Under fire Jodhaa Akbar notches up Rs 38.53 cr in 4 days!!!

That will be sweet Sufi music to Ashutosh's ears, wouldn't it? After all the controversies, the unnecessary threats and the fire bombing and protests (which are adding more states to its tally), it is nice to hear of such figures for the very talented and conscientious director.

In only its first 4 days, Jodhaa Akbar has mopped up 38.53 crore from the box office (domestic and international). And there is three days of collections to be added to complete a week. It is UTV Motion Picture release. Last year Om Shanti Om grossed about Rs 42 crore for the entire week and that was a Shah Rukh Khan vehicle. A close second so far has been Akshay Kumar movie Welcome as it grossed about Rs 37 crore in the first week of its release.

Last years Aishwarya-Hrithik starrer Dhoom 2 had total box office collections of Rs 32-33 crore in the first week of its launch.

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After Om Shanti Om (about Rs 6.90 crore), Jodhaa Akbar (6.40 crore) is the second highest Bollywood grosser during the first-four days of its release.

Aishwarya wearing ethnic outfits in Jodhaa Akbar and yet looking hot

I saw some pics of Aishwarya from the hugely anticipated movie Jodhaa Akbar. She is seen wearing ethnic outfits yet looking hot. The costumes are the traditional Ghagra Choli that are still worn in parts of Rajasthan but when you put Ash in them you can imagine how they get sexed up. The outfits show off her belly and yet look dignified.

Lucky for her its a period film and not much skin show was expected as it would give another reason for Abhishek to see red. He was reportedly upset when her much touted smooch with his buddy Hrithik in Dhoom 2. That was also the reason that he was stuck off the wedding invitation lists.




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Jodhaa Akbar - Another movie, another controversy....

Another controversy has reared its ugly head with a group from the Rajput community opposing the facts presented in the Jodhaa Akbar movie. They claim that Jodhaa bai was not Akbars wife as shown in the movie and neither was she the daughter of the Amer king. She was according to them Akbars daughter-in-law and was the daughter of a Marwar king.

As far as I have learnt history all through school and at all levels that Jodhaa Bai was Akbar's wife. So if this is no right and history has been distorted then I don't think Ashutosh Gowarikar is the one doing it. He is merely continuing the legend as we know it. I would like to say to this obscure Rajout group, where were you when Mughal-e-Azam was released and if history is wrong then they should get the right facts and evidences and campaign to have it corrected at the right levels. You can neither change nor create history by creating such a fuss. Start a campaign and have these facts proved at the national level.

I sincerely hope that this does not balloon into a major problem as Ashutosh has gone with what is popular peception and would never have gone and tried to fidget with history. And the is group has popped up on the eve of the release. Where were they so far? Banished by Akbar to the hinterlands?