From the Oscar nominated director comes another historical love story which features Aishwarya rai bachchan, her first release post marriage and Superstar Hrithik roshan who are starred as Jodha and Akbar.After a long time in Hindi cinema we have got to see something which involves knowledge, courage, aptitude, passion, prowess, patience along with huge amount of money to attempt a movie like Jodha Akbar, a sixteen century love story. The marriage between Jodha, the daughter of king Bharmal of Amer and Akbar is the marriage between the two cultures for better alliance with the Rajputani Empire. However on their wedding night, Jodha declares that she is not giving the conjugal powers to Akbar until she develops feelings for him. Thus the plot changes to Akbar winning the heart of the Rajputani princess which involves beautiful scenes depicting true genre of human love, meant to unite at the end.

3.20 hours of complete entertainment with variety of sequences involving drama, war, romance and events, with each of them keep the audiences completely mesmerized. The movie worked because of the right casting with Aishwarya rai looking superb and our hero looking the best in those historical costumes to wear. Thus a brilliant film in all respect and without a shred of doubt rightly called the first blockbuster of 2008.