JA review: my points on the actors

"Rajat Tokas, who played the role of Prithviraj Chauhan, manages to nail the character of Akbar to a T. His expressions and body language make you fall in love with the character and hate him too. Paridhi Sharma as Jodha lacks the stance of a queen. She doesn't come across as the ultimate embodiment of beauty either. However, giving her the benefit of the doubt, we believe Rajat and Paridhi will have a good chemistry, when it happens. Rumour is that Smilie Surie is only doing a guest appearance in the show as Ruqaiya Sultan Begum; frankly, we think that's a very wise decision. The actor is probably one of worst possible choices for such a pivotal role. Besides having no chemistry with Rajat, Smilie's dialogue delivery is beyond indigestible. Ashwini Kalsekar, who plays the sly and manipulative Maham Anga, was a brilliant choice. The actor's expressions are enough to set the mood of the scene, which we like. Naved Aslam – who was previously seen as a vampire in Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani – does a fabulous job as the shrewd and conniving Bairam Khan. All in all, Jodhaa Akbar is definitely a good show, but has a lot of scope for improvement. Rajat is the star of this one. The upcoming romance between Jodha and Akbar will definitely keep the audiences hooked. Are you watching it?"

The parts of this review are taken from a bigger one. I wanted to post a topic with my own thoughts on the actors. I think as mentioned Rajat is good, but somehow I find his voice girly, I mean there is not any mardangi in his voice. But other than that i think he is appealing as Akbar. Rajat is a good actor, as Ekat said his maturity is visible even on his face that's why he doesn't look like 21.

I disagree with the paragraph of Paridhi, I think she is doing a fab job as Jodha. Maybe in the beginning she might have lacked that aura of a rajput princess but she has definitely improved and I think she is incredibly beautiful, she really matches Aishwarya. Currently Paridhi has shown a lot of progress, the best part her dialogues. She has totally submerged herself into the character.

Sadly I have to agree with Smiley's part. Ruqaiya's character has a lot of power but Smiley has not been able to portray a women with attitude. Her dialogue delivery and body language are things she has to work one.

Ashwini is a fab actress, being the senior on sets, she is well experienced and she knows what she is doing. I have seen Naveed earlier so I know that he is doing a good job. Natasha is also very beuatiful as Jodha's mother. Other actors that I think deserves appreciation are Vicky Batra, he is immensely hot and handsome and he is a good actor, Suryabhan, he seems to have chemistry with Jodha and Shariffudin, Parag is very good actor.

these were my thoughts, the review i have referred to is from a site called bollywoodgossip, feel free to add or express disbelief