Jodha Akbar 90: An apology of an apology - Page 2

Originally posted by: sun29

😆😆 even sunshine had made her potrait ,remember..it looked like she had mumps😆...and he had made the potrait of PRC...remember how impressed she was😆

Today episode Jalal-Jodha interaction is good and he missed what she told him (She came to share kheer with him).. Jodha without thinking slipped the word "Mugal". and ask for apology, even though it did hurt him..

Liked the scene where he smiles to herself remembering Jalaal story and little kids praising her husband... She had that pride...

Originally posted by: Autumn_Rose

Under normal circumstances a woman would be offended if someone added extra 10 pounds to her face.

She would have given Jalal another lecture had he made that painting.. Hum jaante hain.. aapne yeh jaanbhooj kar kiya hai. Taane maarna, aadesh aur dand dene mein to aap maahir hain hi.. aaj aapki yeh kala bhi humne dekh li. 🤣

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Jalal-Jodha: The earlier part of this scene was charmingly quasi-domestic, even if Jodha generally looks, whenever she is saying anything to her presumed life partner for the next 6 janams, as if she had a toothache😉.

If, for example, she had smiled even slightly while asking him if he now trusted her not to poison him, think how much more delightful the scene would have been,and this without the least slippage on her side towards affection or caring, only towards mischief!

I think the transition is slow...its at snail's pace...but its there...if one might care to look into the littlest details...it might be too slow for some (maybe most) but hey that's how serial-ki-duniya works...😛

Jalal's sudden look of trepidation, as he looks back at Jodha after having gobbled up all the kheer, like a little boy caught in mischief, is delightful. It resembles nothing so much as Jodha's Kanha as a makhan chor. 😉

A perfect analogy...👏

One question here: Why does Jodha not eat the spoonful of kheer that she is still holding in her hand, and fulfill her dadisa's desire that they should eat it together?

Maybe the kheer slipped back into the bowl...especially seeing the fervour with which Jalal snatched it from her hand😆

Rajvanshiyon ka gungaan: Jalal is so taken up with what he calles the aankhon ki chamak aur painapan in Prithviraj's black and white profile, done in pencil, despite the fact that he can see only one eye and that too not full front, that one suspects part of his gushing is Rajat's own nostalgia for his spectacular debut as the young Prithviraj !

That...or blind love for his Begum...after all when he's able to overlook such glaring faults of her's this is small potatoes (as a wise friend of mine calls it😉)

One would have almost assumed, listening to such lavish praise from an emperor who must have been familiar with the best that the Persian miniature school of painting had to offer.

Knowing the production values of this show, the portrait is still praiseworthy! Especially when seeing the latest Rajputani guests who've paraded into the wedding...having said that - me thinks Jalal was more taken by the man's form and the fact that he was a warrior than the picture himself...

I suppose one should be grateful that Jodha did not provide that choice bit of information at this point!

Lol...thank God...how embarassing it'd be otherwise

His earlier reference to her triple bulleye in archery, which he cites as proof that she would never try to do him in by staging an accident, is plain ridiculous, but I suppose such folly is to be expected in one new to feelings that are alien to him, and which he does not as yet understand.

Yes I agree...I'd have thought he would have referenced the dagger she kept beside her when sleeping with him...😆

The apology of an apology: In that one sentence, she cuts off not just Jalal, but also Hamida and all the other Mughals who have been incredibly kind and accommodating and affectionate towards her, shuts them into a circle marked ghrina ke patra, and distances herself from them en bloc. That her comment is made after Jalal had been extra generous in his praise of the Rajvanshis makes it all the more ungracious.

I too felt that line was not necessary...many state she got carried away...if she did, I'd have wished at least that her apology was more profound as you have stated in your following paras...!

Among us, Jodha is generally indulged beyond all reason by the majority, rather like the way Hamida Banu treats her, and every small decrease in her rudeness to Jalal is treated as if a comet was blazing thru the skies heralding good fortune for all!😉 When this decrease is, soon enough, cancelled by her next bout of rudeness, that is sought to be slurred over. And so on and on.

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Jalal, however, is relentlessly pilloried, no matter what he does, and methinks he does far too much bending over for Jodha, which does her no good at all, in fact the reverse. Whence my pious but clearly fruitless hope that Jodha should have become better acquainted with the likes of the Raja of Bundi. It would have taught her to appreciate her current lot in life.

I am missing Jalal's temper...and when I say I'm missing it, I really mean it! Enough of this ever-cordial ever-smiling Shehenshah...I can understand if her words were not affecting him (i.e. he was totally apathetic) and that's why he was behaving so 'smiley' all the time...but, when they show that her words do seem to have an effect on him, then I wish we got to see both effects - the good and the bad! Its like she can say anything, do anything and he seems to only see the 'beauty' in it...

The Gifts: I loved Jodha's reminiscing, for once with a half smile when remembering Jalal, about the bedtime story and her looking pleased when Jalal's chotti fauj is visibly gaga over him and his gifts. In her rushing to publicise her Ammijaan's Rajvanshi connections, and by extension, Jalal's as well, one sees some slight sense of identification with her in laws. Maybe she feels a tad ashamed about what she had blurted out to Jalal a little earlier, and about the residual bitterness in his face even after her apology of an apology.

Also to note, she thankfully reminisced the bit about the tiger and how she burst out laughing instead of recalling his 'chudail' comment...that was the biggest difference I could gauge...even more than the sulky sorry she blurted in the earlier scene...the older Jo would have ONLY recollected the chudail bit and forgotten about everything else...

But what is it with all those long Ameri faces on sighting the green joda? Is a good wife not supposed to adjust to the tastes of her husband and her sasural? Moreover, I do not remember Jodha objecting to the rich green joda that Hamida had gifted her for the jashn after her marriage, which she then wore without any fuss. Bizarre.

But, this is the first time she's doing so at her Maika...reactions are bound to be different...I remember the upheaval raised in my house when I started eating a few dishes that I never had before wedding -dishes that were traditional to my sasural! 'Oh she's eating this now..she'd never eat it before when we used to ask her to...' All meant in good humour and light-hearted...I think that's what they're trying to show on screen...after all, HB, Sukanya and Mainoo are teasing her...

Mahaam's incendiary quid pro quo: Even before she gets to this, Mahaam, by ostentatiously stressing that two other gifts are from the Shahenshah's Begum-e-Khaas Ruqaiya Sultan, and his doosri Begum Salima Sultan, obviously wants to rub it in that Jodha in only No.3 among Jalal's begums.

That never struck me 🤔

I doubt, however, if she will learn anything from this lesson. If only she had said to Mahaam, with impeccable dignity: Mahaam Angaji, wo toh meri bhool thi. Par aap to mujhse badi hain, aayu mein , jeevan ke anubhav aur gyaan mein. Agar aap bhi meri us samay ki naasamajhi aur nirankush krodh ko dohrayengi, so apke aude ka maan karna nahin hua na?

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Pot pourri:

Let's see how the Ratnapur fiasco is sorted..I don't want Jalal doing this for the sake of Jodha though...I'd rather he thought of it all as a diplomat and solved the issue!

The chausar face off between Pratap and Jalal should end in a draw. I am sure there is this possibility in chausar, as in chess.

I don't know why others weren't very enthralled by the possibility..I for one, am waiting to see how this scene plays out...

I totally agree about your footnote on PRC...I had these very same thoughts when I was a big fan of the serial even then...😃

Lovely take aunty🤗

Originally posted by: Autumn_Rose

Under normal circumstances a woman would be offended if someone added extra 10 pounds to her face.

She would have given Jalal another lecture had he made that painting.. Hum jaante hain.. aapne yeh jaanbhooj kar kiya hai. Taane maarna, aadesh aur dand dene mein to aap maahir hain hi.. aaj aapki yeh kala bhi humne dekh li. 🤣

Amazing post as always..I try my best to be objective and not bash Jodha but its becoming increasingly difficult to be honest😆 I was glad she apologized though..Its huge for someone as egoistic as Jodha😆 I understand Jodha is feisty and Jalal loves this fiery trait in her but it wont kill her to be a lil more considerate to Jalal right? Jalal bends backwards and goes out of his way to please Jodha and his in laws..And all he needs in return is some Tender Loving Care😆 But he only gets piercing glares and taunts in return ..Does Jodha ever realize that Jalal doesn't really need to do all that he is doing right now? The extent to which Jalal goes to please her can never be justified as some well thought out political strategy which Jalal wants MA to believe 😆 Is Jodha that dense?😕 Well, i guess i'l just keep gushing about the awesomeness of Jalal like those little kids till Jodha learns to reciprocate😆 On that note, why do i feel there might be some misunderstanding in the future where Jalal ends up thinking Jodha is still in love with Suryaban and thats one primary reason why she is unable to reciprocate his feelings?😕 Only for Jodha to eventually clear the MU by eloquently declaring her love for Jalal?😳 Well, i'l keep dreaming😆

Thanks shyamala for the beautiful post.

As usual, superb writing! ⭐️

Originally posted by: doyelpakhi

As usual, superb writing! ⭐️

Nothing to add much! You have said everything.

I am just wondering if Ekta Maiya would be bringing Mahabharata track in Jodha Akbar 😆 Otherwise, what's the point in bringing dice game b/w Jalal and MP??!!😕

I hope she won't be showing MP betting Chittor or JAlal betting Agra in this dice game!!

Btw, did they ever meet aamne saamne, forget about playing dice game! Can you please throw some light on it.

Amazing post aunty 👏 👍🏼