Some of the pieces that are worth noticing are:Īkbar the Great – mighty emperor, conqueror of nations, vanquisher of foes – wielded the sword with great élan.
Jodha akbar jewelery movie#
The dazzling array of precious ornaments worn by Emperor Akbar and Jodhaabhai in the movie Jodha Akbar truly brings to life the opulence of the Mughal and Rajput trousseaus.įrom intricate neckpieces, rings, bangles, earrings and chains to more traditional pieces such as the sarpech (turban ornament), hathphool (hand ornament) and bhor (forehead ornament), the collection is nothing short of extravagant! Designers had to find craftsman who could recreate it. Now, setting a mirror in that mould is a special skill and it doesn't exist today. Women used to wear large thumb rings with mirrors so that they could see their faces in the mirror.
So, each jewel takes a long time to craft. One made the mould, another set the stone, one inlaid the pearls and others made the colourful 'meenakari' work. The interesting thing about most 'kundan' and 'meenakari' is as many as five craftsman worked on one single piece. The designs are mostly "kundan and meenakari"- inlay work common to Rajasthan. Starting with the 'borla' (hair pins) to anklets and it was made sure that designers followed the same definition of an ensemble. In the 16th century, Rajput women use to wear 12 pieces of jewellery. We got references from Rajput designs of that time, used motifs that were prevalent at that time, architecture, miniature paintings and through existing pieces from that time. It was a tedious job for the team working on the jewellery to find details about Jodhabai's jewels.įor Akbar, there were a lot more literal references, but for Jodha there were very few. Ornaments were created keeping in mind its relevance to the two rich Indian traditions. In 'Akbarnama' there are actually blue prints of emerald mines, which Akbar had started and wherever you see him, he wears emeralds, which is the symbol of power. At that time - Mughals used a lot more pearls than the Rajputs did."Īkbar's favourite gem was the emerald. The basic difference was that Mughal jewellery was much finer in craftsmanship and Rajput jewellery was more rustic. We also did a lot of research in museums and archives, private collection of various royalties and at the Chitrakala Parishad. It was a research from the combination of miniature paintings, 'Akbarnama' and old royal families. 'Jodhaa Akbar' became a design and research challenge because it had to be the specific Rajput and Mughal traditions of the 16th century and there was very little available from that time. Designers have used gold and gems like emeralds, pearls, ruby, tourmaline and jade. There were 13 ensembles for Aishwarya and eight for Hrithik. The total weight of the jewellery will be about 300 kg and it's a huge investment on the part of the company. The exquisite pieces include sarpech (feather pin), archer's ring, arsi (mirror ring), bhor (head jewel like in Indian tika) and hansali (choker).Ī blend of Mughal and Rajasthani designs, the handcrafted jewels on display are breathtakingly beautiful and give an insight to India's glorious past.
Tanishq, the leading jewellery brand, unveiled the jewellery worn by Aishwarya Rai, who plays the Rajput princess Jodhabai and Hrithik Roshan, who features as Mughal emperor Jalaluddin Akbar, in the movie. Two hundred craftsmen worked for 600 days, moulded 400 kg of gold and precious and semi-precious stones to recreate jewelleries of Mughal era in Ashutosh Gowariker's historical romance Hindi film "Jodhaa Akbar". GIRDHAR(1920-60) and has been displayed at even big auction houses of the world like Christies. Jodha Akbar Jewellery is inspired by the signature painting on canvas of a tribal self confident lady done by an artist awarded by the Government of India MR.
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