Jodha Akbar Controversy
Friday, February 15, 2008
Now a days it has become ritual for movies to be surrounded by controversies. Latest in the controversy bandwagon is Jodha Akbar. Thhis film has been shrouded in a cloud of mystery from the day of its announcement. But there has been no dirth of 'rumours' doing rounds. Like the one which said that hero Hrithik Rohan and heroin aishwariya rai can't stand each other. Then there was one relating to the drab music of the movie.Both these so called rumours have been proved false.
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The period film based on love story of Jodha and Akbar seems to be caught in controversy, for who was Jodha? Was she Akbar’s wife or his daughter in law? Interestingly the controversy has surfaced only after the film is ready to be released on February 15 this year. The noted historians are in opinion that it was not Akbar who got married to Jodha but it was Jehangir who got married to her.
After Mumbai, it was Delhi’s turn to catch Jodhaa Akbar walk down the red carpet at the capital's premiere of Ashutosh Gowarikar's magnum opus. The film has also been in the news for being boycotted in Rajasthan for allegedly distorting historical facts.Here's what the lead pair Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai have to say to the protestors.