Jodha Akbar (TV series)

Jodha Akbar
Promotional image of Jodha Akbar
Genre	Historical drama
Created by	Ekta Kapoor
Developed by	Balaji Telefilms
Written by	Story and Screenplay R M Joshi Binita Desai Manish Paliwal Kirtida Gautam Neha Panjwani Mayuri Roy Chaudhary Ankush Nagpal Dialogues Dheeraj Sarna Research, lyrics and consultant Dr. Bodhisattva
Directed by	Santram Varma, Ranjan Singh, Vicky Chauhan
Creative director(s)	Shaalu Priya Satish Sahni Mohammed Adil
Starring	Rajat Tokas Paridhi Sharma
Theme music composer	Lalit Sen
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Hindi Urdu
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	566
Production
Producer(s)	Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor
Location(s)	Jaipur Karjat Kohlapur
Cinematography	Santosh Suryavashi
Editor(s)	Vikas Sharma Vishal Sharma Sandeep Bhatt
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	Approx. 24 minutes
Production company(s)	Balaji Telefilms
Release
Original network	Zee TV
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	18 June 2013 – 07 August 2015
External links
Website
Production website

Jodha Akbar is an Indian historical drama aired on Zee TV. The series premiered on 18 June 2013 and was aired in the evenings from Monday to Friday at 8 pm. The show was produced by Ekta Kapoor under her brand name Balaji Telefilms. It stars Rajat Tokas and Paridhi Sharma in lead roles. Due to leading actress Paridhi Sharma's contract expiring soon, the show went off air shortly after. Currently the show is being aired on Zee Anmol and Omni Television. Despite having been off-air for over a year, the show's re-runs still managed to deliver stellar TRP ratings.

Jodha Akbar is an epic drama about a sixteenth century story of the political marriage of convenience between a Mughal emperor Akbar and a Rajput princess Jodha Bai. The show focuses on how their political marriage brings love between them to an extent that it changed the fate of India. This period drama also portrays the wars of that time along with the relations between the Mughals and the Rajputs. The drama also focuses on the functioning of the queens, the courts, courtesans, the ministers and their influence on the love story of Akbar and Jodha Bai. The show also highlights on how Mughal emperor Jalaluddin acquires the title of Akbar from the people.

Many of the events portrayed in the series are based on real events. Certain Rajput groups claimed Jodhaa was married to Akbar's son, Jahangir, not Akbar whereas certain reports stated that Jodha and Akbar were not married. They also protested against the show along with Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap, another historical series that aired on Sony TV. The title of the series was criticised by members of the Rajput community as misleading, politically motivated historical revisionism that minimised Rajput history. The community's protests against the series in Rajasthan, and alleged that if the name is not changed they will not let any Balaji Telefilms films to be released in the state. Ekta Kapoor stated, "I always believe it's 20% history and 80% folklore."