Jodhaa Akbar (2008)


Jodhaa Akbar
Release Date13 February 2008
US Box Office$3,000,000
GenreAction, Adventure, Biography, History, Musical, Romance
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi, Urdu
Sound MixDTS, Dolby Digital
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRomantic Epic, Historical Epic
Niche GenreHistorical Film
ThemesCrowned Heads
TonesLavish, Sweeping

Jodhaa-Akbar (Hindi: ???? ????, Urdu: ) is an Indian epic film released on 15 February 2008. It is directed and produced by Ashutosh Gowariker, the director of the Academy Award-nominated Lagaan (2001). It stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in lead roles. This film also marks the debut of newcomer Abir Abrar. Extensive research went into the making of this film which began shooting at Karjat.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar

Jodhaa Bai

Abeer Abrar
Bakshi Banu

Shehzor Ali
Raja Hemu

Maham Anga

Narrator

Vishwa S. Badola
Saadir Adaasi

Balraj
Raja Balraj Singh

Ulhas Barve
Raja Mankeshwar

Shaji Chaudhary
Adham Khan

Chetana Das

Parth Dave
Young Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar

Aman Dhaliwal
Rajkumar Rattan Singh

Nikitin Dheer
Sharifuddin Hussain

Sudhanshu Hakku
Raja Shimalgarh

Sayed Badrul Hasan
Mullah Do Pyaaza

Dilnaz Irani
Salima

Raja Veer Bharmal

Bharat Kumar
Raja Chauhan

Pramatesh Mehta
Chandrabhan Singh

Suhasini Mulay
Rani Padmavati

Shamsuddin Atka Khan

Pramod Muthu
Todar Mal

Manava Naik
Neelakshi

Surendra Pal
Rana Uday Singh

Raju Pandit
Raja Bhaati

Digvijay Purohit
Rajkumar Bhagwan Das

Tejpal Singh Rawat
Ni'mat

Indrajit Sarkar
Mahesh Das, Birbal

Rajiv Sehgal
Raja Viraat

Pradeep Sharma
Sheikh Mubarak

Gurmeet Singh
Raja Shundi

Jassi Singh
Raja Bhadra

Mrs. Punam S. Sinha
Mallika Hamida Banu

Sujamal

Yuri Suri
Bairam Khan

Rucha Vaidya
Young Jodhaa

Disha Vakani
Madhavi

Rajesh Vivek
Chughtai Khan

Director

Producer

lyrics

writer

K.P. Saxena
dialogue

Lawrence D'Souza
line producer

producer, writer

Ronnie Screwvala
producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Kiran Deohans

Editor

Ballu Saluja
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Production Designer

Nitin Chandrakant Desai
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Costume Designer

Neeta Lulla
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Production Manager

Abul Syed 'Hassan' Ehsan
production manager

S.A. Ehsan
production manager

Ranjit Indori
production manager

Datta Jamkhande
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Puneet Khanna
third assistant director

chief assistant director

Ekta Pathak
second second assistant director

Prateek Sapra
second assistant director

Gurmeet Singh
first assistant director

Abhishek Varman
assistant director

Art Department

Hemant Bhatkar
assistant art director

Sanjay Karole
assistant art director

Mithali Mahajan
assistant art director

Sound Department

Sayed Aslam
foley artist

Tarun Bhandari
sound editor

Debajit Changmai
assistant sound re-recording mixer

Abhijit Deo
live foley mixer

Hitendra Ghosh
sound re-recording mixer

Stephen Gomes
supervising sound editor, sound designer

Lochan Kanvinde
dialogue editor

Yadav Manoj
foley artist

Sreejesh
sound editor, assistant sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects

Pankaj Khandpur
special effects supervisor

Visual Effects

Das Chinmay
digital compositor

Rahul Galwankar
senior rotoscope artist

Samapika Karmakar
digital compositor

Ravi Shekhar
digital compositor

Abu Thahir
digital compositor

Stunts

Ravi Dewan
stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

Mukund Gupta
grip

Fazal Khan
key grip

Lalit Sahoo
first assistant camera: second unit

Editorial Department

Ballu Saluja
supervising editor

Music Department

playback singer

Mohammad Aslam
playback singer

Kaz Boyle
composer: additional themes and music

Bonnie Chakraborty
playback singer

Madhushree
playback singer

playback singer

playback singer

Bela Shende
playback singer

Other Crew

Nabeel Abbas
publicity designer

Raju Khan
choreographer

Jay Oza
set production assistant

Pranati Oza
production coordinator

Chinni Prakash
choreographer

Rekha Prakash
choreographer

Mihir Shah
design visualizer

Srikanth
set production assistant

Thanks

special thanks

Production Company

Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Pvt. Ltd.
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UTV Motion Pictures
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Distributor

Bodega Films

Miscellaneous

SonicFields
sound post-production






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