Dinesh good job man...yup.. post it in JA official website..
Thulasi Ram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: great Dinesh.. excellent one..
do post it in JA official website, feedback section..
cant wait till this weekend to watch the movie again!!!
On Feb 17, 2008 8:52 PM, Dinesh Vaidya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I watched Jodhaa Akbar yesterday night. I can only say that I am
speechless ! This movie is by far the BEST I have seen in a long long
time, to be precise after Swades. Now call this as a biased statement
of a Rahmaniac or admirer of your talent but believe me, all those
negative reports you might have read about JA are all FAKE. This
movie is Awesome !
Dear Ashutosh, Take a bow !! Be proud of a well deserved hat-trick !!
Contrary to all those pseudo-intellectual critical reports, this
movie appealed to me for many many reasons,
1. Rahman's Songs are already famous, but the BGM's ? My god ! Out of
the world ! I want to request you, Please come up with special
edition of BGM score, especially for us, the Rahmaniacs. Moreover you
have done justice to Rahmans songs.
2.Another important thing is all actors have literally lived their
performance, including Hritik and Ash. I would say, like Shahrukh in
Swades, this movie will be remembered as a special turning point for
both the lead actors. For others, All their characters are well
drafted so much that in the end, you remember each and every one of
them.
3.The detailing to minutest matters is really noteworthy. At no stage
in the movie I could feel that something is fake or not correct. You
and the art director deserve special mention for this. The swords and
the shields are truly what they are !
4. Costumes and jewellery has been done with great care and the
grandeur of Mughal Empire really comes up well. And the sets ?
AUTHENTIC !
5. A special mention about the glorious and well deserved praise you
have used for the Rajputs. Not only they are the pride of India,
their struggle and honour in defending their land comes out extremely
well in your movie. Those who are opposing your movie are plain
ignorant.
6. In the end of the 3 hrs 20 minutes, the movie length, or the more
of it, was NOT AT ALL an issue. In fact I can not single out one or
couple of scenes which can be cut. For those who are cribbing about
the movie length, I can only say that there is no rule on length of a
movie is it ? Is there any restriction on number of pages in a book ?
NO ? Then you can not call a movie long or short ! Period !
7. Dialogues are apt, screenplay and editing is top class.
8. Your quest to go deep into the subject and do thorough research is
seen in each and every frame, I would list following scenes which
standout as directors special,
a.During Khwaja Mere Khwaja, at the near end of the song, Akbar
gets up and joins the whirling Darwish team.
b. Akbar and Jodha sleep side by side with a curtain in between
when Akbar says sorry to Jodhaa. Jodhaa pretends to be sleeping. Next
shot she just about opens her eyes and there is a glorious smile on
her face, like Monalisa..
c. During same scene, when Jodhaa decides to sleep, she uses a
hand-fan to douse the oil lamps.
d. Akbar visits Jodhas's temple, and seeing her footware
outside, removes his and then enters in.
e. Akbar during the Azeem-o-Shaan song, goes out on horseback
amongst his subjects, but is constantly surrounded by a ring made by
his trusted guards.
f. After serving food to Akbar, when Jodhaa stops him from
eating under the pretext of salt, her glance towards Ila Arun speaks
100000 words !
All in all, I loved this movie and can not wait for its DVD and BGMs.
Kindly do not delay these 2 items anymore !
For those so-called-critics who gave funny numbers ( especially the
Times of India and Indian Express, because I read those yesterday
morning ), I would sympathize with them because probably they went in
to see your movie assuming it as DHOOM 3. My advice to you is, kindly
ignore such critics and their comments, they do not know what and why
they are writing it in the first place !
My verdict on the movie ? FANTASTIC / AWESSOME / GREAT piece of work.
A collectors item indeed !!!!
I am eagerly looking forward to your next movie, with AR Rahman
ofcourse !
Keep up the good work !
Best regards
Dinesh Vaidya
Pune
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