The Extended Canon
Jodhaa Akbar
जोधा अकबर · 2008
A political marriage between a Mughal emperor and a Rajput princess becomes an actual negotiation between equals.
- Director
- Ashutosh Gowariker
- Year
- 2008
- Genre
- Historical · Romance
- Cast
- Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Sonu Sood
Why it's in the canon
Rahman's 'Khwaja Mere Khwaja' and the last great old-fashioned Indian historical epic.
A political marriage between a Mughal emperor and a Rajput princess becomes an actual negotiation between equals.
Jodhaa Akbar sits in the 2000s alongside Lagaan and Dil Chahta Hai — a decade this canon treats as formative.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker — also responsible for Lagaan, Swades.
- Released in 2008, in the 2000s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Historical, Romance.
- Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.
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