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March 26, 2024
Classic Bollywood is exactly what you'd expect it to be. It's not that different from contemporary Bollywood, only older and even less refined. This film offers more than 3 hours of unfiltered, bombastic melodrama. There's also a lot of music and singing, which doesn't improve things at all.
Emperor Akbar is looking for someone to inherit his kingdom and his riches. His son would be a very likely candidate, but he has fallen in love with a lowly courtesan. Akbar doesn't approve of this romance, but his son is absolutely smitten by the girl and won't let his father determine his fate.
A pretty simple story that doesn't need three hours of film. Not in the least because a lot of it is narrated in plain song, which is pretty dire to look at. The dance choreographies aren't too exciting either, the performances are frigid and the runtime is an insult. Not a film I'll remember fondly.