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Jodhaa Akbar
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Jodhaa Akbar is a 2008 Indian biographical drama film written, directed, and produced by Ashutosh Gowariker, alongside producer Ronnie Screwvala. The movie features Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai in the lead roles, with Sonu Sood and Kulbhushan Kharbanda also starring. Amitabh Bachchan serves as the narrator. The film was released in India in Hindi and distributed by UTV Software Communications and Netflix.
The narrative is set in India and explores themes such as husband-wife relationships and marriage crises. It depicts characters including Akbar, Mariam-uz-Zamani, Bharmal, and Ataga Khan. The musical score was composed by A. R. Rahman, who also performed. The production involved companies UTV Motion Pictures and Ashutosh Gowariker Productions.
The film has a runtime of 213 minutes and was released with a budget of 5800000, generating a revenue of 28700000. It has received review scores of 6.8/10, 79%, and 69/100, with an average vote of 7.318 on TMDb and a rating of 7.5 on IMDb. The work won the Filmfare Award for Best Film.
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7.3A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a Mughal emperor and a Rajput princess.
Cast
- Hrithik Roshan as Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar
- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Rajkumari Jodhaa Bai
- Sonu Sood as Rajkumar Sujamal
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Raja Bharmal
- Suhasini Mulay as Rani Padmavati
- Raza Murad as Shamsuddin Atka Khan
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- marriage crisis
- emperor
- hindu
- biography
- sword fight
- period drama
- domineering mother
- mughal empire
- marriage of alliance
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ashutosh Gowariker
- Screenplay by
- Haidar Ali , Ashutosh Gowariker
- Dialogues by
- K. P. Saxena
- Story by
- Haidar Ali
- Produced by
- Ronnie Screwvala , Ashutosh Gowariker
- Starring
- Hrithik Roshan , Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
- Narrated by
- Amitabh Bachchan
- Cinematography
- Kiran Deohans
- Edited by
- Baldev Saluja
- Music by
- A. R. Rahman
- Production company
- Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Private Limited
- Distributed by
- UTV Motion Pictures
- Release date
- 15 February 2008 ( 2008-02-15 )
- Running time
- 214 minutes
- Country
- India
- Language
- Hindi
- Budget
- ₹ 40 crore
- Box office
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Hindi
- Director
- Ashutosh Gowariker
- Screenwriter
- Ashutosh Gowariker
- Cast member
- Amitabh Bachchan
- Composer
- A. R. Rahman
- Producer
- Ronnie Screwvala
- Narrative location
- India
- Duration
- 193
- FilmAffinity ID
- 220070
- Performer
- A. R. Rahman
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.jodhaaakbar.com
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- publication date
- 2008-04-03
- title
- जोधा अकबर
- distributed by
- Netflix
- narrator
- Amitabh Bachchan
- review score
- 69/100
- characters
- Man Singh I
- Commons category
- Jodhaa Akbar
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Encyclopedic overview
Jodhaa Akbar is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language epic historical fictional drama film directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. It stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the titular roles. Set in the 16th century, the film shows the fictional life and love between the Muslim Emperor Akbar of the Mughal Empire and a Hindu Princess Jodhaa Bai of Amber, and their political marriage. A. R. Rahman composed the musical score which proved to be critically and commercially successful. The film marks the second collaboration between Roshan and Rai Bachchan after Dhoom 2 (2006).
Jodhaa Akbar was released theatrically worldwide on 15 February 2008. Upon release, it was a critical and commercial success and became the fourth highest-grossing Hindi film of 2008.
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