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CV's these are just my opinion and not in any way meant for bashing or criticizing any characters. So not meant to hurt any one.
Today the only scene that stood out for me was of Jalal and Jodha's. I don't and won't talk about any one or any other scene though some of them were very good.
I felt really bad for Jalal today. He was cruel, boorish, heartless, a womanizer, along with many other things but we all know circumstances and his fate chose him to be like that. His dialogue stood out today, he didn't choose his fate but his fate chose him...so very true! Whatever he is today he was not born like that but was made by his environment, fate and his so-called family. Whoever wrote his lines were bang on and had to be applauded to bring his perspective right to us in our living room and we all could relate to his pathos and pain and dilemma of being an Emperor before a human being. I loved that interaction it was mature, heartfelt, meaningful and substantial with lots of depth and layers.
I expected a lot today as far as Jodha was concerned when he put her on the spot. It was Jalal's pain along with his dilemma being an emperor that came across to all of us but where was Jodha's understanding or her connection with him, where was her constructive advice or suggestions? I am asking you CV's because you are playing her character and building it. I was at a loss listening to her.
Jodha's concern for him initially was touching, she really looked worried but whenever she starts with her Amer and Bapusa she loses me. Fine she is patriotic but what stops her from looking beyond that? You want us to take her as a woman of substance right, then show us the substance in her.
She barges in with questions to Jalal but where is her input or suggestions to Jalal that will make him turn his head and look at her with pondering thoughts. How will he depend on her wisdom, advice, suggestions if you don't give her that depth in her character? Today was a golden opportunity lost. I wanted them to have a substantial conversation when Jodha was put in Shahensha's shoes and was asked to decide what would be best in that situation. Instead what do we get from her? That she doesn't want that life where no one can be trusted, she doesn't want to lead an unloved life, where every moment has to spent in fear of losing one's life!!! Excuse me, she is not a commoner where she is free to go anywhere or eat anything or do anything...she is a princess and knows very well about safety and security. Her father s a king, her brothers are princes and can they roam around free or go anywhere without security??? Are they all so secured of their lives without any threats? That was a lame retort from her. If any one is in a position to rule then their lives are always in threat or danger from their arch nemesis and they have to lead a life of uncertainty and insecurity and every possible measure has to be taken for their safety and security. What was her point I didn't get. That Jalal should seek for love from every one, should live a life without security, or be free from being an emperor?? It was very vague.
I would have understood if she in plain terms told him to be human in his approach, to do more for his subjects, to cut down taxes, to build more houses or schools, to donate to the needy and poor, to win hearts of the masses so that people look up to him as their own, that will earn their love and respect but nothing of this was said by her but then how will he be free from danger or be loved according to her?
I wanted them to sit down and a conversation where Jodha will calmly tell him to recapitulate all the incidents that has happened so far. If he doesn't trust even his own shadow then his own people are also not spared from doubts, then who falls in the top category of that list? Who will benefit if something happens to him? Who is the next heir to the throne if something happens to him? If attempts have already been made before coming to Amer then who can be doubted? lt can't be outsiders, it has to be some insider's work. I so wanted her to instill the seeds of doubt in his mind. That would have been meaningful and showed how intelligent Jodha actually is. That would have made Jalal depend on her intelligence and seek for her advice in future as well. But what you did here CV's was just made her give up from that situation and walk away with no suggestions and answers at all.
In history books or any website you read about Jodha and everywhere we read she was a woman of substance, she was dignified and had a great personality. She was the only person who had the right to issue 'farman' after the emperor himself...can you imagine the power and wisdom she had? She must have been immensely powerful and influential to enjoy that power. She had the authority to built mosques and institutions around the city and even looked after the ship for pilgrims from Delhi to Mecca and back and earned the revenue from it. A woman who had so much power and depth and intelligence didn't gain so overnight, she must have always had this smartness, insight, depth and substance. Then show Jodha so here in the show as well. Just fighting with the shahensha and telling him she hates him or pities him doesn't show her intellect. Give her the intelligence to decipher the unseen, to add the twos, connect the dots and solve the puzzles...that will make her the woman she was. She should be the strength, eyes, shoulders, brain of the Emperor on whom Jalal can depend, rely, listen, seek advice from and that is when she will be a true befitting Queen who made the emperor human from an uncouth beast, who became his better half.
It is in your hands CV's. If you have got Jalal's character so well then get Jodha's too. All the time crying for Amer and her family will not make her Mallika-e-Hindustan! She has to earn it.
They can have their petty fights, their squabbles, their romance, the unsaid attractions, all can be there to add fuel to our imaginations but overall most importantly give their relationship some substance, some depth, some meaning. I sound like a parrot I know but it is for the betterment of the show.
I will keep my fingers crossed to see some meaningful and signifcant interaction next time. If Jalal is all alone in this world then Jodha should be his shadow who is always there with and for him whom Jalal can trust blindly.
Thank you CV's.
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