A sorry state of affairs (Movie Review: Jodha Akbar-Hindi)

So my saturday was probably not the best of its kind. I was unwittingly dragged through an itinerary who's complete details were not fully relayed to me until it was too late. What was supposed to be an enjoyable Chinese lunch, turned into a lunch followed by what can only be described as one of the most horrendous cinema experiences ever.



I was dragged through a movie called "Jodha Akbar", for the uninitiated, its a bollywood film with generous doses of songs and some of the worst on screen performances of your lives, and it will probably do well because it features some of the more famous actors out there who's presence alone with atone it in the eyes of the Indian masses for its decidedly bland story.
Its a period film which features, Akbar, the grand-daddy of one of the world's most famous emo men out there, Shah Jahan, for those who don't recognize the name, he's the Mughal emperor who was behind the construction of the 'Taj Mahal', one of the tentative '7 Wonders of the modern world', and if this movie is anything to go by, I don't blame the kid for being emo. Akbar is also the great-grand-daddy of Aurangzeb, who was probably the Indian equivalent of the 'Angry White Kid'.
Still the movie afforded me an insight into my friend's taste in movies, and also a bad sign. The movie's subject though was undoubtably not a bad one, for Akbar was probably one of the most powerful Mughal emperors who embraced and worked to bridge the gap between both the Hindu and the Muslim religions. He was a muslim emperor who showed an unusual resiliance towards the arguments of his own community and married a Hindu princess.
Anyhow, the movie was probably not the best way to portray his deeds and on the whole was a mish-mash of ideas and some of the more important details were thrown in too quickly, resulting in what can only be described as unwatchable for the most, though for the avid hindi movie buffs with both time and money.....maybe. 3/10