3/29/2024 0 Comments Jodhaa akbar reviewsBut from the first musical interlude a half-hour or so in, there’s little downtime, despite the intimate nature of the material. Saxena, Gowariker has come up with a long-limbed story that is utterly simple in structure, but decorated with enough character interplay and side plots to keep the movie ticking over to a powerful finale.Ĭlocking in at a mere 205 minutes, compared with the 223-minute “Lagaan,” the movie lacks the latter’s narrative tautness, and could benefit from trimming in the early stages of part one. Effectively a prequel to the 1960 classic “Mughal-e-azam,” centered on a romance between the couple’s son and a court dancer, “Jodhaa Akbar” is much more than just a preachy tale about religious tolerance between Muslims and Hindus.
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