फतेह करने और राज करने में बहुत फर्क होता है

Jodhaa (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), daughter of Raja Bharmal (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) 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 (Sonu Sood), 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.