Jodha Akbar
Jodha Akbar is an Indian historical fiction drama romantic television series that premiered on 18 June 2013 on Zee TV. The show was produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms.[2] It starred Rajat Tokas and Paridhi Sharma. This series is dubbed in Tamil as Jodha Akbar on Zee Tamil.
Jodha Akbar | |
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Genre | Historical fiction |
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 Khan Kadar Kazi(kk) |
Creative director | Shaalu |
Starring | Rajat Tokas Paridhi Sharma Lavina Tandon |
Theme music composer | Lalit Sen music |
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 |
External links | |
Website | |
Production website |
Plot
Jodha Akbar is an epic drama about a sixteenth-century story of a political marriage of convenience between a Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodha Bai. The show focuses on how their political marriage blossomed into love between them to an extent that it changed the fate of India. This period drama also portrays the wars of that time along with the relations between the Mughals and the Rajputs. The drama focuses on the functioning of the queens, the courts, courtesans, the ministers and their influence on the love story of Akbar and Jodha. The show highlights how Mughal emperor Jalaluddin acquired the title of Akbar from the people and covers most of his reign from 1557–58 up to 1598, also showing the life of Akbar's children and a secondary love story of Prince Salim and Anarkali.
Cast
- Rajat Tokas as Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar
- Paridhi Sharma as Jodha/Mariam-uz-Zamani
- Lavina Tandon / Smiley Suri as Ruqaiya Sultan Begum
- Manisha Yadav as Salima Sultan Begum
- Ashwini Kalsekar as Maham Anga
- Ravi Bhatia as Salim[3]
- Heena Parmar as Anarkali
- Ankita Dubey as Moti Bai
- Chhaya as Hamida Banu Begum (Mariam Makani)
- Lokendra Rajawat as Shamsuddin Ataga Khan
- Amarpreet Rait as Jiji Anga
- chetan Hansraj as Adham Khan/Haider Khan
- Prianca Sharma as Javeda Begum
- Ankit Raizada as Man Singh I
- 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
- Mita Vashisht as Mah Chuchak Begum
- Naved Aslam as Bairam Khan
- Gandharva Pardeshi as Rajkumar Jagganath
- 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
- Raanveer Chahal as Rashid Khan
- Dharti Bhatt as Sukanya
- Saniya Touqeer as young Anarkali
- Ayaan Zubair Rahmani as young Salim
- Javed Pathan as Sheikh Gadai
- Melanie Pais as Labon
- Kamalika Guha Thakurta as Laboni's Mother
Historical inaccuracy
Many of the events portrayed in the series are fictitious. Certain Khatri groups claimed Jodhaa was married to Akbar's son, Jahangir, not Akbar, whereas certain reports state that Jodha and Akbar were not married. They also protested against the show along with Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap, another historical series that aired on Sony TV.[4] The title of the series was criticised by members of the Khatri 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.[4] Ekta Kapoor stated, "I always believe it's 20% history and 80% folklore."[5]
Production
The producer of the show, Ekta Kapoor was influenced by the 2009 big screen movie, Jodhaa Akbar, directed by Bollywood's Ashutosh Gowariker.[6][7]
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[8][9]
Ekta Kapoor stated she conducted 7000 auditions for the female protagonist Jodha across the nation before selecting Paridhi Sharma.[10]
Ashwini Kalsekar was selected to play the role of Maham Anga, Akbar's primary caretaker and protector.[11]
Awards
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2013 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Historical/Mythological Show | Ekta Kapoor | Won[12] |
Best Actor in Negative Role | Chetan Hansraj | Won[12] | ||
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[13] | |
BIG Star Most Entertaining TV Actor | Rajat Tokas | |||
2014 | Star Guild Awards | Best Historical Series | Ekta Kapoor | Won[14] |
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[15] | |
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[16] | |
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[17] |
References
- "Jodha Akbar – Watch All Episodes Online in HD for Free – OZEE – Zee TV Page :1". zeetv.com.
- "Jodha Akbar: Ekta Kapoor's & Zee TV's historical romance". Indian Television. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- 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.
- "Protests against Ekta Kapoor's Jodha Akbar".
- I have sleepless nights because of Jodha Akbar: Ekta Kapoor
- "Ekta to produce Jodha Akbar on the lines of 2009 hit film Jodha Akbar".
- "Latest News, Trending Topics, Top Stories, HD Videos & Photos, Live TV Channels, Lifestyle, Sports, Entertainment". In.com.
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- "Rajat Tokas to play Akbar in Ekta's new show". mid-day.com.
- "That's not my Jodha! says Ekta Kapoor". ZEE TV.
- "Ashwini as Maham Anga in Ekta's Jodhaa Akbar? – Times of India".
- Winners & Nominees of Indian Television Academy Awards, 2013 Archived 24 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- "Nominations of Big Star Entertainment Awards 2013".
- "Star Guild Awards – Winners". starguildawards.org. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- "Zee Gold Awards 2014 Complete List Of Winners". 20 May 2014.
- Winners of 13th Indian Telly Awards, 2014 Archived 14 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- "Star Guild Awards Home". starguildawards.org.
External links
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