Re: [ARR] Jodha Akbar A spectacular watch !

[Dinesh Vaidya]

"...excellent but nonsensational music" ?

Hm. 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,
> 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 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 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:
> *
>

Re: [ARR] Jodha Akbar A spectacular watch !

[Madhavan Rajan]

Jodhaa Akbar is going to be a real treat for all of us !!! Can't
wait...another 2 more days to watch the movie here in US...

Thanks for sharing the info, Gomzy!

Madhavan.R

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 2:10 AM, 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
> *, 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
> ] who shows admirably the vulnerabilities and strengths of an emerging
> emperor. His bare-chested sword wielding scenes could swoon many women.
> Aishwarya Rai 
> [Images
> ] 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: *
>
> 
>