Moar Bollywood: Jodhaa Akbar

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So, I didn't make it all the way through my latest movie after all....



I picked up Jodhaa Akbar based on a bunch of good Amazon reviews. Coolest thing, for me, it was apparently filmed at a bunch of locations we visited recently, so I get to go, "GOL DANG, I WAS THERE!" The story so far, Hrithik Roshan is the emperor, and he needs to take over ALL TEH INDIA, because he is just so prettieh and stuff. One scene has him TAMING A WILD ELEPHANT! I kid you not, and I almost died of awesome right then and there. He leaps up onto the elephant head and is all like, I'm Emperor Hrithik, baybee! *wink wink*

There's also a spunky princess, though the actress doesn't quite have it down so well. One scene shows her in a sword fight, and the poor girl looks like she's never picked up a dang sword before. "Ewww, a sword?" Hrithik does better of course: at one point, for NO DISCERNIBLE REASON, he doffs his shirt and starts practicing his saber. You can almost SEE him thinking, helllloooo, ladies!

The video is from the wedding scene. The weepy girl is all weepy because OMG she has to marry Hrithik Roshan (I'm not seeing the down side, here, maybe because he's prettier than her)? But I was amazed at this dance and the fez dudes. It's slow and trance-y, so if you're one of my buddies who loves thrash, you might wanna chew your own leg off before the end, but if you give it a chance, it's just so cool and weird.

Oh, and did I mention, elephants.