Review of the movie Jodha Akbar

It needs a stroke of genius to convert a much anticipated movie n a good story into a non watchable stuff.That is what exactly Ashutosh Gowariker has achieved through his latest movie Jodha Akbar.
I have no problems with the length of the movie if only the movie could have been a bit gripping.The screenplay was pretty banal.At times it seemed that some scenes were inspired from sooraj barjatya's movies.The biggest disappointment were the action scenes.There were hardly any,and whatever were there were pretty ordinary except maybe the one in which aishwarya rai was learning sword fighting.As far as the portrayal of Akbar is concerned the less said about it the better it is.The kind of scope which gowariker had could have made out a modern hero out of him the way hollywood movies make out of their emperors.The language used both hindi and urdu were difficult to comprehend,but the director can be forgiven for that as he wanted to present a more real picture.The music was also pretty average as per Rehman standards.Maybe he was not given enough scope.But the song azeemoshan was really good and the choreography of that song was also a highlight of the movie.Overall it was a big disappointment from a movie director of the calibre of gowariker who has given movies like lagaan and swades.Watch it at your own risk!!!!