Jodhaa Akbar
Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. India. 2008. Tickets: $10. 200 min.
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… a sumptuous-looking historical drama.The $10 million film is one of Bollywood’s biggest productions this year. It will be released worldwide on Friday, in more than 115 theaters in the United States alone, making it the biggest American release ever for a Hindi film. “Jodhaa Akbar” focuses on that quintessentially Indian subject: arranged marriage. Set in the 16th century, it explores the marriage between the great Mughal Emperor Akbar, a Muslim, and his Hindu wife Jodhaa. Historians have described the union as a political alliance, but in the hands of Ashutosh Gowariker, the film’s director, the story has become “an epic romance with its share of battles, harem politics and intrigue,” he said in a telephone interview. Mr. Gowariker, whose 2001 period film, “Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India,” was nominated for an Oscar for best foreign film, isn’t claiming factual accuracy but insists that the film is “embedded in historical truth.” (Anupama Chopra, The New York Times). This film is in Hindi with English subtitles.
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