Jodhaa Akbar 2008

Amy Nicholson, Boxoffice Magazine: Luckily, Aishwarya Rai's mesmerizing good looks make three and a half hours tick by like, well, two and a half hours Read more

David Chute, L.A. Weekly: An imperial epic of 16th-century India, realized on a suitably gargantuan scale by writer-director Ashutosh Gowariker. Read more

Rachel Saltz, New York Times: Jodhaa Akbar, a historical romance directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, is filmmaking on the grand scale of Cecil B. DeMille, with romance, stirring battles, a cast of thousands and enough elephants and gold to sink the Titanic. Read more

Sandip Roy, San Francisco Chronicle: These are the real human moments in the film. One just wishes there were a few more. Read more

Derek Elley, Variety: A long-limbed story that is utterly simple in structure, but decorated with enough character interplay and side plots to keep the movie ticking over to a powerful finale. Read more