Jodha Akbar - to asuthosh gowariker

Inspite of the ongoing debate on this movie, my take on it was 'Good job'.
No doubt that history was altered, no doubt that truth was changed, no doubt - Rithik does not look like akbar, but WHO KNOWS what real Akbar was like! Who know's what the real history was! Who knows what the truth was in that time! As a matter of fact who can vouch for truth from past in present?

NONE !!!

given all these dilemma's I think Asuthosh did a good job, specially as an historical movie. we rarely get to see such movies at Bollywood. I think prior to these RK productions made some attempts to make movies from mughal period - Mugleazam, Anarkali, Prithvi Raj chauhan (mind my spellings).

These movies made a mark in their time. And I think JA has made a mark in its time. I believe some of the scenes or shots from the movie are purely fantasies, for eg. the sword fight between Akbar and Jodha, but isn't that the beauty of Ashutosh's imagination. Trying to dream and visualize how romance might have dawned between them, how hard would it be for a hindu princess to fall in love with a muslim king and vice versa....or even marry....a perfect cocktail of reality, facts, and fantasy.


Imagination and creativity - a tool we all have. Some use it, some never see its power. I just loved it. kind of where and how my life is now. we rarely get to see and accept truth. Its only me and me know what truth is to me. Still we adjust, we imagine, we move on, we choose to forgo lot of things, we choose to let imagination and creativity spawn, we let time move on...we let our selves believe in dreams, in fantasies..because one day it would all make sense..every scene of it, every shot it...every character of it...may be an off track but did Akbar knew that history will see him as the greatest emperor? Do we really know what the future has foretold for us - NO! So just let it be, and let the present fly free...

But if the time machine is turned around with the conditional retention of memory I think I will be more attentive in the history classes rather than sleeping or drawing sketches of Mula sir, I will start exactly where I am today..because I just love everything that has happened to me since then, I won't hesitate to walk towards the cliff and see what lies beneath...

I think I have some mixed up thoughts here...i guess its because am trying to blend history with present, for running into something from the past in the present. ......is it for real?