Cast :
Hrithik Roshan as Emperor Akbar
Parth Dave as young Akbar
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Rajkumari Jodhaa Bai
Sonu Sood as Rajkumar Sujamal
Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Raja Veer Bharmal
Suhasini Mulay as Rani Padmavati, Jodhaa's mother
Raza Murad as Shamshuddin Atgah Khan
Poonam Sinha as Malika Hamida Banu Begum
Rajesh Vivek as Chugtai Khan, Akbar's commander
Pramod Moutho as Todar Mal, finance minister in Akbar's court
Directed by : Ashutosh Gowariker
Written by : K. P. Saxena (dialogue)
Screenplay by : Haidar Ali, Ashutosh Gowariker
Story by : Haidar Ali
Produced by : Ronnie Screwvala, Ashutosh Gowariker
Narrated by : Amitabh Bachchan
Cinematography : Kiran Deohans
Edited by : Baldev Saluja
Music by : A. R. Rahman
An underage future ruler of the Mughal Empire is taught by Bairam Khan to rule mercilessly, killing defeated opponents after a battle. Years later, after another battle, the now adult Jalaluddin Akbar defies Bairam Khan for the first time, deciding that mercy, respect and diplomacy will be his way of gaining influence.
Jodhaa, daughter of Raja Bharmal of the Amber State, is betrothed to Rajkumar Ratan Singh of Ajabgarh. Raja Bharmal announces that his son Bhagwant Das would be his heir and Sujamal, Jodhaa's cousin, whom she wants to be the king's heir instead of Bhagwant Das, will have to work under him. Sujamal, who is deprived of his rightful throne, angrily leaves the kingdom to join Sharifuddin Hussain, Akbar's brother-in-law, who has his own ambition of becoming emperor. Raja Bharmal makes a peace offering to Akbar, proposing to strengthen relations by his daughter's marriage to the emperor himself. Akbar agrees, but this breaks his alliance with the other kings of Rajputana, including Rana Uday Singh. Jodhaa resents being reduced to a political pawn as she wants to marry Ratan Singh. She writes a letter to Sujamal, entreating him to come rescue her from the marriage, but doesn't send it.
