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Jodha Akbar When I went to watch Jodha Akbar yesterday I was riding on two sets of opinions: One came from many reviews which termed it to be a path breaking product coming out of Indian cinema and the other which remain indifferent to the movie giving it average rating. To be fair I generally keep the rating factor out of my consideration when I watch a movie but it becomes difficult to remain unbiased when you have read so much about a movie. So I kept on looking for scenes mentioned in the reviews and evaluating them on my scales. This becomes quite tough and sometimes I was left wondering whether the evaluation of the movie is completely mine or guided by my presumptions. Before I start with my evaluation of the movie let me make some clarifications. First the film has a massive sweep. Second this movie is not a historical and instead a love story. So if you are planning to watch this as a genuine historical it is most likely that you will come out disappointed. The start of the mo