Originally posted by: Mallika-E-Bhais
One of the best scenes for me was the vignette which saw Jodha brush away all the leaves naturally, but carelessly strewn all around the Maa-Ambe statue which made her worship difficult. To see a Queen, that too, a Mughal Queen used to living in un-imaginable luxury & splendour do this little deed herself while being accompanied by 5(6?) daasis, was revealing. For it showed Jodha's innate humility & her pious shraddhaa when it comes to her Kaanha Jee or Ambe Maata. It is this very shraddhaa, that is so charming.
And of course- The best scene today, humorous , and oh-so charming 😊 was the disguise scene. Rajat did a good job of the not -impeccable material that he was given, and was convincing too, but I infinitely prefer Jalal as Jalal than this fumbling & overt-handing shaking Pir Baba!
What made the scene that much better was that one knew the other, and the other till then, didnt know that One was there.😛.. It was important for their future relationship for Jalal to see & hear Jodha's firm but gentle scolding to the passersby. It's all very well to be defended & protected within the palace walls or when the His Imperial Majesty is close-by; but for a wife who claims to intensely hate himv, loathes what he stands for & seemingly doesn't care two-hoots for him, it was protective & definitely delighted Jalal; to see his righteous Rajput defence lawyer take to that task so well! Because Jodha's Rajputana sanskaat & maryadaa is such that it would never allow for her or her marriage to become a bazaar gossip scene, she took to task the young men for talking so dismissively about their Shehenshaah, who is "pita-samaan".For doing so Jodha proved one thing- Whether it be as an Emperor or as a Fakir, she, Jodha, will always stand by her Jalal for Jalal, the person. Not, Jalal, the powerful Emperor.
And what's more? Jalal saw that too! Maybe that's another reason why he gave that very indulgent, half-smile while on hearing Jodha?😊 , Icould almost see him do a head-shake! As if to to say-" Aaah! There she goes again, righteously scolding somebody! Isn't she adorable😊?" Jalal was much pleased by the whole incident & even more-so by her declaration that "ek patni ko accha nahin lagta ki uske pati uske saamne haath phelae". His smile at once became tender , and his eyes softened. 😊. I am tired of saying so but- Very , very well done by Rajat!
And when we saw Rajat pacing restlessly up & down his chambers while the female artist was painting Maham Manga for him, he was like a tiger in a trap. Didn't know which way to turn, with furious steps pacing up & down. Your description of that scene is evocative & spot on, Shyama Aunty.
In the never-ending miscarriage track & the walk-out by nearly a 100 employees, finally a very good episode! And the kind I've come to like most- Enough substance, drama with a splash of romance- And the curious little foreshadowings that these , to take a little leaf out of Jalal's dictionary, judaa, CVs give us!
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