Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

gautamcool great direction with mindblowing perfoemance laced with soul stirring music makes it best ever movie..Hrithik lived as akbar no one can replace him .aish is good...asuthosh one of best director to make period film entertaining..arr music extrordinary..cant pick one best song..watch this movie and experience the magic..

Kiers (Kiers77) who would have thought Bollywood could sustain your interest for over 3 hours! But Ashutosh Gowariker has put together a killer screenplay. Some songs are slow (notably the 6th/last song is trite) but music man AR Rahman is FANTASTIC. The costumes are ON THE MARK. Not chintzy, this is what was historically worn. The battle of Panipat, where the movie opens is actually either CGI or some set. Panipat in Haryana, India is flat and green, NOT DESSERT. Also, let me state that Hrithik Roshan is the ONLY guy in bollywood who could pull off the lead role of Akbar with class. People forget the Mughals WERE FOREIGNERS. All the issues raised are still pertinent today! Church v. State Fun movie. India's "gone with the wind".

adityad Let me start by saying that I watch less than 5 "bollywood" movies a year. So my perspective comes from one of an Indian-American who is familiar with the culture but not immersed. I had seen Lagaan, Swades and enjoyed both thoroughly. So going into Jodhaa-Akbar, I had high expectations. Unfortunately they might have been too high.The positives: The movie looks stunning. On par or better than any Hollywood epic. The actors are generally good (and obviously very good looking) and the dialogue is good. The songs themselves were decent although there were only 3-4.The negatives: I didn't go in expecting to see an accurate historical portrayal or anything even close. I went in expecting to be entertained. So the fact that most of the story never happened is irrelevant. The biggest problem was that the movie didn't know what it wanted to be. Was it a history lesson? was it a love story? The movie dragged and the segues between the love story and the story of Akbar's rule were just awkward. At no point do I feel that Jodhaa and Akbar gave a damn about each other. Akbar feels like an angst filled teen and Jodhaa has 2 emotions: happy and angry/sad. Too many scenes that felt like they were just praising Akbar as opposed to making us actually think of Akbar as great.I really wish they had dropped the entire subplot with Sujamal/Sharifuddin and concentrated on Akbar trying to woo Jodhaa and Jodhaa liking Akbar. And the movie dragged for ever.I can't believe I asked for romance in a bollywood flick :)

cribyn44 We first saw this film in the cinema and were duly impressed by its sweep and splendour: the colours and action sequences were very impressive. However, watching it at home on DVD the languorous nature of the director's handling of his subject became (unfortunately) more and more apparent. Above all, though, what disappointed me greatly was the extremely poor nature of the music by A R Rhaman composed for this film. Compared to the great (and late) Naushad, this aspect of the film fell completely and totally flat when watching the DVD. Music-wise, then, this film comes nowhere the great classic music provided by Naushad for, for example, "Mughal-E-Azam" (one of the truly greats), "Umrao Jaan", and others.