Originally posted by: sashashyam
Folks,
This one is going to be -now don't start laughing already! - really short. It is more of a venting of exasperation than an analysis.
Let me therefore just put it down as a series of questions, and you can then amuse yourselves thinking up the answers. That is to say, after about 98% of you have recovered from the roseate haze induced by the boat ride, which should be by tomorrow morning. 😉 The PMs can thus wait till then.
Q1) It is all very nice to educate the viewers in the complexities of Mughal-Rajput animosities, and I was duly moved by the noble sentiments in the invitation sent by the Rajmata of Amer to Maharani Jaiwantibai of Mewar. But apart from the fact that the Rajvanshis shown confabulating with Kunwar (not Rana) Pratap looked like a bunch of extras from a gangster film togged out in royal attire, there was another major problem with this segment
What about the invitation to Pratap's estranged father, the Maharana of Mewar, Udai Singh? It was to him, as the head of the Sisodias of Mewar, that the invitation would have been addressed, not to Pratap, who was not even the Yuvraj. It would have been unthinkable in terms of royal protocol.
The CVs seem to have forgotten all about Maharana Udai Singh, but when Akbar laid siege to Chttor in 1568, it was still Maharana Udai Singh who was on the throne. He moved to Udaipur, which he founded as his new capital, and left Jaimal and Patta to defend Chittor. Chittor fell after a prolonged siege, enraging Akbar so much that he had all the defenders killed and their heads stuck on the battlements, as per the charming custom of those days, whether it was Henry VIII sticking Sir Thomas More's head on the Tower of London, orAkbar doing the same with these Rajput heads at Chittor.
Udai Singh also stood firm against the Afghans first and then the Mughals, so this premature emphasis on Kunwar Pratap seems odd, to say the least.
Uhh. I didn't knew that!!! But I think Partab's invitation was different. By That I mean that they already sent an invitation to Mewar [I think I heard that in one of Bhaarmal's To-do-list-checking conversation] and they were sending one escpecially for Pratab inviting him, knowing how much rivalry he holds for them.
And Second reason could be, I don't much about Mewar's History[Because I do not LIKE Partab in anyway, I found his values and thinking🤢 ] He was shown somewhere far off the Palace everytime maybe he is in his excile [I don't know when that was excatly I am just guessing] and roaming here and there.
My theory is Mewar got Invitation already, They sent another escpecially for Mewar.
Joke: Partab was shown getting Invitation both from the Bride and Groom side, His expression mentioning that fact was like "From Which side I am? Bride's or Groom's??"
Q2) Why is it that Jodha is not even thinking of throwing out any of the Kabul ke zevarat ? Should they not remind her of the Devi Maa's jewellery the Mughal raiders looted from the temple? 😉
Not only does she not do that, but she does not burn the Dhaka mulmul either, inconsistent wench that she is. In fact, she seems quite in ecstasies over her Ammijaan's largesse for Sukanya.
Oh Thank Goodness she didn't did those sick act of hers, I would be so irritated on her behaviour. Don't ask. Looks like Kanha Jee is finally iving her some sense
Q3) Why the Shahenshah's chief minister is shown to be such an incompetent that, with a large military contingent at hand, he suggests that his emperor go for a boat ride on a lake in hostile territory, a sitting duck for any attacker, without first securing the perimeter of the lake? In his place, having handled such visits as an Ambassador, even if it was not in hostile territory, that is the first thing I would have done.
Ohhh😕 Was it like that. Wasn't it shown that Jalal wanted to go on a Boat ride???
Q4) How many times is Jalal to cut his hand - not to speak of worse - in order to promote his shaky romance with the Amer ki Mirchi? At this rate, he will fade away from sheer blood loss😉. This is the third time, and it is getting to be so hackneyed. Can't they think of something a bit more intelligent for a change? How the devil did he cut it this time anyway? His hand was quite saaboot when he got into the boat.
It is a good thing for him that the water must have been pure in those days. If it was today, he would die of chemical poisoning, possibly from mercury,as in the Minamoto affair in Japan.
That couldn't be explained, How everytime he has a cut???
Q5) What was it with the pathetic standards of marksmanship among the tribal warriors? The arrows fell in showers, reminding one of the Yuddha Kanda in the Ramayana, and if they had been even halfway proficient, our nascent lovers should both have been reduced to pincushions. At this rate, the tribals must be starving in the jungle!😉The latter was was idiotic. Jodha stood up in frustration without knowing she is in a boat and then the attck of Tribals. The Boat man was killed but Jalal and Jodha weren't this was the biggest Blooper, I must say and they they were saving themselves, I was literally laughing. And Jodha had most part exposed at first then Jalal covered up a bit.Phewww
Q6) How on earth does Jalal propose to save our Amer ki Mirchi? At the moment, she seemed to be in front and more exposed, for all his bravado of letting nothing happen to her. The only option would be for him to dive under the boat with her, and use the inverted boat as a shield.But then her regalia, when wet, would be heavy enough to sink them both.😉 There was no precap, so one could not make out what happen.
The whole boat ride scene was contrived in the extreme, farce with a capital F. Not that I think anyone cares!God knows how much more of this corny stuff is going to be unloaded on us in Amer. After a while, even Jalal's mischievous, dancing eyes will begin to pall; one can have too much of a good thing, especially when the object of all his badinage and flirtatiousness continues to look as if she has been attacked by a swarm of bees!
What had me in splits was the idea of Mahaam Anga singing a lori.😉
Don't mind me, folks, I am already out of sorts, seeing all my fears, voiced in my last 2 posts,about the likely graph of the Jalal-Jodha love story apparently coming true. Carry on with the joyfest over the Akdha/Parijat prem katha. I am sure Jalal will cut another limb tomorrow, and Jodha will be stabbed by the assassin the day after. Phir kya, yeh prem katha toh chalegi nahin, daudegi!
Shyamala B.Cowsik
😆😆😆Last Line !!
But I liked thier scarstic Bickering during the Boat Ride. Jodha all" Kitni Vichtr baaton me anand aata hai Inhe, Itni Ratri ho gayi hai aur inhe naukavihar karna hai" Jalal, though he listened , "Kuch kaha aapne Jodha Begum?" and came her retort "Kuch Kaha bhi hoga to kya fark padhta hai? aapne hat ke saamne aapko kisi aur ki baat sunayi kaha deti hai?" Then Bechara Jalal was left ,with a confused and puzzled face, behind
And then the Epic fall😳 Did you saw Jalal's smrik when Jodha was clutching on him?? Rajat is Fab!! And Pari was looking very beautiful.
After they adjusted themselves on the Boat, Jalal gazing at her😳 when their eyes met Jalal "Aaapki Daasi keh rahi thi aapko nao me sai karna accha lagta hai" Jodha " Anand aata hai ya Dand yeh kiske saath hai uspe nirbhar karta hai" Jalal's Awesom Dialogue then, which I lied to the core "Aapse toh behes hi nahi ki jaa sakti hai" and then Jodha's Awesom Dialogue " Yahi toh Samasya hai Shehen Shah, Aap Baate nahi keval vivaad karna jante hai" And then Jalal held his gaze with bursting eyes for a second or two then turned and shaked his head. He must be murmuring "Women!"
After that Jodha notices the CUT on his hand, and bends over to the side only to be jerked back by Jalal who mischievously grins "Sambhal ke Jodha Begum, agar aap gir jayengi toh loo ko lage ka ki yeh hamari Saazish hai"
She glares at him, turns his hand wit that cut, to which he looks at chock and then ORDERS him "Aap shaanti se baithe rahiye" The look on Jalal's face is watchable. A man who never listens to anyone's order is bieng ordered by his Begum!!!😆😆
And the rest that Follows...
Anupamaa
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