"...excellent but nonsensational music...." ????? Hmmmmm..... I find the critics job is becoming very easy these days. Just add a couple of good words and if you feel that someone is going to call you biased, put in another word which brings all to square one !
Excellent but nonsensational ? What a statement ! It is so easy to make these statements. Untill and unless you really like to listen to all types of music, have listened to different genre / have sung or played musical instruments to a decent level, it is very difficult to understand the pain and hardships the artists / musicians go through to deliver any performance. Dinesh Vaidya Pune --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gomzy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/feb/14jodhaa.htm > > *Jodhaa Akbar is a spectacular watch > > * ** > *Arthur J Pais > > If you can sit through the first 20 minutes of Jodhaa > Akbar<http://www.rediff.com/movies/jodha08.html>, > trying to digest a train of political intrigues and double crossings, you > will be rewarded with perhaps the most spectacular film India has ever made. > > With an appealing story of two unlikely people falling in love after their > politically arranged marriage, the film is filled with several intriguing > plots and two out-of-the-world songs (Khwaja Mere Khwaja and Azeem- O-Shaan > Shahenshah.) > > Jodhaa Akbar proves that Ashutosh Gowariker is consolidating his position as > a masterful director of epic stories. If he had a tighter script and better > editing, he could be now the most envied director in India. > > Whatever could be the fate of the film at the box office, many people may > thank him for this eye-popping and thought-provoking entertainment. > > A career-defining role for Hrithik Roshan > [Images<http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=hrithik > roshan> > ] who shows admirably the vulnerabilities and strengths of an emerging > emperor. His bare-chested sword wielding scenes could swoon many women. > Aishwarya Rai [Images<http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php? MT=aishwarya > rai> > ] Bachchan has never looked this gorgeous. Some of her dramatic scenes are > weakly performed but she whips up excellent chemistry with Hrithik. > > Watch out for Poonam Sinha as Akbar's mother, who emerges from a > marginalised position to be his conscience-keeper and brings out > reconciliation between him and Jodhaa. > > Few directors know the best way to exploit A R Rahman's excellent but > nonsensational music as in this film. Gowariker has made brilliant use of > the five songs, getting them to propel the story. But it is not just the > songs and their situation in the film you will admire. Listen to Rahman's > awesome background score which ranges from the sonorous battle pieces to > lovely romantic melodies. > > Rediff Rating: > * >
