

The best parts were the scenes at the military academy and the climbing of the cliff. They were in the first third and did not spoil the serious part of the story. There were two elaborate dance scenes that jump right into the movie. He is shamed back into the army and becomes a hero. He joins the army and soon goes AWOL as the army is tough. The story is of a lazy lout who is shamed by his girl friend and father into changing. I am sure I saw the lead man in a prior film. I was going to stop for a day when the intermission sign came on but it never did and the film was good so I viewed it in one sitting. Lakshya It was a Bollywood a little over three hours long. I think I just sent him this one because I knew he would like the army training scenes? And I was right! This attractive ghost helps him, who is police official, solve a murder and another crime. She via a medium and he by a walking talking beautiful realistic ghost. I this case I accepted the idea and the couple were each returned to comfort via communication with their son. I normally poo poo spirits and contact with the departed. She is still sad after a couple of years and the husband in depression, is blaming himself for the accident. The story revolves around a couple who’s young son was killed in an accident. I’m really impressed that Grandpa liked this movie! He has very high standards, so congrats to Reema Kagti for meeting them (This really seems extreme to me, I think Grandpa and I have different standards) The musical interludes were not as extreme as usual and did not interrupt the story very much. As it is a Bollywood production it is long. With understand by both the school and the family it all works out happily at the end. (I know the spelling is way wrong but my spell check is not working and I cannot find it in the dictionary.) The teacher gives a long explanation,with examples, to the father and in doing so also teaches the viewing audience about the illness. It is the same problem at the boarding school until an art teacher recognizes the problem. The school gives up on him and recommends a special boarding school. His successful father thinks the boy is lazy and a cut up. To make things more difficult his older brother is a star in the classroom and sports. Like Stars on Earth: It is the story of a 10 year old boy who is having much trouble in school both in his studies and socially and even on the playground. Oh well, I’ll just go by his description.

(I mean, he’s not wrong, there is a lot of staring) If they had cut that staring time down they probably could have gotten it all on one DVD. There were long scenes of the emperor and empress staring at each other. There were battle scenes with thousands including many elephants, horses and camels. There was a elaborate dance scene with many many dancers. All the scenes were lush,colorful and ornate. He brought peace between the Hindu and the Muslims. Jodhaa Akbar A super spectacular film of of an Indian emperor of many years ago. He can’t remember the title, so he just calls it “the elephant one”. His favorite Indian movie! He kept talking about it for weeks and I ended up buying him the DVDs for Christmas. He just sent his thoughts on Ghajini, which inspired me to track down a few other reviews to share with you all. Grandpa loves movies and has very clear and firm opinions on them, which he types up and shares with the rest of the family. I control my Grandpa’s Netflix list, which means sometimes I sneak in Indian movies. It’s still considered to be one of the best Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik roshan movies.Today is my Grandpa’s birthday, last year I did a whole survey of his life, so this year I want to do something a little different. Jodha Akbar was a visual spectacle and will always remain one of the best experiences in terms of Indian cinema. From the salary of actors to promotional payment, everything was managed within the left amount.Īlbeit, Ashutosh Gowariker’s huge investment was totally worth it.

The film in total is said to be made on a budget of 40 crores. That, of course, is a huge sum, especially when spent back in 2008. But do you know the price of it all?Īs per reports going viral across social media platforms, the Karjat sets alone cost a massive 12 crore. Set designer Nitin Desai had put his heart and soul into the enormous sets, that took inspiration from Agra and Jaipur as reference points. For the unversed, the shooting for Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan led Jodha Akbar took place in Karjat, Maharashtra.
