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* [[Rajat Tokas]] as [[Akbar]], 3rd Mughal Emperor
* [[Rajat Tokas]] as [[Akbar]], 3rd Mughal Emperor
* [[Paridhi Sharma]] as [[Mariam-uz-Zamani|Jodha Bai]]/Laboni (while possessing Jodha), Akbar's favourite wife
* [[Paridhi Sharma]] as [[Mariam-uz-Zamani|Jodha Bai]]/Laboni (while possessing Jodha), Akbar's favourite wife
* [[Smilie Suri|Smiley Suri]] /[[Lavina Tandon]] as<br />[[Ruqaiya Sultan Begum]], Akbar's first wife and chief wife
* [[Smilie Suri|Smiley Suri]]/[[Lavina Tandon]] as<br />[[Ruqaiya Sultan Begum]], Akbar's first wife and chief wife
* [[Chhaya Phadkar]] as [[Hamida Banu Begum]] (Mariam Makani), Akbar's Mother
* [[Chhaya Phadkar]] as [[Hamida Banu Begum]] (Mariam Makani), Akbar's Mother
* [[Ashwini Kalsekar]] as [[Maham Anga]], foster mother of Akbar, biological mother of Adham Khan
* [[Ashwini Kalsekar]] as [[Maham Anga]], foster mother of Akbar, biological mother of Adham Khan

Revision as of 03:00, 10 July 2023

This article is about the television series. For the film, see Jodhaa Akbar.

Jodha Akbar
GenreHistorical drama
Created byEkta Kapoor
Developed byEkta Kapoor
Written byResearch, 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 bySantram Varma
Ranjan Singh
Vicky Chauhan
Arshad Yunus Khan Kadar Kazi(kk)
Creative directorsShaalu
Kadar kazi(kk)
StarringRajat Tokas
Paridhi Sharma
Theme music composerLalit Sen
Country of originIndia
Original languagesHindi
Urdu
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes566 [1]
Production
ProducersEkta Kapoor
Shobha Kapoor
Production locationsJaipur
Karjat
Kolhapur
CinematographySantosh Suryavashi
EditorsVikas Sharma
Vishal Sharma
Sandeep Bhatt
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeApprox. 24 minutes
Production companyBalaji Telefilms
Original release
NetworkZee TV
Release18 June 2013 (2013-06-18) –
7 August 2015 (2015-08-07)

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]

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. Later Sharifuddin, with the help of Sujamal, attacks Amer and wins the battle. He demands per month treasure from Amer by keeping Jodha's brothers as hostage. Later, when sharifuddin keeps on increasing his demands, bharmal's friend suggests him to meet Jalaluddin Mohommad. When Bharmal meets Jalal,Bharmal's friend advices Jalal and Bharmal to get married Jodha to Jalal. Bharmal initially disagrees but later agrees. When Jodha gets to know about her marriage with Jalal, she disagrees and even try to drink poison but later agrees due to Amer's safety. After Jodha and Jalal's marriage, Jodha doesn't allow him to touch her and she behaves rudely with him. Jalal too doesn't love Jodha, he married her as he want to win over her and also he want to take revenge from Jodha as she insulted him in Amer. Later, Rukaiya gets pregnant with Jalal's baby. This news brings a lot of happiness in Jalal's life but his happiness is short lived as Maham Anga mixes poison in Kesar which was given to Rukaiya. Maham Anga frames Jodha and her family in Rukaiya's unborn child's death case but Jodha is proved innocent. After that Jalal accepts his mistake. He feels guilty to doubt innocent Jodha. He gives Jodha an option to divorce him and go to Amer forever, as she hates him and doesn't wants to live in agra. Jodha accepts this favour but her mother refuses her to take her to Amer as a Divorcee. Heartbroken, Jodha tries to commit suicide but she is saved by Jalal. Now this story takes a different turn, as Jalal develops sympathy towards Jodha. He realizes how lonely Jodha has become, he feels sad for her. Many events take place in Jodha and Jalal's life like their trip to Ajmer Sharif, Sukanya's marriage which was fixed by Jalal, Jodha's fake pregnancy which was a trap by Sharifuddin as he wanted to separate Jodha and Jalal, but instead Jalal trusted Jodha and found the real truth. Due to all these events Jodha and Jalal develop friendship and understanding. Jalal gave an excellent decision in Tasnim's case, which impresses Jodha, she starts to consider Jalal as a friend. She decides to write a letter to Jalal thanking him for saving tasnim's life. But Maham Anga read the letter wrong, she told Jalal that Jodha has confessed love for him and her desire to spend a night with him. Jalal gets so happy after hearing Maham's words. That night, Maham got Jalal so drunk and she sent him to Jodha's room. Jalal in a drunken state tries to get close to Jodha, but she denies and unintentionally pushes him. Jodha tells him that she don't love him and only consider him as a friend. She further says that she can't share her body with him. Jodha's bitter words and that push, angers Jalal and hurts his ego. From that night, Jalal starts taking revenge from Jodha, he starts insulting her repeatedly and also brings a dancer called Benazir to hurt Jodha and make her jealous. He was unaware that Benazir has come with an intention to kill Jalal.

Cast

Main

Recurring

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

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.[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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  3. ^ "Rab Se Sona Ishq axed for Jodha Akbar on Zee TV". Newsroom India. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  4. ^ Baddhan, Raj (17 July 2015). "'Tashan-e-Ishq' to replace 'Jodha Akbar' on ZEE TV". BizAsia | Media, Entertainment, Showbiz, Brit, Events and Music. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b "Protests against Ekta Kapoor's Jodha Akbar". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013.
  7. ^ I have sleepless nights because of Jodha Akbar: Ekta Kapoor
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  14. ^ a b Winners & Nominees of Indian Television Academy Awards, 2013 Archived 24 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ "Nominations of Big Star Entertainment Awards 2013". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013.
  16. ^ "Star Guild Awards – Winners". starguildawards.org. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  17. ^ "Zee Gold Awards 2014 Complete List Of Winners". 20 May 2014.
  18. ^ Winners of 13th Indian Telly Awards, 2014 Archived 14 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
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