Trivia on Jodha Akbar

Hrithik had a very "filmy" horse. The horse used to know what words like action meant and so when she heard action, she would take off, even if the scene required her to be stationary. Hence the crew would use other words instead of action to avoid the horse taking off. The names of his horses were Chandni and Superman.

There is an elephant taming sequence, a brief glimpse of which audiences have seen in the promo. In order to acquaint himself with the elephant and strike a comfort level, Hrithik Roshan used to travel to Karjat on days when he was not shooting, just to spend time with the elephant and feed her bananas at lunch. He called him Sweety pie and she would recognize his voice and his cologne.

While shooting in Sambhar (Faloti village) in June, sandstorms would occur at intervals of half hour. The unit could see the sandstorm coming 2-3 minutes away and they would only stop when it was half a minute a way, then immediately take cover and then come back to shoot as soon as the storm would pass. This would happen every half hour. Hrithik Roshan was a part of that sequence– Ajmer Sharif scene.

Sword Fighting: While Hrithik Roshan and Sonu Sood would be struggling to get it right at times, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan would just relax in the tent and then come out and do the action like a pro leaving all the others zapped.

Rajesh Vivek, who plays Chugtai Khan, used to say poetry to the horse while preparing for the scene where Akbar and his entourage enter Ajmer for the first time, post his marriage to Jodhaa.

When Punamji used to come with family, she used to come with Sindhi food for everyone on sets. But the assistants are still waiting for the sindhi kadhi that she promised to them.

During the first schedule in Rajasthan, the dressing of extras would begin at 5am and take 4.5 hours to complete the task. All these extras were Rajasthanis who knew no English at all, yet during the course of the shooting, they started learning words like first pass, second pass, action etc. They were extremely well behaved and not like villagers but rather became like junior actors.

Ila Arun plays the character of Maham Anga, which is a stark contrast to her personality. Hence after each shot she would feel terribly shy but very stern while in character.

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