True .. its the first classical movie made with the grandeur of an epic drama. AG(Ashutosh Gowariker) has an eclectic choice of drama. In all the previous movies love has remained a spice to add taste to the main ingredient. Flashback Lagaan... Gauri's over reaction to the angrezi maam ...Swadesh SRK's swirl when Gita’s rishta is rejected. Love has remained a sub plot in all the movies, building up to the main drama. But in JA it works the other way. All the sub plots of war and treachery revolve around the tumultuous after marriage life of the royal duo.
It takes balls to make a period movie in the wave of neo Hinduism and that too on the subject of moguls who are widely apprehended by the new cult. AG must have perceived well before marching on to make the movie. The movie has a lesson for its detractors not only in secular terms but also in terms of tolerance of any type. Here is the story of a king who was as magnificent as the kingdom he had built in his native country. He didn't consider himself an outsider but a hindostaani, he didn't have the nostalgic burden of middle Asia. He had assimilated and allowed to flourish local culture and unlike his predecessors had a taste for all the flavours. This movie should be watched by all its detractors before pouching on the factual side of the history. History has always been subjective and every myth has a leg space for a story to be retold. The so called suryavanshis should learn from this.
Coming back to the movie, it has all the masala for a period movie. It has almost got all the masalas right except the back ground music. But first the pros. The war scenes are well shot and the climax duel between akbar and his brother in law is one of the most ferocious fight sequences I have ever seen in bollywood. I believe for any period movie to lure multiplex crowd, it should have enchanting war scenes showing the methodology of war instead of hotch poch of two differently coloured armies. The first half of the movie has many firsts war sequences. The songs are straight from the esoteric collection of the gifted rahman. This person can conjure music from drums and chorus.. Isn’t it the proof of his supremacy.. Isn’t it magical, can anyone else do this.. Nopes. I think AG comes second only to mani ratnam when rahman delivers music to his subjetcs. Drama has remained forte of AG and he has worked on the story to make it a gripping love chemistry between the two royals. The love chemisrty of the movie has sparkling charm of the foregone era. Coming to the background score of the film, i dont think unlike previous AG's movie Rahman hasn't scored background music for JA. Somehow with my feeling as the only explanation I didn't like the background score or i am too much infatuated with the rehman factor. Over all the movie is a marvel and once in a genre of classical period movies. Hats off to the whole team.
It takes balls to make a period movie in the wave of neo Hinduism and that too on the subject of moguls who are widely apprehended by the new cult. AG must have perceived well before marching on to make the movie. The movie has a lesson for its detractors not only in secular terms but also in terms of tolerance of any type. Here is the story of a king who was as magnificent as the kingdom he had built in his native country. He didn't consider himself an outsider but a hindostaani, he didn't have the nostalgic burden of middle Asia. He had assimilated and allowed to flourish local culture and unlike his predecessors had a taste for all the flavours. This movie should be watched by all its detractors before pouching on the factual side of the history. History has always been subjective and every myth has a leg space for a story to be retold. The so called suryavanshis should learn from this.
Coming back to the movie, it has all the masala for a period movie. It has almost got all the masalas right except the back ground music. But first the pros. The war scenes are well shot and the climax duel between akbar and his brother in law is one of the most ferocious fight sequences I have ever seen in bollywood. I believe for any period movie to lure multiplex crowd, it should have enchanting war scenes showing the methodology of war instead of hotch poch of two differently coloured armies. The first half of the movie has many firsts war sequences. The songs are straight from the esoteric collection of the gifted rahman. This person can conjure music from drums and chorus.. Isn’t it the proof of his supremacy.. Isn’t it magical, can anyone else do this.. Nopes. I think AG comes second only to mani ratnam when rahman delivers music to his subjetcs. Drama has remained forte of AG and he has worked on the story to make it a gripping love chemistry between the two royals. The love chemisrty of the movie has sparkling charm of the foregone era. Coming to the background score of the film, i dont think unlike previous AG's movie Rahman hasn't scored background music for JA. Somehow with my feeling as the only explanation I didn't like the background score or i am too much infatuated with the rehman factor. Over all the movie is a marvel and once in a genre of classical period movies. Hats off to the whole team.
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Well, I didn't watch the movie because I had my mind preoccupied with a feeling that the movie won't be good. I never thought you would like it but then I reminded myself of the days when I watched movies with you. When I watch movie, I almost digest every dialogue, song, story, dance sequence and everything I see and hear. But you go deeper into the cinematography, the visuals, the feel and perhaps many things else that I never thought important. May be that's why you liked the movie not because of the movie only but because of the inner, outer and surrounding facts and grandeur of the movie.
Very few movie makers in bollywood try to tell their story with the help of camera, instead its the style of dialogue delivery which is given more importance. One of the standouts is RGV who captures emotions not with speech but with a face conveying a deep message along with a faint music topping the mood of the scene. Remember Company or Sarkar. It is one of examples which creates a movie with a different feel. There can be many examples like the grand sets of SLB. But I think he over does it.... Your take?????
good artilce boss
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