Jodha Akbar

Jodha Akbar
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 directors	Shaalu Kadar kazi(kk)
Starring	Rajat Tokas Paridhi Sharma
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 (2013-06-18) – 7 August 2015 (2015-08-07)
External links
Website
Production website

Jodha Akbar is an Indian fictional drama romantic television series aired from 18 June 2013 to 7 August on Zee TV and also digitally available on ZEE5. 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 and also in Telugu language on Zee Telugu.

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, emission also shows how Emperor Mughal Jalaluddin acquires the title Akbar with the people.

Cast[]

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 historical proves that Akbar and the princess of Amber was 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.^[4] 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.^[4] Ekta Kapoor stated, "I always believe it's 20% history and 80% folklore."^[5]

Production[]

Rajat Tokas during the shooting of the Jodha Akbar at ND Studios, Karjat.

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[]

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External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jodha Akbar.

• Jodha Akbar at IMDb
• Jodha Akbar at ZEE5