Bollywood's classic fever is getting costlier day by day. First it was JP Dutta's Umrao Jaan for which budgets hit the roof and now we hear that director Ashutosh Gowarikar has even raised the bar for himself to an extent where the film may well end up exceeding the opulence of Mugal-e-azam.

Apparently, real gold and diamond jewellery is being used for the film starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai.

As for the safekeeping, all jewellery has been kept in a special executive room, and all actors have to go there to wear their ornaments. Around 50 guards have been hired for the security of the jewellery alone.

The period film is being shot in Jaipur currently, and a team of 80 people has been designated for the styling of the jewellery that the cast will adorn.

Reportedly even the pagdi that will adorn Hrithik Roshan as Emperor Akbar will be custom made for him.

A leading tabloid quoted a source as saying, "Yes, there are several people who are specially taking care of the jewellery. Besides, all the actors are also taking personal interest in the jewellery."

"They have used emeralds, rubies and pearls, all specially designed for the film. They are all very expensive. For instance, a simple Rakhi on actor Sonu Sood's wrist costs around Rs 8 lakh."

Jodha-Akbar is a movie about the romance between Mughal king Akbar and his Rajput wife Jodhabai. The film confines itself to the period before Akbar reached the age of 27 and their son Salim was born.

As such, the film is essentially a young love story and maybe considered a prequel to the epic Mughal-e-Azam.

In his quest for historical accuracy Ashutosh has read Akbarnama, a biographical account of Akbar written by Abul Fazl, one of the Navaratans of Akbar's royal court and Ain-e-Akbari translation of Abul Fazal's Persian text. He has also consulted historians such as Irfan Habib of Aligarh Muslim University.

AR Rehman will provide the musical score for the film and Javed Akhtar will pen its lyrics.