Jodha Akbar- A Tribute to History..
What
does public look for in theaters? A good story, excellent direction,
top stars, rocking music and a good 3 hour enjoyment.Well, looks like "Jodha
Akbar" has it all! Directed by Aushutosh Gowrekar, the director of
Oscar-Nominated "Lagaan",
featuring Hrithik Roshan as "Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar, and Beauty
Peagant Aishwarya Rai as "Jodha- The Rajput Princess - the daughter of
King Bharmal of Ajmer" and enchanting music by A. R.Rahman, will the
movie step its foot into the Oscar Nominations again and win
it?Hopefully it does!
Story: The story dates
back to the 16 century and talks about the untold love story of Akbar
and his wife Jodha(Hira -Kunwari before their marriange). The marriage
alliance between the Mughals and the Rajputs was mainly to strengthen
Akbar's Political Gain. This alliance led to the merging of two
cultures and religions and does Akbar know he has stepped into another
journey, a journey of love, to win the battel of love and does he
succeed in winning the love of "Jodha?"
The Music Score:The album was finally released and is already a super hit.
A.R.Rahman has done it again. The album opens with the song Azeem-O-Shaan-
Shehanshaa. Once
the song started to play, I was taken into the world of Akbar and could
picturise the Great Emperor marching with all power and vigour. The
song is picturised on Hrithik and is rich and brings out the power that
the King possesses. The song has fantastic drum-beats and strong
lyrics. The song is rendered by Mohd.Aslam, Bony Chakravarthy and group.
"In Lamhoon Ke Daman Mein" a
beautiful melodious number rendered by Sonu Nigam and Madhushree. I was
surprised to read the review in India FM ,which said that this number
did not make an impression. It said "boring" was too harsh a word to
describe this song. Well I bet this guy was out of his minds when he
heard the song.hehe.Is this too harsh?? This is one of my favorites in
the album and is magical- taking you into a world purely filled with
love.
"Jashn-e-bahaara hai" sung by Javed Ali
is another melody number. Javed Akhtar has as usual played his games
with words and they are as always the best."Paas hai Phir bhi Paas
Nahin", wow it means so much! The singer sings with full passion and I
have no choice of words to describe the song. ARR has proved his genius
again.
"Khawaja Mere Khwaja" a slow, Kawwali
number rendered by Rahman himself, is one of his usual additions and
will surely be loved by Rahman fans!Nice lyrics, nice music , with
Rahman trademark.
"Man Mohanaa" by Bela Shande
is a devotional track sung in praise of Lord Krishna. Its a lovely
number resembling a bhajan. The lyrics rock. Bela has sung this really
well and has done total justice by bringing out her feelings in her
mesmerising voice. She sounds the best when she reaches the highest
octave while singing "Man Mohanaa" towards the end.
The instrumental music foe Khwaja mere Khwaja on Oboe and Jashn-e-bahaara on
the flute is also very scintillating.
On
the whole the album rocks and I enjoyed all the songs and hope the
movie would also come out great.Its seems really after a long time that
Bollywood is coming up with a nice movie based on history. When I saw
the trailers of Jodha Akbar on the official site, it was amazing. The
background score, the war scenes, the costumes, sets, everything was at
its best and was rich! Looks like Maharani of Jaipur has also given her
approval...
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