Italy didn’t do hennins, but Burgundy sure did). Option Two: the hennin was inspired by the boqta, which coincides with the increased amount of cultural exchange between the Mughal Empire and Western Europe in the mid-15th-century (specifically Italy and Burgundy/Low Countries. Tall hats have always come in and out of fashion throughout the centuries, across the world. Option One: that the hennin and boqta sprang up independently of one another at around the same time. I was also skeptical of the “boqta inspired the henin” stance that The Smithsonian website just sort of tossed out there, because there’s essentially three plausible origins for the hennin and no academic (that I know of) has really come down on any one more firmly than the others.
I’m late to this one, but hennins are tangential to one of my research areas (French Hoods). There’s beautiful fabrics, embroidery, and jewelry up the wazoo, as you might expect.įirst, let’s get the boys out of the way … although I mean that less than I usually do, because the men’s costumes are in generally REALLY pretty.Īvoiding specific terminology because no doubt I’ll mess it up, men in this era wear: Overall, the costumes - especially, but not just, the women’s - are STUNNINGLY beautiful. We went to Jaipur to source the fabrics and the colour schemes to suit that time period” ( Costumer’s Guide). We did refer to a lot of paintings of that era along with a lot of theory. I did read this one particular book to go through Akbar’s life history and the events. “Obviously, a lot of research went into it and Ashutosh had done a lot of detailed research for costuming and garments which he passed down to me. Even then, I worked on this project for a year and half because there was very little information available about the costumes and jewellery worn during that period … As the Mughal era was known for its grandiosity, we used a lot of warm tones though we were careful not to go overboard” ( rediff news). “What made it easier was that everything was well researched. There are at least a couple of interviews with her available online, and here are some interesting bits and pieces: The costumes were designed by Neeta Lulla, who has a long resume of Indian films.
I did some quick reading and looked at a lot of images from this period - luckily Akbar commissioned an official history of his reign that is full of images of the actual people in this story, so it made it pretty easy to compare. So while I’m interested in Indian dress history, I will freely admit to not knowing a lot about it. In case you’re unclear who the baddy is, it’s the guy who really likes decapitating people.
There was A LOT of literally cackling-level LOL moments for me (sorry neighbors!), like when: What may be Bollywood tropes were a leeetle difficult for me to handle. It was a Big Deal that Akbar married a Rajput (clan) Hindu (apparently he was the first Mughal to do so) and, according to the movie, what started as a political alliance turned into a Love Affair and led to religious tolerance.Ĭlearly a lot of money was spent on the film, and the locations are gorgeous:
#Jodhaa akbar 2008 full movie movie#
Jodhaa Akbar purports to tell the story of 16th-century Mughal (i.e., Muslims from Central Asia, who ruled much of the region that is now India from 1526 through the 1850s) emperor Akbar the Great (aka Jalal-ud-din Muhammad, reigned 1556-1605) and his (first) Hindu wife, Mariam-uz-Zamani, later called Jodhaa (hence the movie title). Now, I know very little of the specifics of Indian history (or the history of Indian dress), so I’m going to assume you need as much context as I did! I have a thing for Aishwarya Rai (yes, because of Bride & Prejudice, which I adore), and for Indian history, so Jodhaa Akbar (2008) seemed like a good one to rev up. I’ve been wanting to delve into some non-Western cinema for a while now, but it’s hard to A.
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