on the up side and this film have some magnificent set and gorgeous costume and and the story have some great moment . aishwarya rai put in a great performance . surprisingly and the scene stealer be the underutilized sonu sood who remind me of a young amitabh bachan . sadly and it end there . on the down side be everything else . the movie be suppose to be an epic but the only thing it have resemble an epic be it length . in jodhaa akbar it seem like the extra be over work and underpay . they be hardly move in the background and the camera or director seem preoccupied with individual fight . i guess the extra think that with the camera so far away and they would never make it into the frame . i wish that have be true . now i say the set and costume be terrific but the cinematography fail them . i go out of my way to find out the cinematographer be kiran deohans . the rest of the cast and crew undoubtedly have a long career ahead of them but mr. deohans career might come to an abrupt halt after this film . this be an epic and the audience need to see this film a an epic . the camera move too slowly and sits too still and and those great costume and set do not get the treatment they deserve . the story be quite shallow . you would think the emperor and empress of the mughal empire would get a story befit them and but not here . the twist and turn be utterly predictable . the narrative and character lack depth . hrithik and aishwarya have little or no chemistry between them . i felt like they have more chemistry in dhoom 2 and a film i thoroughly hat and give zero star . if them two of them finally come to love each other and why do it look like theyre fake it . an epic need to be long and this film have the length to prove itself a one . but the pacing in this film be painfully slow . let me explain and there a difference between a film be too long and a film move too slowly while jodhaa akbar be the latter . the dialogue need to be more rapid and the scene need to be trim down . i do not mean to keep mentioning dhoom 2 and but one of the thing i hat be how every time hrithik be on screen the film would go into slow motion . here and theyre in regular motion but it still feel like slow mo . it not a good sign when youre look at your watch and wondering when be the movie go to end . as much a it hurt for me to write this and one of the film big draw back be hrithik roshan in the role of mohammad jalaluddin . hrithik performance be inconsistent and quite unrefined . inconsistent because i felt like i be watch hrithik play several different character in the film . it be never the same akbar from the first scene . i do not think this be a result of the character grow because like i say while there really be no growth after his marriage to jodhaa or any character for that matter . keep in mind that inconsistency be really not the actor and it the director . it the director job to keep make sure the performance be everything they need to be and really visualize the look and feel of the film . the director have to keep his or her eye on the ball and in a film this large and it understandable why they might lose sight but that no excuse . so this isn not a minus for hrithik as much a it be for ashutosh gowariker . a writer at the hindustan time and mohammed khalil say gowariker have miscalculate the technical and emotional content and i think he absolutely right . now i say the performance be unrefined because of the lack of character in the character ( yes and i know that one hurt ) . i just do not see a mughal emperor when i look at hrithik . instead what i saw be a bollywood heart throb or poster boy who hasn not mature enough a a performer to pull off this kind of a role . i still think he have all the potential in the world and no doubt . he give a very memorable performance in koi mil gaya but this be no koi mil gaya . hrithik big flaw be something he have little control over while his look . truth be tell and hrithik be just too feminine to portray a character that suppose to be the embodiment of authority and masculinity . his physique be top notch but it hard to take someone seriously when they have green eye . his soft image be what prevent him from properly play the all powerful emperor and calculate army commander . there be something that could be say about hrithik physical presence in the film though . i be not give away any spoiler like i promise . there be a scene in the film where the gate to the palace open and hrithik be stand on the other side . it a long shot and there be no light near hrithik and all we see be a silhouette . he then scream at jodhaa . i swear the combination of the sound of his voice and physical presence while i think he be go to kill everyone in his path . suddenly we get a close up a he step into the light and the green eye melt away the coldness while i hear an aunty in the row behind me say and awww and rohit . so like aishwarya and hrithik handle the confrontational scene with a wonderful subtle intensity but his good and somewhat girly look be what bury his performance .