Jodhaa Akbar Dvd

Jodhaa Akbar is a 2008 Indian historical romance film, co-written, produced and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. It stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the lead roles, with Sonu Sood, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Ila Arun in supporting roles. The shooting began at Karjat and the film was released on 15 February 2008.

Set in the 16th century, the film centers on the romance between the Mughal Emperor Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, played by Hrithik Roshan, and the Rajput Princess Jodhaa Bai who becomes his wife, played by Aishwarya Rai. Acclaimed composer A. R. Rahman composed the musical score. The soundtrack of the film was released on January 19, 2008.

Upon release, it was a critical and commercial success. The film won the Audience Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the São Paulo International Film Festival, two awards at the Golden Minbar International Film Festival, seven Star Screen Awards five Filmfare Awards and two National Film Awards, in addition to two nominations at the 3rd Asian Film Awards.

Plot

Jodhaa, the daughter of Raja Bharmal of Ajmer, is betrothed to Rajkumar Ratan Singh of Ajabgarh. Raja Bharmal announces that his son Bhagwant Das would be his heir and Sujamal will have to work under him. Through this arrangement, Bharmal’s nephew Sujamal, who is deprived of his rightful throne, angrily leaves the kingdom to join rebels. When the Mughal Empire plans to attack Amer, Raja Bharmal reluctantly makes a peace offering, proposing to strengthen relations by his daughter’s marriage to the emperor himself to avoid war. Akbar agrees to the marriage, as it would bring forward a true strong alliance and long lasting peace between the Mughals and Rajputs. But, this breaks the alliance of Raja Bharmal with the other kings of Rajputana, including Rana Uday Singh. Jodhaa completely resents being reduced to a mere political pawn as she wants to marry Ratan Singh, a local Rajput prince. She writes a letter to Sujamal, her brother, entreating him to come rescue her from the marriage, but she doesn’t send it, though. Jodhaa shares all her misery with her mother, who tells her to send a servant girl in her place.

Jodhaa replies that it would deceive Akbar and would be death to their kingdom if he finds out. Her mother gives her a vial of poison and tells her to use it if a need arises. Jodhaa demands a meeting with Akbar and demands to keep her Hindu religion after marriage, and that a temple be built for her to continue her faith,[10] with the intention of having the emperor call off the wedding. To her surprise, Akbar agrees to all her demands. After their marriage, Jodhaa acts reluctant with Akbar and they do not consummate their marriage. He assures Jodhaa that they will let things fall into place. Over time, both Jodhaa and Akbar learn from and gain admiration for each other.

Akbar’s nurse and nanny, Maham Anga, whom he loves like his own mother, despises Jodhaa and conspires to humiliate her in front of Akbar. She finds the letter Jodhaa had written and has it sent, and when Sujamal comes to meet Jodhaa in private, she insinuates to Akbar that Jodhaa went to meet her lover. Akbar sends his men to arrest Sujamal, who thinks Jodhaa has framed him, and immediately flees. Akbar is enraged and banishes Jodhaa. Jodhaa doesn’t give an explanation, indignant at her character being questioned. Later Akbar finds out the truth and goes to her maternal home, apologises to her, and asks her to come back, but she refuses. He also finds out that she is skilled in fencing, and engages in a playful duel with Jodhaa, who tells him to investigate the working of his relations and empire. Akbar returns and travels through the common folk in disguise to understand the problems of his people better.

Later, Akbar controls the dissents among the Hindus and Muslims by announcing that every religion has its rights in his empire. This impresses Jodhaa, who comes back to him. Sujamal, Sharifuddin Hussain, and his allies attack Agra. After Sujamal overhears Sharifuddin plotting a silent attack on the emperor, he quickly leaves to warn Akbar of this conspiracy. Shariffudin’s army chases Sujamal and kills him. He manages to warn the emperor of the attack, however, who then realises what the past misunderstanding was concerning the letter. Then he dies just after apologising to Jodhaa. Akbar defeats Sharifuddin in hand-to-hand combat, and then spares his life for the sake of his half-sister Bakshi Banu Begum, but not before stripping him of his title of Viceroy of Ajmer and Nagaur. Eventually, Akbar proclaims that Hindustan will be a peaceful and prosperous land if people respect and honour each other’s religions. The film ends as the narrator recounts that Jodhaa and Akbar made history through their unconditional and eternal love for each other, but is forgotten.

Cast

Hrithik Roshan as Jalaluddin Muhammad 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 Ataga Khan
Poonam Sinha as Mallika Hamida Banu Begum(Akbar’s mother)
Rajesh Vivek as Chugtai Khan
Pramod Moutho as Todar Mal
Ila Arun as Maham Anga
Digvijay Purohit as Raja Bhagwant Das
Yuri Suri as Bairam Khan
Surendra Pal as Rana Uday Singh
Vishwa Mohan Badola as Saadir Adaasi
Prathmesh Mehta as Chandrabhan Singh
Shaji Chaudhary as Adham Khan
Manava Naik as Neelakshi
Disha Vakani as Madhavi
Abir Abrar as Bakshi Banu Begum
Indrajit Sarkar as Mahesh Das / Birbal
Aman Dhaliwal as Rajkumar Ratan Singh
Nikitin Dheer as Sharifuddin Hussain
Pradeep Sharma as Sheikh Mubarak
Balraj as Raja Balraj Singh
Sudhanshu Hakku as Raja Shimalgarh
Syed Badr-ul Hasan Khan Bahadur as Mulla Do-Piyaza
Dilnaz Irani as Salima Sultan Begum
Tejpal Singh Rawat as Ni’Mat
Shehzor Ali as Raja Hemu
Ulhas Barve as Raja Mankeshwar
Jassi Singh as Raja Bhadra
Raju Pandit as Raja Bhaati
Bharat Kumar as Raja Chauhan
Rajiv Sehgal as Raja Viraat
Unknown child actor as young Man Singh