• Friday, February 15, 2008

• Country:

  India

• Language:

  Hindi

• Runtime:

  213 mins

(2008)

Goofs

• Factual errors: No member of the Mughal royal family named Jodha Bai is mentioned in the official biographies of Akbar and his son Jehangir. Akbar's official biography, Akbarnama, does not mention that Akbar had any Hindu Rajput wife named 'Jodha Bai'. However, the biography of Akbar's son and future emperor, Jehangir, mentions that his mother was a Hindu Rajput princess who adopted the name 'Mariam Zamani' after marrying Akbar.
• Anachronisms: Many of the candles shown in the movie are paraffin (Wax) candles. Such candles were made first in 1830.
• Revealing mistakes: In the war scenes, when the cannons fire, they have absolutely no recoil.

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Trivia

• Ashutosh Gowariker hired a research team of historians and scholars from Delhi, Lucknow, Agra and Jaipur to guide him on the film.
• Due to the fact that this film was filmed in sync sound, director Ashutosh banned the use of mobile phones for his entire cast and crew on the sets.
• Art director Nitin Desai created little cottages for Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai at his studio because Director Ashutosh Gowariker wanted the actors to stay in Karjat, where they were filming, rather than have them commute from Mumbai every day. They had all the comforts of home in the cottage. Hrithik's wife and son also stayed with him at the cottage.
• Over 80 elephants, 100 horses, and 55 camels were used in the movie.
• Aishwarya Rai wore brown contact lenses for her role.
• This film was originally scheduled for release around November 2007, but post production delay moved it to February 2008.
• Yuri or more correctly Wing Commander Yogesh Suri, who played Bairam Khan, is a qualified Cosmonaut, and during his career flew several types of aircraft including the MiG 21 and MiG 25.
• For Hrithik and Aishwarya's sword fight scene, initially the sword was made of wood and fiber. But Hrithik and Aishwarya found it difficult to maneuver it, and so the swords were re-made light fiber.
• This is Aishwarya's first film where her name appears in the credits as her new married name, Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan.
• The district administration imposed a ban on the screening of Jodhaa Akbar in Ambala, India following protests by members of the Rajput community who alleged that historical facts had been distorted in the film. They believe that Jodhaa was Akbar's daughter-in-law and not his wife.

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Awards

1. Audience Award
   Event: Sao Paulo International Film Festival
   Result: Won
   Category: Best Foreign Language Film
   Recipient(s): Ashutosh Gowariker
2. Popular Award
   Event: Asian Film Awards
   Result: Nominated
   Category: Best Actress
   Recipient(s): Aishwarya Rai
3. Asian Film Award
   Event: Asian Film Awards
   Result: Nominated
   Category: Best Composer
   Recipient(s): A.R. Rahman
4. Filmfare Award
   Event: Filmfare Awards
   Result: Won
   Category: Best Director
   Recipient(s): Ashutosh Gowariker
5. Filmfare Award
   Event: Filmfare Awards
   Result: Won
   Category: Best Actor
   Recipient(s): Hrithik Roshan
6. Screen
   Event: Screen Weekly Awards
   Result: Nominated
   Category: Best Special Effects
   Recipient(s): Pankaj Khandpur
7. Screen
   Event: Screen Weekly Awards
   Result: Won
   Category: Best Actor
   Recipient(s): Hrithik Roshan