Jodha Akbar 49: Duel of wills - Page 6

My dear, I am delighted that you liked the post and especially the title. I never start writing till I have settled that to my satisfaction, and it is such a pleasure when someone else likes it as well.

As you will see if you look thru my exchanges above with Shalmali,. you and I are at odds with each other on the Jodha-Mahaam encounter. I would have wanted a cold, but definitive brush off and immediate dismissal of Mahaam by Jodha; that is what any Rani would have done.

Ruqaiya, that is so sad, the mess they have made of her. Plus when she laughs, her two central upper teeth look remarkably like a chipmunk's. The actress should have had that fixed long ago. Poor tbing, she looks so odd now.

Shyamala B.Cowsik

Originally posted by: Star_girl

I totally don't care if the sword-fight scene was random. I wish they give us one sword-fight scene every episode. 😆 Sorry, too dazed here, as you can see. And I thought the Maham -Jodha face-off was quite epic last night. It effectively brought out the quiet dignity of Jodha, and the stark contrast between her and Maham.

Lets not even talk about Ruqaiyaa. She is so perfectly pointless. 😆 She does make me laugh though. Every villain in the show has strangely transformed into comic reliefs. Be it Adham, or Ruqaiyaa. 😆 I literally cannot stop laughing when Ruqaiyaa laughs at her own stupid jokes. She is hilarious.

The week was quite a disappointment, but I am very glad that they decided to wrap the Moti track up without any prolonged drama. As far, the show has been quite drama-free. I would not lie, even I thought that there will some ridiculous and dragged drama about how Jalal comes to know the truth about Moti. Which would have been stupid. Why the heck will a king of his stature spend his time thinking about a servant? if anything, it was more realistic when he decided to let go of Moti, without further inquiry. It was only a win-win situation for him when Jodha decided to use the farmaan, he was at once relieved of any unpleasant roles he had to play in punishing Moti.

Now, I loved your analysis as always, Ma'am. You are lovely. ❤️ And loved the title. Duel of wills it is.

About the precap, I think that apart from your take on it, he also seems to be setting up a test of sorts for Jodha, so that he can get a better grip - not literally as yet, of course!😉 - on her, and the way her mind and that ubiquitous dil function.

Shyamala B.Cowsik

Originally posted by: swtngl

My bad 😳 I missed that fact that he left it (the farman) on the table. I agree that Jodha should given a stronger comeback to Maham. Jodha is starting to get comfortable in her susral now. The fact she is practicing sword fighting now, she is starting to feel at home. So I believe that next time Maham acts like that, Jodha will have a stronger comeback and put her in her place. 😊.

Also what did you think of Jalal's comment in the precap about whether dil ya dimaag wins?

To me it seems like it has to do with Jodha answers to Jalal's question about why she didn't ask for his sar or freedom or wealth. It might be about who will win from Jodha thinking with her heart vs Jalal with his brain?

Navi

Originally posted by: elasingh

@ moontide...Excellent post...I couldnt stop laughing.

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Dear Moontide (what else are you, with a hint of all the spices of God's own country, and not just mint?)

😕 Garam Masala 😃

Coming to the hint of mint, I added it for thats what you come thru as. Refreshingly falvourful and green. I have read your post re retirement and having retracted back into the cosy comforts of the nest. But that only goes to prove what I believe, that retirement (and the age attached) is just a number. The region nor-easterly to your solar plexus and then up north to that head is as fresh as freshly minted and as old as you permit them to be 😃. So I chose Vanilla from the assortments on offer.😳


I waited an hour, after first laughing myself to tears over this - which undoubtedly spared me a good bit of GenTeal drops for the disobliging nayan- but since you have not returned, and another claimant is breathing down my neck for the laptop, here goes.

Apologies. Also a discretely GenTeal pat on my own back 😉 As for the Lappy, its more like Jalal with all begums demanding its undivided attention. Just praying you get to be The Only Jodha to its Jalal.

Basically, my response is summed up in one question.Where were you all these weeks after June 30? If you had exerted yourself to similar effect - and as a fellow worshipper at the shrine of the immortal Plum, you could not have failed to do so - think of how much fun we could have had together!

Here is a Q that has me truely stumped! All I can do is borrow heavily from Shagunibai and say perhaps the stars were in the process of taking position all this while? Actually time (the task master, not to be confused with the healer) poses the main problem. By the time I get to your post, most of the discussion is over

You say could have? I say we will have. For the swords have just been drawn 😆

You must have seen my Mughal-e-Azam theory in my last but one post; I did not really think the CVs would go for it,but it would have been fun, and I am glad at least you picked up that ball and ran with it.

I did 😃 And did I have a ball!!! See I wanted to reply to your previous post. But before I could the Cvs came up with their own answers and my version turned more or less redundant. But on Friday when they showed the Chunwana scene which was so heavily inspired by K.Asif's version, I just could no longer reign in the thoughts that had hitherto been struggling for self expression 😃

The dry run theory for the Anarkali chundiyaana is priceless, except that this lot of masons would have passed on to the Great House of the Masonic (not Freemasons, be it noted) NOTED😆

Fraternity in the hereafter by the time Sheku arrived and grew to the least possible age of having lafdas with baandis (Charles II of England probably holds the record of having a kid when he was just 15)😉. Perhaps they would have passed on this esoteric expertise to their offspring, just in case the Shahenshah were to need it in his later years?

Well even if the pioneers of this exceptional masonary wizardry fails to hang on till Shekhu baba reaches his canoodling years, I have full faith the technical know how will, in the true Indian spirit get handed down to gen next. Anarkali wilt not not be deprived.

As for one upping CharlesII, I believe our Jalal had his chances, being married at nine and ascending at fourteen. I'm assuming he was in touch with Ruqaiya in between. Then again their's could have been one of those rare friendships.(for Ruku tho childless, is there any historic record of her being infertile?) That is one lady who deserves a lot more respect and understanding than the Ekta camp can ever dream of. But Ruqaiya I guess needs to be discussed in a separate Topic altogether.

the Jalal-Jodha-Moti-Abdul permutation would have drawn a small smile of approval from the Master himself, though a discreet one, for he was notoriously reticent in the matter of detailing assorted impulses in the solar plexus, or indeed anywhere else. .

😃 The Master would have solely concentrated on the Head theme as of now 😉

It was most disturbing to observe Jalal thus heartbroken seeing Jodha forsake her Satyagraha for his Head in lieu of Motibai's life! He came thru as a young being most distraught. The way he was pleading with her to re assert her primary demand vis-a-vis His head..I almost have a mind of writing a story on this (I have never written a story in the forum...ever). Mera sar mang sakti thi aap...the way he was almost plating the item up for her perusal... his refrain ringing deep into the nights... as if Jodha asking for his Head was almost like a reassuring love-note...thank god she wants something from me...she has not given up on this relation... She cares, cares still...

Actually right now its all about the head. It is never easy to discover yourself inside the head of one who you swear to be the enemy. Corollary: Its never easy to have the enemy inside ones own head athon peher and not reel from the sheer pressure of it. That is exactly whats happening with Jodha and Jalal.

Finally, as for the proper/prescribed position for the wallee, they should have had manual written out neatly on one of those silken scrolls, to be read out in due and proper form before the exercise began. Songs should not be part of it - the lugubrious Motibai looks besuri, and then it would cruel and unusual punishment for the masons as well!😉

I hope some excavation throws up the manuals both for the Wallee and the Waller. I will request Parliament to replace the existing punishments for rapists with the walling tecnique. Only in place of secret passage, there should be allowance for peepholes for food and air exchange.

As for Motibai being besuri, bowing to superior observation again 😃 Hope she sings a thumri or two to Adham sometime soon. As for songs, I meant Anarkali and her Lata impersonations 😉

The economy angle would not have entered into the calculations, as it would hardly have been a bulk exercise with the built in economies of scale!

Well with the rupee having developed this love for bungee jumping, costs and cuttings have been dominating my mind. Failed to refer to the economies of scale 😆

As for the folly of that whole Corpse in the Kitchen complete with that impeccably penned epistle on a fancy piece of fabric, do go back and see my Questions of the Day in that post. It was beyond ridiculous, and I would, like you, prefer to assume that Jalal had the brains to look thru it. But what of Jodha? What were her Grandmaster (there is no feminine for this in chess) quality grey cells doing?

Copse in Kitchen fiasco was indeed beyond ridiculous (as are Rasgullas during Akbar's reign but will post those later). As for Jodha, all I can think up in her defense is, Fide ratings came much later. She did not realise she had the GM killer Grey matter and was unable to use it on time. But I too thought, she would atleast want to look at the letter and find out if it was in Devnagari or Urdu? For Resham, I doubt knows how to write in Devnagari and Motibai's ashique writing to her in Urdu makes no sense. I am sure Mahamanga wouldn't have taken the chance of involving any of the Hindu dasis in a matter as delicate as this. But Jodha, apart from uaware of her Fide rating also has this problem of Jalal-in-the -head.

Once again, thanks for brightening up my morning.

My pleasure entirely 😊

Affectionately,

Shyamala

@ moontide!

Both of your posts are just - AWESOME!!! 😆👏👏

I was just ROFL-ing while reading your posts - 😆

Btw, are you a bengali?

Because only a true-blue bong ( like me 😉) could understand how ridiculous it is show Rasagulla during the reign of Akbar when it basically did not exist on this planet at that time?

I wrote in some post that the head of the CVs Chandrani Dasgupta must be a lover of Rasagullas! 😃 So in the name of shooting, she might have made the production house buy some large tins of rasagullas and then helped herself to most of the rasagullas 😉

Strange Moti bai episode has is over and done with, but Man Singh and Bhagwan das are not seen? Where are they? Probably gone to Amer...

Originally posted by: elasingh

Strange Moti bai episode has is over and done with, but Man Singh and Bhagwan das are not seen? Where are they? Probably gone to Amer...

Originally posted by: Autumn_Rose

😆 I was thinking that too.. Maybe they were in amer..they left for sometime with Bhairavati?

Originally posted by: elasingh

Jodha needs al l the moral support she can get as Jalal is not there for her.

Welcome back Shyamala aunty!! (late but still wanted to start with that)
Hope u r taking enough care of ur health. And thanks a ton for all the PMs.

It was nice to read so many opinions. I agree partially on ur take on jodha's reply to MA. Seems she does reserve her fiery nature exclusively for jalal. But she didnt just take whatever MA was throwing on her. The look on her face when MA was going on with her ramblings was like ' say what u want, its not going to affect me ' and ' sooner or later u ll have to eat ur words' . So it didnt matter she didnt stop her with stern words and throw her out.

I quite liked the episode. The farman scene was well enacted by both actors. And the sword fight scene was the highlight, even though quite out of place. Personally the sword fight in the movie is a favorite. But here the reactions of both jalal and jodha and the friction between them were completely different. In the movie, akbar was totally in control and actually having fun, whereas here jalal is amused but thrown off balance a couple of times. The last move by jodha came as a surprise. We ll have to see how their conversation continues on monday.

This is the longest reply i have posted so far. Thanks for inspiring me to write this much 😊