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'''''Jodhaa-Akbar''''' (]: जोधा-अकबर, ]: '''جودھا اکبر''') is a film released on ], ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jodhaakbar.com|title=25th January, 2008|work= IndiaFM|date=2007-09-12|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref>. It is directed and produced by ], the director of the ]-nominated '']'' (2001). It stars ] and ] in lead roles. This film also marks the debut of newcomer Abir Abrar. Extensive research went into the making of this film which begun shooting at ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2006/11/15/8206/index.html|title= Aishwarya gets summons by Customs Department|work=IndiaFM|date=2006-11-15|accessdate=2007-10-03}}</ref> '''''Jodhaa Akbar''''' (]: जोधा-अकबर, ]: '''جودھا اکبر''') is a film released on ], ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jodhaakbar.com|title=25th January, 2008|work= IndiaFM|date=2007-09-12|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref>. It is directed and produced by ], the director of the ]-nominated ]. It stars ] and ]. This film also marks the debut of newcomer Abir Abrar. Extensive research went into the making of this film which begun shooting at ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2006/11/15/8206/index.html|title= Aishwarya gets summons by Customs Department|work=IndiaFM|date=2006-11-15|accessdate=2007-10-03}}</ref>


The film centers around the romance between the ] ] Emperor ], played by ] and his ] wife, ], played by ], although in reality Akbar's wife was never known as Jodhabai.<ref></ref><ref></ref> The music is composed by acclaimed music composer ]. The soundtrack of the movie was released on ], ].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://forum.jodhaaakbar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=150|title=27th December, 2008|work= JodhaaAkbar.com|date=2008-12-03|accessdate=2007-12-05}}</ref> The film centers around the romance between the ] ] Emperor ], played by ], and his ] wife, ], played by ]. In reality, as the film itself acknowledges, Akbar's wife may never have been known as Jodhabai.<ref></ref><ref></ref> The music is composed by ]. The soundtrack of the movie was released on ], ].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://forum.jodhaaakbar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=150|title=27th December, 2008|work= JodhaaAkbar.com|date=2008-12-03|accessdate=2007-12-05}}</ref>


==Synopsis== ==Synopsis==
Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a ] princess, Jodhaa. Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a ] princess, Jodhaa. Noted Indian historian, ], acknowledges that director of this movie did consult with him but Habib disagreed with pretty much everything the director has put in this film. Claim of extensive research is dubious at best.


There is popular perception that Rajput wife of Akbar, mother of Jahangir, was known as "Jodha Bai".<ref name="ToI_2007_Trade_Invasion">{{cite news
⚫ Political success knew no bounds for Emperor Akbar (]). After having secured the ], he furthered his realm by conquest until his empire extended from ] to the ], and from the ] to the ]. Through a shrewd blend of diplomacy, intimidation and brute force , Akbar won the allegiance of the Rajputs. But little did Akbar know that when he married Jodhaa (]), a fiery Rajput princess, in order to further strengthen his relations with the Rajputs, he would in turn be embarking upon a new journey – the journey of true love.
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Trade_not_invasion_brought_Islam_to_India/articleshow/2144414.cms
| title = 'Trade, not invasion brought Islam to India'
| author = Atul Sethi
| publisher = ]
| date = 2007-06-24
| accessdate = 2008-02-15
}}</ref> However, Akbar's Rajput wife was never known as "Jodha Bai" during her lifetime.


The name of Akbar's wife was kept out of the Mughal records deliberately because the islamic clergy and the mughal populace could not come to terms with the future mughal emperor being the son of a Hindu woman. In Tujuk-i-Jahangiri she is clearly referred as Mariam Zamani.<ref name="ToI_2005_Fact_Myth">{{cite news
⚫ The daughter of King Bharmal of Amer, Jodhaa resented being reduced to a mere political pawn in this marriage of alliance, and Akbar’s biggest challenge now did not merely lie in winning battles, but in winning the love of Jodhaa – a love hidden deep below resentment and extreme prejudice. Jodhaa-Akbar is their untold love story.<ref></ref>
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1326242.cms
| title = Fact, myth blend in re-look at Akbar-Jodha Bai
| author = Ashley D'Mello
| publisher = ]
| date = 2005-12-10
| accessdate = 2008-02-15
}}</ref> During the Mughal period, Akbar's Rajput wife was never known as "Jodha Bai". Neither the ] (a biography of Akbar commissioned by Akbar himself), nor any historical text from the period refer to her as Jodha Bai.<ref name="ToI_2005_Fact_Myth" /> ''Tuzk-e-Jahangiri'', the autobiography of Jahangir, doesn't mention Jodha Bai either.<ref name="ToI_2007_Trade_Invasion"/>

According to Professor Shirin Moosvi, a historian of ], the name "Jodha Bai" was first used to refer to Akbar's wife in the 18th and 19th centuries in historical writings.<ref name="ToI_2005_Fact_Myth" /> According to the historian Imtiaz Ahmad, the director of the Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library in ], the name "Jodha" was used for Akbar's wife for the first time by Lieutenant-Colonel ], in his book '']''. According to Ahmad, Tod was not a professinal historian and depended on folk literature of Rajputs.<ref name="2008_Rediff_Really_Exist">{{cite web
| url = http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/feb/06jodha.htm
| title = Did Jodhabai really exist?
| author = Syed Firdaus Ashraf
| publisher = ]
| date = 2008-02-05
| accessdate = 2008-02-15
}}</ref> According to the historian Lifaq Ali Khan, the name Jodha Bai seems to have become popular after the film '']''.<ref name="ToI_2005_Fact_Myth" />

According to N R Farooqi, Jodha Bai was not the name of Akbar's Rajput queen; it was the name of Jahangir's Rajput wife, whose real name was Jagat Gosain. Jagat Gosain was referred to as "Jodha Bai" or "Jodhi Bibi", since she belonged to the royal family of ].<ref name="ToI_2007_Trade_Invasion"/> Jodhi Bibi was the daughter of ] of Jodhpur, and a wife of ]. She was the mother of Prince Khurram (later ]).

⚫ Political success knew no bounds for Emperor Akbar (]). After having secured the ], he furthered his realm by conquest until his empire extended from ] to the ], from the ] to the ]. Through a shrewd blend of diplomacy, intimidation and brute force, Akbar won the allegiance of the ]s. This allegiance was not universal. ] and many other ]s always considered Akbar as a foreign invader. Maharana Pratap also banned inter marriages between rajputs who had given there daughters to the mughals and the ones who did not. But little did Akbar know that when he married Jodhaa (]), a fiery Rajput princess, in order to further strengthen his relations with the Rajputs, he would in turn be embarking upon a new journey – the journey of true love.

⚫ The daughter of King Bharmal of Amer, Jodhaa resented being reduced to a mere political pawn in this marriage of alliance, and Akbar’s biggest challenge now did not merely lie in winning battles, but in winning the love of Jodhaa – a love hidden deep below resentment and extreme prejudice. Jodhaa Akbar is their untold love story.<ref></ref>


==Cast== ==Cast==
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* ] ... Emperor Jalaluddin Mohammad ] * ] ... Emperor Jalaluddin Mohammad ]
* ] ... Jodhaa * ] ... Jodhaa
* Abir Abrar ... Bakshi Banu Begum * Abir Abrar ... Bakshi Banu Begum
* ] ... Raja Bharmal * ] ... Raja Bharmal
* ] ... Rajkumar Sujamal * ] ... Rajkumar Sujamal
* ] ... Rani Padmawati * ] ... Rani Padmawati
*Shaji Choudhary …Adham Khan *Shaji Choudhary … Adham Khan
*Mrs. Punam S Sinha… Mallika Hamida Banu *Mrs Punam S Sinha … Mallika Hamida Banu
*Digvijay Purohit…Rajkumar Bhagwan das *Digvijay Purohit … Rajkumar Bhagwan das
*Pradeep Sharma…Sheikh Mubarak *Pradeep Sharma … Sheikh Mubarak
*Rajiv Sehgal…Raja Viraat *Rajiv Sehgal … Raja Viraat
*Gurmmeet Singh…Raja Shundi *Gurmmeet Singh … Raja Shundi
*Balraj…Raja Balraj Singh *Balraj … Raja Balraj Singh
*Yuri…Bairam Khan *Yuri … Bairam Khan
*Disha Vakani…Madhavi *Disha Vakani … Madhavi
*Indrajeet Sarkar…Maheshdas/ Birbal *Indrajeet Sarkar … Maheshdas/Birbal
*Sudhanshu Singh…Raja Shimalgarh *Sudhanshu Singh … Raja Shimalgarh
*Nikitin Dheer…Sharifuddin Hussain *Nikitin Dheer … Sharifuddin Hussain
*Rajesh Vivek…Chugtai Khan *Rajesh Vivek … Chugtai Khan
*Surendra Pal…Rana Uday Singh *Surendra Pal … Rana Uday Singh
*Raza Murad…Shamsuddin Atka Khan *Raza Murad … Shamsuddin Atka Khan
*]…Maham Anga *] … Maham Anga
*Pramod Moutho…Todar Mal *Pramod Moutho … Todar Mal
*Pramatesh Mehta…Chandrabhan Singh *Pramatesh Mehta … Chandrabhan Singh
*Visswa Badola…Saadir Adaasi *Visswa Badola … Saadir Adaasi
*Manava Naik…Neelakshi *Manava Naik … Neelakshi
*Sayed Badrul Hasan…Mullah Do Pyaaza *Sayed Badrul Hasan … Mullah Do Pyaaza
*Dilnaaz Irani…Salima *Dilnaaz Irani … Salima
*Tejpal Singh Rawat…NiMat *Tejpal Singh Rawat … Ni'Mat
*Raju Pandit…Raja Bhaati *Raju Pandit … Raja Bhaati
*Bharat Kumar…Raja Chauhan *Bharat Kumar … Raja Chauhan
*Jassi Singh…Raja Bhadra *Jassi Singh … Raja Bhadra
*Ulhas Barve…Raja Mankeshwar *Ulhas Barve … Raja Mankeshwar
*Abir Abrar…Bakshi Banu Begum
*Aman Dhaliwal…Rajkumar Ratan Singh *Aman Dhaliwal…Rajkumar Ratan Singh
*Shehzor Ali…Raja Hemu *Shehzor Ali … Raja Hemu
*Sanchita Kaur... Special Appearance *Sanchita Kaur... Special Appearance
*]... Narrator *]... Narrator
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== Production == == Production ==
] hired a research team of historians and scholars from New Delhi, Aligarh, Lucknow, Agra and Jaipur to guide him on this film and help him keep things historically accurate. He clarified that the name of the film remains Jodhaa-Akbar, and not Akbar-Jodhaa as reported by sections of the media. ] hired a research team of historians and scholars from New Delhi, Aligarh, Lucknow, Agra and Jaipur to guide him on this film and help him keep things historically accurate. He clarified that the name of the film remains Jodhaa Akbar, and not Akbar Jodhaa as reported by sections of the media. Indian courts have ruled that film is not historically accurate. They have directed Ashutosh Gowariker to mention that it is a work of fiction in a disclaimer. Historical accuracy is not the primary aim of this movie.
⚫ Over 80 elephants, 100 horses and 55 camels were used in the movie. Name Of Main Titled “Azeem O Shan, Shahenshah”, the song featured about one thousand dancers in traditional costumes, wielding swords and shields at a grand location in ]. The budget was about 37 crores.


⚫ Over 80 elephants, 100 horses and 55 camels were used in the movie. The song “Azeem O Shan, Shahenshah” featured about 1000 dancers in traditional costumes, who performed for three hours wielding swords and shields at a grand location in ]. The budget was more then 40 crore rupees (over $10 million in US dollars).
⚫ The first television promo was aired on 9th December, 2007.


⚫ The first television promo was aired on ], ].
⚫ The movie used over 400 kg of gold jewelery made by Tanishq<ref></ref>

⚫ The movie used over 400 kg of gold jewellery made by Tanishq<ref></ref>


== Music == == Music ==
The official soundtrack contains five songs and two instrumentals. The music was released on January 18th, 2008. The official soundtrack contains five songs and two instrumentals. The music was released on ], ].


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After the soundtrack's release, "Jashn-E-Bahaara" topped music charts throughout India.


==Reviews== ==Reviews==
* Oneindia.in (Taran Adsrsh) Ashutosh Gowarikar knows that historicals have to be simplified while narrating on celluloid so that the moviegoer is able to grasp and comprehend the plotline and the sequence of events. Thankfully, Jodhaa Akbar is not in the least difficult to decipher. Gowariker's handling of the subject deserves the highest praise, for it's not everyday that you come across a film like Jodhaa Akbar.
* Hindustan Times, a leading Indian newspaper gave the move 2 stars. Poonam Sinha, reviewer for the paper calling, "Like it or not Ashutosh Gowariker, who is normally a fine and conscientious director, has miscalculated the technical logistics and emotional content of a period piece. Crucial detailing isn’t the virtue here."

* AOL india (Noyon Jyoti Parasara) gave it four stars, saying " Ashutosh Gowariker has proved that he is one of the best filmmakers we have today. While your heart goes for the love between the two protagonists, the film leaves you at such heights of emotions that you would literally be shaking with excitement! The film also comes at a very right time as Akbar indeed could be a role model for people and rulers today. The king not only had a secular vision, but also a will to know what the common man wanted, apart from being kind hearted and noble," * AOL india (Noyon Jyoti Parasara) gave it four stars, saying " Ashutosh Gowariker has proved that he is one of the best filmmakers we have today. While your heart goes for the love between the two protagonists, the film leaves you at such heights of emotions that you would literally be shaking with excitement! The film also comes at a very right time as Akbar indeed could be a role model for people and rulers today. The king not only had a secular vision, but also a will to know what the common man wanted, apart from being kind hearted and noble."

* MovieWalah.com (Aslam Patel) gave it two and a half stars, saying "the most important thing about making a movie, which was missing here, was the desire to make a truly great movie. It's very disappointing to see that someone who gets hailed as one of the top directors in India can deliver a mediocre product like this. It's bad because Hrithik gave a great performance, hoping this could be his Mughal-e-Azam, but unfortunately it wasn't even close."


== References == == References ==
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2008 film
Jodhaa Akbar
File:Jodhaaakbar poster.jpgMovie Poster
Directed byAshutosh Gowariker
Written byHaidar Ali
Ashutosh Gowariker
K.P.Saxena
Produced byRonnie Screwvala
Ashutosh Gowariker
StarringHrithik Roshan
Aishwarya Bachchan
CinematographyKiran Deohans
Edited byBallu Saluja
Music byA. R. Rahman
Distributed byUTV Motion Pictures
Release datesFebruary 15, 2008
LanguageHindi / Urdu

Jodhaa Akbar (Hindi: जोधा-अकबर, Urdu: جودھا اکبر) is a film released on February 15, 2008. It is directed and produced by Ashutosh Gowariker, the director of the Academy Award-nominated Lagaan. It stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Bachchan. This film also marks the debut of newcomer Abir Abrar. Extensive research went into the making of this film which begun shooting at Karjat.

The film centers around the romance between the Muslim Mughal Emperor Akbar, played by Hrithik Roshan, and his Hindu wife, Jodhabai, played by Aishwarya Bachchan. In reality, as the film itself acknowledges, Akbar's wife may never have been known as Jodhabai. The music is composed by A. R. Rahman. The soundtrack of the movie was released on January 19, 2008.

Synopsis

Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa. Noted Indian historian, Irfan Habib, acknowledges that director of this movie did consult with him but Habib disagreed with pretty much everything the director has put in this film. Claim of extensive research is dubious at best.

There is popular perception that Rajput wife of Akbar, mother of Jahangir, was known as "Jodha Bai". However, Akbar's Rajput wife was never known as "Jodha Bai" during her lifetime.

The name of Akbar's wife was kept out of the Mughal records deliberately because the islamic clergy and the mughal populace could not come to terms with the future mughal emperor being the son of a Hindu woman. In Tujuk-i-Jahangiri she is clearly referred as Mariam Zamani. During the Mughal period, Akbar's Rajput wife was never known as "Jodha Bai". Neither the Akbarnama (a biography of Akbar commissioned by Akbar himself), nor any historical text from the period refer to her as Jodha Bai. Tuzk-e-Jahangiri, the autobiography of Jahangir, doesn't mention Jodha Bai either.

According to Professor Shirin Moosvi, a historian of Aligarh Muslim University, the name "Jodha Bai" was first used to refer to Akbar's wife in the 18th and 19th centuries in historical writings. According to the historian Imtiaz Ahmad, the director of the Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library in Patna, the name "Jodha" was used for Akbar's wife for the first time by Lieutenant-Colonel James Tod, in his book Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan. According to Ahmad, Tod was not a professinal historian and depended on folk literature of Rajputs. According to the historian Lifaq Ali Khan, the name Jodha Bai seems to have become popular after the film Mughal-e-Azam.

According to N R Farooqi, Jodha Bai was not the name of Akbar's Rajput queen; it was the name of Jahangir's Rajput wife, whose real name was Jagat Gosain. Jagat Gosain was referred to as "Jodha Bai" or "Jodhi Bibi", since she belonged to the royal family of Jodhpur. Jodhi Bibi was the daughter of Udai Singh of Jodhpur, and a wife of Jahangir. She was the mother of Prince Khurram (later Shah Jahan).

Political success knew no bounds for Emperor Akbar (Hrithik Roshan). After having secured the Hindu Kush, he furthered his realm by conquest until his empire extended from Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal, from the Himalayas to the Godavari River. Through a shrewd blend of diplomacy, intimidation and brute force, Akbar won the allegiance of the Rajputs. This allegiance was not universal. Maharana Pratap and many other rajputs always considered Akbar as a foreign invader. Maharana Pratap also banned inter marriages between rajputs who had given there daughters to the mughals and the ones who did not. But little did Akbar know that when he married Jodhaa (Aishwarya Bachchan), a fiery Rajput princess, in order to further strengthen his relations with the Rajputs, he would in turn be embarking upon a new journey – the journey of true love.

The daughter of King Bharmal of Amer, Jodhaa resented being reduced to a mere political pawn in this marriage of alliance, and Akbar’s biggest challenge now did not merely lie in winning battles, but in winning the love of Jodhaa – a love hidden deep below resentment and extreme prejudice. Jodhaa Akbar is their untold love story.

Cast

  • Hrithik Roshan ... Emperor Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar
  • Aishwarya Bachchan ... Jodhaa
  • Abir Abrar ... Bakshi Banu Begum
  • Kulbhushan Kharbanda ... Raja Bharmal
  • Sonu Sood ... Rajkumar Sujamal
  • Suhasini Mulay ... Rani Padmawati
  • Shaji Choudhary … Adham Khan
  • Mrs Punam S Sinha … Mallika Hamida Banu
  • Digvijay Purohit … Rajkumar Bhagwan das
  • Pradeep Sharma … Sheikh Mubarak
  • Rajiv Sehgal … Raja Viraat
  • Gurmmeet Singh … Raja Shundi
  • Balraj … Raja Balraj Singh
  • Yuri … Bairam Khan
  • Disha Vakani … Madhavi
  • Indrajeet Sarkar … Maheshdas/Birbal
  • Sudhanshu Singh … Raja Shimalgarh
  • Nikitin Dheer … Sharifuddin Hussain
  • Rajesh Vivek … Chugtai Khan
  • Surendra Pal … Rana Uday Singh
  • Raza Murad … Shamsuddin Atka Khan
  • Ila Arun … Maham Anga
  • Pramod Moutho … Todar Mal
  • Pramatesh Mehta … Chandrabhan Singh
  • Visswa Badola … Saadir Adaasi
  • Manava Naik … Neelakshi
  • Sayed Badrul Hasan … Mullah Do Pyaaza
  • Dilnaaz Irani … Salima
  • Tejpal Singh Rawat … Ni'Mat
  • Raju Pandit … Raja Bhaati
  • Bharat Kumar … Raja Chauhan
  • Jassi Singh … Raja Bhadra
  • Ulhas Barve … Raja Mankeshwar
  • Aman Dhaliwal…Rajkumar Ratan Singh
  • Shehzor Ali … Raja Hemu
  • Sanchita Kaur... Special Appearance
  • Amitabh Bachchan... Narrator

Crew

  • Production Design: Nitin Chandrakant Desai
  • Visual Effects: Pankaj Khandpur (Tata Elxsi - Visual Computing Labs)
  • Chief Assistant Director: Karan Malhotra

Production

Ashutosh Gowariker hired a research team of historians and scholars from New Delhi, Aligarh, Lucknow, Agra and Jaipur to guide him on this film and help him keep things historically accurate. He clarified that the name of the film remains Jodhaa Akbar, and not Akbar Jodhaa as reported by sections of the media. Indian courts have ruled that film is not historically accurate. They have directed Ashutosh Gowariker to mention that it is a work of fiction in a disclaimer. Historical accuracy is not the primary aim of this movie.

Over 80 elephants, 100 horses and 55 camels were used in the movie. The song “Azeem O Shan, Shahenshah” featured about 1000 dancers in traditional costumes, who performed for three hours wielding swords and shields at a grand location in Karjat. The budget was more then 40 crore rupees (over $10 million in US dollars).

The first television promo was aired on 9th December, 2007.

The movie used over 400 kg of gold jewellery made by Tanishq

Music

The official soundtrack contains five songs and two instrumentals. The music was released on January 18th, 2008.

Untitled
Song Singer(s) Duration Notes
Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah Mohd. Aslam, Bonny Chakravarti & chorus 5:54 Picturised on Hrithik Roshan
Jashn-E-Bahaara Javed Ali 5:15 Picturised on Hrithik Roshan & Aishwarya
Khwaja Mere Khwaja A.R.Rahman (Lyrics: Kashif) 6:56 Picturised on Hrithik Roshan & Aishwarya
In Lamhon Ke Daaman Mein Sonu Nigam & Madhushree 6:37 Picturised on Hrithik Roshan & Aishwarya
Mann Mohana Bela Shende 6:50 Picturised on Hrithik Roshan & Aishwarya
Jashn-e-Baharaa Instrumental - Flute 5:15 Instrumental
Khwaja Mere Khawaja Instrumental - Oboe 2:53 Instrumental

After the soundtrack's release, "Jashn-E-Bahaara" topped music charts throughout India.

Reviews

  • Oneindia.in (Taran Adsrsh) Ashutosh Gowarikar knows that historicals have to be simplified while narrating on celluloid so that the moviegoer is able to grasp and comprehend the plotline and the sequence of events. Thankfully, Jodhaa Akbar is not in the least difficult to decipher. Gowariker's handling of the subject deserves the highest praise, for it's not everyday that you come across a film like Jodhaa Akbar.
  • AOL india (Noyon Jyoti Parasara) gave it four stars, saying " Ashutosh Gowariker has proved that he is one of the best filmmakers we have today. While your heart goes for the love between the two protagonists, the film leaves you at such heights of emotions that you would literally be shaking with excitement! The film also comes at a very right time as Akbar indeed could be a role model for people and rulers today. The king not only had a secular vision, but also a will to know what the common man wanted, apart from being kind hearted and noble."
  • MovieWalah.com (Aslam Patel) gave it two and a half stars, saying "the most important thing about making a movie, which was missing here, was the desire to make a truly great movie. It's very disappointing to see that someone who gets hailed as one of the top directors in India can deliver a mediocre product like this. It's bad because Hrithik gave a great performance, hoping this could be his Mughal-e-Azam, but unfortunately it wasn't even close."

References

  1. "25th January, 2008". IndiaFM. 2007-09-12. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
  2. "Aishwarya gets summons by Customs Department". IndiaFM. 2006-11-15. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
  3. Fact, myth blend in re-look at Akbar-Jodhabai-Mumbai-Cities-The Times of India
  4. 'Trade, not invasion brought Islam to India'-India-The Times of India
  5. "27th December, 2008". JodhaaAkbar.com. 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  6. ^ Atul Sethi (2007-06-24). "'Trade, not invasion brought Islam to India'". The Times of India. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
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