Jodha Akbar
Jodha Akbar is an Indian Historical drama television series that aired from 18 June 2013 to 7 August 2015 on Zee TV and is also digitally available on ZEE5. The show was produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms.[2] Starring Rajat Tokas and Paridhi Sharma, it was a successful show with praises for its cast performances. It replaced Rab Se Sohna Isshq. [3] It was replaced by Tashan-e-Ishq in its timeslot.[4]
| Jodha Akbar | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Historical drama |
| Created by | Ekta Kapoor |
| Developed by | Ekta Kapoor |
| Written by | Research, Lyrics and Consultant Dr. Bodhisattva Story and Screenplay R M Joshi Anil Nagpal Binita Desai Manish Paliwal Kirtida Gautam Neha Singh Mayuri Roy Chaudhary Sahil Dogra Koel Chaudhuri Dialogues Dheeraj Sarna |
| Directed by | Santram Varma Ranjan Singh Vicky Chauhan Arshad Yunus Khan Kadar Kazi(kk) |
| Creative directors | Shaalu Kadar kazi(kk) |
| Starring | Rajat Tokas Paridhi Sharma |
| Theme music composer | Lalit Sen |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original languages | Hindi Urdu |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 566 [1] |
| Production | |
| Producers | Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor |
| Production locations | Jaipur Karjat Kolhapur |
| Cinematography | Santosh Suryavashi |
| Editors | Vikas Sharma Vishal Sharma Sandeep Bhatt |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | Approx. 24 minutes |
| Production company | Balaji Telefilms |
| Release | |
| Original network | Zee TV |
| Picture format | 576i HDTV 1080i |
| Original release | 18 June 2013 – 7 August 2015 |
Plot
Jodha Akbar is an epic drama that focuses on how the marriage policy brings the love of Jodha Bai and Akbar in a measure that has changed the destiny of India. This drama period also describes the wars of this time and the relations between the Mughals and Rajputs and how Jodha and Akbar face trials and tribulations to be together. The drama also focuses on the operating Queens, courts, courtesans, ministers and their influence on the love story of Akbar and Jodha Bai. Finally, the show also portrays how Mughal Emperor Jalaluddin Muhammad acquires the title 'Akbar' from the people of India.
Jalaluddin Mohammad, a fearless warrior, son of Emperor Humayun and Hameeda Bano Begum, became the Emperor of the Mughal dynasty at a very young age. He is under the influence of Bairam Khan, his reagent, and Maham Anga, his foster mother. Bairam Khan has taught Jalal to be a ruthless and cruel ruler, and spread his rule by fear, conquer people by the sword. Jalal, following Bairam Khan's ideals becomes a heartless and fearsome ruler, whom the people dislike. He wants to conquer the entire Hindustaan, and presently, he is eyeing the golden Rajputana.
Jodha Bai, princess of Amer, daughter of Raja Bharmal and Rani Mainavati, is a kind and intelligent young girl, who believes in ruling people's hearts and that rule is spread by love and togetherness, not by force.
She decides to go to a far away temple to offer prayers on her birthday, along with Moti Bai, her friend and aide. While offering prayers there, a band of mughal soldiers come and start looting the jewellery of the Goddess. When Moti Bai tries to stop them, they try to molest her. Angered at this, Jodha asks who could be so cruel as to rob people of their religions, to which a temple person replied Jalaluddin Mohammad. Jodha pledges to destroy Jalal and present his head in front of the Goddess. Meanwhile, Moti Bai, embarrassed by the turn of events, decides to commit suicide, but Jodha prevents her. This makes Jodha even more vengeful.
Jalal punishes a man for stealing his shoes by cutting off his legs. He decides to meet Sharifuddin, a subedar of, close to Amer, so that he can wait for the right moment to attack the unaware Rajputs.
Cast
Main
- Rajat Tokas as Akbar, 3rd Mughal Emperor
- Paridhi Sharma as Jodha Bai/Laboni (while possessing Jodha), Akbar's favourite wife
- Smiley Suri /Lavina Tandon as Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, Akbar's first and chief wife
- Ashwini Kalsekar as Maham Anga (foster mother of Akbar, Adham's khan biological mother)
- Manisha Yadav as Salima Sultan Begum, Akbar's senior consort
- Ravi Bhatia as Salim[5] (Akbar's son)
- Heena Parmar as Anarkali ( Salim's love interest)
Recurring
- Ankita Dubey as Moti Bai (maid of Jodha bai)
- Chhaya / Ishita as Hamida Banu Begum (Mariam Makani) Humayun's wife, Akbar's mother
- Lokendra Rajawat as Shamsuddin Ataga Khan
- Amarpreet Rait as Jiji Anga
- Chetan Hansraj as Adham Khan
- Munendra Singh Kushwah as Raja Khambar Singh
- Prianca Sharma as Javeda Begum , wife of Adham khan, mother of Haider Khan.
- Ankit Raizada as Man Singh I
- Jyotsna Chandola as Man bai
- Rajeev Saxena as Raja Bharmal
- Natasha Sinha as Rani Mainawati
- Kunal Bhatia as Rajkumar Bhagwant Das
- Nupur Saxena as Sa Bhagawati Ji Sahiba
- Bhakti Narula as Rani Lilavati
- Shweta Kanoje as Naazima Begam
- Shaurya Singh as Raja Todarmal
- Kaif Ali Khan as Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
- Gopal K Singh as Birbal
- Vijay Badlani as Tansen
- Kunal Khosla as Qutubuddin Koka
- Sheezan K Mohd as Sultan Murad Mirza and young Akbar
- Gaurav Sharma as Sultan Daniyal Mirza
- Rohit Joshi as Farhan (Saleem's friend)
- Anurag Sharma as Maharana Pratap
- Ashok Devaliya as Hoshiyar Khan
- Vicky Batra as Kunwar Sujamal
- Pranav Misshra as Mirza Muhammad Hakim
- Parag Tyagi as Sharifuddin Hussain
- Sonakshi More as Bakshi Banu Begum a mughal princess
- Mita Vashisht as Mah Chuchak Begum
- Naved Aslam as Bairam Khan
- Gandharva Pardeshi as Rajkumar Jagannath
- Dev Bishit as Rajkumar Khangar
- Akhil Vaid as Rajkumar Raj Singh
- Abhilash Chaudhary as Raja Drumak
- Ajay Paul Singh Andotra as Mantri Lakshman Das
- Prince Singh as Suryabhan Singh
- Kalyani Trivedi as Shagunibai
- Meghna Naidu as Benazir
- Ketan Karande as Khyber Zaara
- Manoj Patel as Resham Khan
- Shilpa Raizada as Nigar/Shehnaz
- Ranveer Chahal as Rashid Khan
- Dharti Bhatt as Sukanya
- Sumbul Touqeer Khan as Mehtab
- Saniya Touqeer as young Anarkali
- Ayaan Zubair Rahmani as young Salim
- Javed Pathan as Sheikh Gadai
- Melanie Pais as Laboni
- Kamalika Guha Thakurta as Laboni's Mother
- Zeba Hussain as Chanda
Historical accuracy
Certain Rajput groups claimed Jodhaa was married to Akbar's son, Jahangir, not Akbar, whereas certain reports state that Jodha and Akbar were not married although the primary history proves that Akbar and the princess of Amber were married on which the show is made as a complete show can't be false. They also protested against the show along with Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap, another historical series that aired on Sony TV.[6]
The title of the series was criticised by members of the Kshatriya community as misleading, politically motivated historical revisionism that minimised Rajput history. The community protested against the series in Rajasthan, and alleged that if the name was not changed they would not let any Balaji Telefilms films to be released in the state.[6] Ekta Kapoor stated, "I always believe it's 80% history and 20% folklore. There are enough proofs that say it's true, but then there are some people who say it's not. Akbar had a certain graph and we know that. We cannot negate that there was a change of heart in him from a power-hungry ruler to a non-biased one because of his Rajput queen."[7] The story is loosely true but has a wholesome addition of drama.
Production
The producer of the show, Ekta Kapoor was influenced by the 2009 big screen movie, Jodhaa Akbar, directed by Bollywood's Ashutosh Gowariker.[8][9]
Rajat Tokas who had earlier worked with Ekta Kapoor in the soap opera, Tere Liye was selected to play the role of the protagonist Akbar.[10][11]
Ekta Kapoor stated she conducted 7000 auditions for the female protagonist Jodha across the nation before selecting Paridhi Sharma.[12]
Ashwini Kalsekar was selected to play the role of Maham Anga, Akbar's primary caretaker and protector.[13]
Adaptations
This series is dubbed in Tamil as same name on Zee Tamil, in Telugu language as same name on Zee Telugu, in Bengali Language as same name on Zee Bangla, in Malayalam language as same name on Zee Keralam, and in English language as same name on Zee World Africa
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Historical/Mythological Show | Ekta Kapoor | Won[14] |
| Best Actor in Negative Role | Chetan Hansraj | Won[14] | ||
| Best Actress in Negative Role | Ashwini Kalsekar | |||
| Best Art Direction | Sandesh and Vishwanath | |||
| Best Costumes | Nidhi Yasha | |||
| Best Actor (Drama) | Rajat Tokas | |||
| BIG Star Entertainment Awards | BIG Star Most Entertaining TV Show (Fiction) | Ekta Kapoor | Won[15] | |
| BIG Star Most Entertaining TV Actor | Rajat Tokas | |||
| 2014 | Star Guild Awards | Best Historical Series | Ekta Kapoor | Won[16] |
| Best Director (Fiction) | Santram Verma | |||
| Best Actor in Leading Role | Rajat Tokas | |||
| 7th Boroplus Gold Awards | Best Actress in Negative Role (Critics) | Ashwini Kalsekar | Won[17] | |
| Best Actor in Negative Role (Critics) | Chetan Hansraj | |||
| Best Actress in Supporting Role (Critics) | Lavina Tandon | |||
| Golden Debutante of the year(Female) | Paridhi Sharma | |||
| Best Actor in a Lead Role (Critics) | Rajat Tokas | |||
| Best Television Show of the Year (Fiction) | Ekta Kapoor | |||
| Indian Telly Awards | Best Actress in Negative Role | Ashwini Kalsekar | Won[18] | |
| Best Fresh New Face (Female) | Paridhi Sharma | |||
| Best Actor in a Lead Role | Rajat Tokas | |||
| Best Ensemble Cast | Ekta Kapoor | |||
| Best Historical Series | Ekta Kapoor | |||
| 2015 | Star Guild Awards | Best Ongoing Drama Series | Ekta Kapoor | Won[19] |
References
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- ^ "Rab Se Sona Ishq axed for Jodha Akbar on Zee TV". Newsroom India. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
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- ^ Maheshwri, Neha (24 October 2014). "Now, Jannat's younger brother to play Salim in a historical show". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
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- ^ "Nominations of Big Star Entertainment Awards 2013". Bollywood Hungama.
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- ^ "Zee Gold Awards 2014 Complete List Of Winners". 20 May 2014.
- ^ Winners of 13th Indian Telly Awards, 2014 14 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Star Guild Awards Home". starguildawards.org.