The amount of people who come to me & say they actually liked "Jodha Akbar" compelled me enough to write a piece on it.
Theme of "Jodha Akbar"
Intercast cast arranged marriage with parents consent where two people who don't know each other marry & on the night of the wedding the Girl tells the Boy
"Pls don't touch me until I know u"
STRAIGHT & SIMPLE that's it.
Now, Mr.Ashutosh Gowariker (Director) managed to make a near 4 hour movie out of this storyline is pretty laudable. So, how did he drag the plot....??? ( 4 ghante ki movie jo banani hai :D
SIMPLE:
TROY +
CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON +
EKTA KAPOOR SOAP OPERA'S +
26th JAN REPUBLIC DAY FUNCTION +
DONT TOUCH ME TILL I KNOW YOU
= 4 HR LONG DRAG MOVIE = JODHA AKBAR.
Pick up the Hrithik's sword fighting antiques from Brad Pitt (Achiles of Troy),
& who can forget the famous Eric Bana & Brad Pitt fight scene which in Jodha Akbar is basically Hrithik fighting with his dadi wala bro-in-law....
Then a lot of Ash's sword fighting scenes directly inspired from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
The typical Saans-Bahu squabble scenes from the Ekta Kapoor soap opera legacy.....
The loooooooooooooong song "Azemo-shan Shahenshah (Long live the king)- Directly inspired from our Republic Day function. (I bet not many would have thought of that one :) + DON'T touch me until I know you also partly inspired from scenes of Ajay Devgan & Ash in Hum Dil De chuke Sanam (if you can remember :)
The first time, that I was literally praying for the interval (took 2 hrs, Can u imagine that :O
1 comment:
Y did u chose this topic?? No wonder mine is the 1st comment.. :P
& the irony is whatever you have written is completely true...
Still, combi of blatancy & hilariousness.. N i must say it was very enjoyable & enlightening.. Won't be able to see another Ashu movie without thinking of this & laughing.. :)))
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