Jodha Akbar 55: In the vale of tears - Page 6

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Thank you, my dear, for such a beautiful and perceptive response, and of course also for liking my post.

I am so glad that someone besides me appreciates the quality of the acting yesterday by both Rajat and Ashwini, Remember the look on her face as she tells Jalal that fathers too are eager and restless about the arrival of their child? It was a delightful expression. At that moment, Mahaam was being quite genuine.

Yes, Jalal II is still there, but my dear, how can he 'see reason' just like that? One cannot go by instinct in such a serious charge, and he cannot, as I wrote to Mansi above, just let her go free because of his personal conviction of her innocence, nor can he send her back to Amer. In her own interest, it is not, as I told Mansi, enough for Jodha to be let off. She has to be clearly exonerated.

Shyamala

Originally posted by: pallavi003

Thank you aunty for your lovely post as it really helps to clear many doubts and also for highlighting the most vital point that puts jalal aka Rajat's superb acting skill in high.. He was very convincing as a distraught father,no doubt, Maham anga's empathy was also bit to bit convincing.. Ruqaiyaa's happiness while jalal was tending her was also genuinly of an upcoming motherhood..And also her grief after losing her baby was genuine, for the first time she behaved like a true mother and not like a power hungry selfish woman..
your comparison between jalal 1 and jalal 2 is very intense and I agree with every point of it..

As for why hamida bano did not come to pacify jalal,well aunty though ruqaiyaa screamed but I think none heared it, It might be hosiyaar who informed only jalal and maham anga and maham anga summoned the khwaja sera ,otherwise Jodha at least would have come to see what happened,and the news did not reach to everyone till then..

Now lets see who is the culprit and if mansingh this time be the savior of jodha,then how he performs his task..

Originally posted by: elasingh

Another thing which I didn't like abt episode is Jalal's closeness with Ruku...I gives me an uneasy feeling...His show of concern and happiness for being father of Rukaiya's child...I know I should be logical and all that but I can't...

It makes Jalal look like an unfaithful husband or a two timing one in my mind...

One more thing that gives away that Maham did all this...When she drank that kesar milk...She would not haver done this if her hand was not in it...She was trying to prove her loyalty towards Jalal...

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Jalal I & Jalal II: Even in depths of such overwhelming grief, Jalal balances the distraught father on the one hand, and the Shahenshah as the impartial dispenser of justice on the other, to perfection. Despite the apparently watertight case against Jodha, he does not accept it at once, but threatens the Khwaja with death if she proves to be wrong.

But she is unshaken, and the case against Jodha is not merely a circumstantial one, be it noted, but one backed by solid evidence (that is to say, evidence that has been carefully tweaked to seem so to even the most skeptical judge). There is the dature ka ark in the kesar from Amer, plus the Khwaja's assertion that it is not found in the Mughal dominions but only in the dry areas adjoining its borders, and that only expert hakims from the old royal families know how to extract and prepare it from the datura. Then the smell of datura on Ruqaiya's breath and traces of it in the blood that has seeped out of her body. And finally Mahaam Anga's genuine swooning act; they show her surroundings going out of focus in her eyes as she sways; naturally, for the dature ka ark in the kesar is real.

One can almost see two Jalals struggling within him for domination within him. There is Jalal I, whose insensate rage against the woman who seems to have killed his child threatens to sweep all before it in a mad, murderous rush. Then there is Jalal II, who cannot accept the awful possibility that this selfsame woman, in whose goodness he had placed his trust, the woman whom he had begun to admire and respect almost despite himself, could have so betrayed that trust and perpetrated this vile deed. It is this idea of the pristine image he now has of Jodha being lost and degraded that hurts him almost as much as the loss of his child.

Still, Jalal does not rush to judgment and charge off to Jodha's rooms to punish her. He goes to Ruqaiya's and tries to soothe her and get her to act rationally and soberly, for Jalal II is struggling still within him to find a way out for Jodha. His inner sense tells him one thing, and the evidence another, but the inner voice is not strong enough to overcome the pitiless logic of Ruqiaya's demand for justice against Jodha, who she genuinely believes is a devious murderess. Thus we arrive at the precap, a cliffhanger if ever there was one.

What eloquent language...how beautifully stated...I loved reading it...and I especially loved how you've split the personality of Jalal into two segments as above...a beautiful and thoroughly enjoyable read...

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Ela dear, it is one thing not to like Ruqaiya - I do not like her myself - but where does the unfaithful husband angle come in? Jalal is not an eka patni vrat like Lord Rama, you know, and in fact it is Ruqaiya who has been married to him for ages and thus has the first claim on him,not Jodha.

Why should he not be delighted that Ruqaiya and he are going to have a child? Even if he had been having normal marital relations with Jodha, this accusation would not apply in those days. Maharana Udai Singh's two eldest sons, Pratap and Shakti, were only weeks apart in age.

Shyamala

Originally posted by: lashy

What eloquent language...how beautifully stated...I loved reading it...and I especially loved how you've split the personality of Jalal into two segments as above...a beautiful and thoroughly enjoyable read...

Originally posted by: Moontide

Dear Vanilla-e-Mint,

Seeking permission to digress from the Mughlia Sultanat and focus on that farm-fresh youth named Rajat Tokas.

I agree with you hundred percent, that last night his break down as a father losing his unborn was a superlative effort. A true Thespian there. And yes he showed a maturity in that scene that is way beyond his years. You mention he had nothing, no personal experience to fall back on... I believe many actors, even if they did have a similar life event (God forbid) to draw the emotions from, would still be incapable of delivering the way Rajat did in front of the camera. I guess this boy has a lot of angst in him as an actor and an individual. And he is channelizing all of it into his Portrayal of Jalal. Rajat was always a sensitive actor. That is probably why we remember the adolescent who stole the Nation's heart with his two period dramas. Unfortunately the his screen persona became so dominant that later on he failed to create a similat impact with any other role, He even tried to break the mould with taking on negative characters yet nothing could erase Prithviraj from the minds of his viewers.

At the same time, Other actors of Prithviraj's Band and later Vikrant Massey from DharamVeer made it successfully as lead actors in Teleland. Rajat couldnt.

But am I glad destiny made him wait 😃

For it takes one historical great to outdo the other. And Prithviraj to Akbar has been his calling.

I'm sure Shaguni bai had a hand in all of it 😉

But coming back to Rajat, its no mean feat to make today's India accept any other as Akbar other than Hrithwik. Rajat is succeeding in that. Which is a huge feat.

Getting back to Agra, I have a few theories re Mahamanga's migraine and Jodha's Soux pastry hairstyle that ties neatly with the who dunnit we are persuing right now.

But will have to write on thst later, if you give permission that is.

Love

Moontide😊