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Jodhaa Akbar, a review by dfmorgan

Jodhaa Akbar

Year: 2008
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonu Sood


Overview: Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century epic romance about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between the greatest Muslim Mughal Emperor that rules Hindustan (now India), Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar , and the fiery young Hindu Rajput Princess, Jodhaa.

The film stars Hrithik Roshan as Emperor Akbar and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Princess Jodhaa.


Watched: 13th/14th Jul. 2010
My Thoughts: Following Asoka and Black this is my third Bollywood film, the second one full blown with song and dance. An immensely enjoyable experience although I couldn't watch it in one sitting, my own fault as I didn't start until 21:30ish on the 13th and at 214mins it wouldn't have finished until 01:00ish. Putting aside the song and dances, there were only 5 or 6 not sure if that is the average, this was a very enjoyable historical drama/romance. There were some decent battle scenes but I wasn't too sure about the sizes of the armies and the distances and locations that they fought in.

My Rating: A very enjoyable 4

Dave


(From Dave's DVD/Blu-ray Reviews on July 14th, 2010)

Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, a review by Tom

Title: Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
Year: 2000
Director: Rakesh Roshan
Rating: 15
Length: 171 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.85
Audio: Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Hrithik Roshan
Amisha Patel
Anupam Kher
Dalip Tahil
Mohnish Behl

Plot:
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai is a tender-hearted love story about an upright young man who brings cheer, music & warmth into the life of a sweet-natured girl. Separated by circumstances beyond their control, the girl is in a state of shock and travels across the seven seas in a bid to erase her dream-like memories. Far away from home she encounters a young man who has the same face that she had given her heart and soul to. Can he succeed in erasing the traumatic memories that continue to assail her? Can they make a fresh beginning?

Awards:

Filmfare Awards	2001	Won	Best Actor Award	Hrithik Roshan
Filmfare Awards	2001	Won	Best Choreography Award	Farah Khan
Filmfare Awards	2001	Won	Best Director Award	Rakesh Roshan
Filmfare Awards	2001	Won	Best Male Debut Award	Hrithik Roshan
Filmfare Awards	2001	Won	Best Male Playback Award	Lucky Ali
Filmfare Awards	2001	Won	Best Movie Award
Filmfare Awards	2001	Won	Best Music Director Award	Rajesh Roshan
Filmfare Awards	2001	Won	Best Screenplay Award	Honey Irani
IIFA Awards	2001	Won	Best Actor	Hrithik Roshan
IIFA Awards	2001	Won	Best Director	Rakesh Roshan
IIFA Awards	2001	Won	Best Female Playback	Alka Yagnik
IIFA Awards	2001	Won	Best Male Playback	Lucky Ali
IIFA Awards	2001	Won	Best Movie
IIFA Awards	2001	Won	Best Music Director	Rajesh Roshan

Extras:
Music Videos
Scene Access

This is the movie which made Hrithik a star. I was really disappointed with the first half of the movie. It got a little better with the second half, but it was still rather uneven.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on July 18th, 2009)

My PILOT Marathon, a review by Rich

Roseanne - Season One

Life and Stuff
Roseanne and Dan clash over how to divide the household responsibilities. Roseanne deals with her daughter, Darlene, barking in class.



In 1988, it exploded on to TV full of unprecedented honesty, attitude and flat-out hilarity. In this ground-breaking first season, meet the working-class Conners of Landford, Illinois.

A show that you can pick up at any point or watch wherever in any season, it was great to revisit the first ever episode, and note the humour, the good vibe of the show, and all the characters that did not change a great deal right through the 9 season run. Seeing the kids at such a young age was a good reminder of how long this successful show ran for.
This 1st episode did not feel like a pilot, the elements that made this show a success were evident from the first joke Roseanne made.
Good show, who's humour works well in UK as well as the States.
 

(From My PILOT Marathon on September 16th, 2009)