner | Ashutosh Gowariker Productions, UTV Motion Pictures |
Director | Ashutosh Gowarikar |
Writer | Haidar Ali |
Producer | Ronnie Screwvala, Ashutosh Gowariker |
Music Director | A R Rahman |
Cinematography | Kiran Deohans |
Film Editing | Ballu Saluja |
Art Director | Prashant Vichare |
Camera Operator | |
Assistant Cameramen | Biswa Prakash Mishra, Titu Kumar Jena |
Playback Singers | A. R. Rahman, Bela Shende, Javed Ali, Sonu Nigam, Madhushree, Mohd. Aslam, Bonnie Chakraborty |
Character | Actor/Actress |
Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar | Hrithik Roshan |
Jodhaa Bai | Aishwarya Rai |
Sujamal | Sonu Sood |
Mallika Hamida Banu | Poonam Sinha |
Rani Padmavati | Suhasini Mulay |
Maham Anga | Ila Arun |
Shamsuddin Atka Khan | Raza Murad |
Raja Veer Bharmal | Kulbhushan Kharbanda |
Rana Uday Singh | Surendra Pal |
Chughtai Khan | Rajesh Vivek |
Bairam Khan | Yuri Suri |
Birbal | Indrajit Sarkar |
Sheikh Mubarak | Pradeep Sharma |
Adham Khan | Shaji Chaudhary |
Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth-century love story about a political marriage of convenience between a Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa. The beautiful and fiery daughter of King Bharmal of Amer, Jodhaa gets betrothed to another rajput king and her dowry was her father's crown, which will pass to that rajput king, after his death. Through this arrangement, the son of elder brother of the king Sujjamal gets declined of his rightful throne and he leaves the kingdom angrily to join rebels. But when Mughal empire plans to attack Amer, king Bharmal, resentfully offers his daughter's hand to the emperor himself to avoid war. Akbar agrees to the marriage as it would bring forward a true strong alliance and long lasting peace between the empire and rajputs. Jodha completely resented being reduced to a mere political pawn and she wants to marry Rajput king she was betrothed previously. She writes a letter to Sujjamal, her cousin (whom she sees as her own brother) entreating him to come rescue her from the marriage, she couldn't send it though. Jodhaa shares all her misery with her mother, who tells her to send a servant girl in her place. Jodhaa replies that it would deceive Akbar and would be death to their kingdom if he finds out. Then, her mother gives her a vial of poison and tells her to use it if need arises. After their marriage, Jodhaa acts reluctant with Akbar and they do not consummate their marriage. Akbar respects her views and lets her follow her regular religious rituals. Slowly they grow closer and Jodha's resentment for him starts to decrease. A while later, Akbar orders a feast in Jodhaa's honor and she cooks for him on that day. Akbar's wet nurse Maham Anga gets devastated by the death of her treacherous son in the hands of Akbar and decides to bring rift between Jodha and Akbar. She somewhats succeeds when she sends Rakhi and Jodha's letter to Sujjamal. Akbar misunderstands that Jodha was plotting against him and sends her to her maternal home. Later he comes to know of Jodha's innocence and begs her to come back to him. She tells him to win her heart through the religious equilibrium n equal rights in his kingdom. He does so and she comes back. Meanwhile Akbar's brother plots a revolt along with rebels and Akbar gets mortally injured in the war. Jodha prays two days continuously for him and they consummate their marriage once he gets better. Later Akbar controls the rebellion and announces that every religion has its rights in his kingdom. |
Release Date | 15-February-2008 |
Budget | ₹40 crore |
Revenue | ₹115 crore |
Filmfare Awards (2009): Won: Best Film – Ronnie Screwvala and Ashutosh Gowariker Best Director – Ashutosh Gowariker Best Actor – Hrithik Roshan Best Background Score – A. R. Rahman Nominated: Best Actress - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Best Supporting Actor - Sonu Sood Best Playback Singer Male - Sonu Nigam For The Song "Inn Lamhon Ke". Best Music Director - A.R. Rahman Screen Awards (2009): Won: Best Film – Ronnie Screwvala and Ashutosh Gowariker Best Actor – Hrithik Roshan Best Background Music – A. R. Rahman Best Choreographer – Raju Khan For The Song "Khwaja Mere Khwaja" Best Director – Ashutosh Gowarikar Best Actress – Aishwarya Rai Nominated: Best Actress – Aishwarya Rai Best Action – Ravi Dewan Best Actor in a Negative Role – Ila Arun Best Art Direction – Nitin Chandrakant Desai Best Lyrics – Kashif For The Song "Khwaja Mere Khwaja" Best Music – A. R. Rahman Best Male Playback Singer – A. R. Rahman For The Song "Khwaja Mere Khwaja" Best Special Effects – Pankaj Khandpur Stardust Awards: Star of the year – Hrithik Roshan Dream Director – Ashutosh Gowariker The New Menace – Nikitin Dheer IIFA Awards (2008): Won: Best Picture- Ashutosh Gowariker, Ronnie Screwvala, UTV Motion Pictures, Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Pvt. Ltd. Best Director - Ashutosh Gowariker Best Actor - Hrithik Roshan Best Music Director - A.R. Rahman Best Male Playback Singer - Javed Ali Best Art Direction - Nitin Chandrakant Desai Best Costume Design - Neeta Lulla Best Editing - Ballu Saluja Best Makeup- Madhav Kadam Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Sonu Sood Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Ila Arun Best Performance in a Negative Role - Vishwa S. Badola Best Lyricist - Javed Akhtar Best Female Playback Singer - Bela Shende For the song "Man Mohana" Shantaram Awards: Best Director Bronze Award – Ashutosh Gowariker Best Actress – Aishwarya Rai Best Music – A. R. Rahman International: Golden Minbar International Film Festival of Muslim Cinema (Kazan, Russia): Best Film (Grand Prix) – Ashutosh Gowarikar Best Actor Award – Hrithik Roshan São Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil, South America) 2008: Won: Best Foreign Language Film – Ashutosh Gowarikar Asia Pacific Screen Awards (2008): Nominated: Achievement in Cinematography – Kiiran Deohans Asian Film Awards (2009): Nominated: Best Production Designer – Nitin Chandrakant Desai Best Composer – A.R.Rahman |
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