Ashutosh Gowariker, director of the Academy Award-nominated LAGAAN (2001), wraps a plea for Muslim-Hindu unity in the kind of movie Hollywood just doesn't make anymore: An epic 16th-century romance awash in jewels, swordplay and elephants.
1555: Jalaluddin Mohammad becomes leader of the Mughal nation at age 13, but his guardian, General Bairam Khan (Yuri), holds the real power. The boy king's first act as ruler is meant to be the decapitation of defeated, half-dead Raja Hemu (Shehzor Ali), but he refuses and Khan steps in instead. Jalaluddin (Hrithik Roshan) takes the reins when he comes of age, and proves an unusual warrior king: Repulsed by wanton brut...
Released:
2008
Rated:
NR
Length:
213 mins