I will b really honest here .. Despite Jodha's rudeness and her never ending lecture on Amer and her family , despite Jalal hopelessly falling for Jodha and ignoring all her rants , despite some connection problems here and there in the ongoing Amer track , I m still loving the track progress mainly because I was waiting for this moment when I will finally get to see some cute nok-jhoks , leg-pulling , flirting and teasing between Jalal-Jodha and I m finally getting it all ...
I started watching this show mainly because it was promoted as a passionate love story of Jodha and Akbar , so when I m finally seeing the start of that epic love story , why should I complain about other small issues π... A love story is boring if its all sweet and perfect .. What makes a love story interesting is the spice element and flawed characters ππΌ.. Jodha's bitter words towards Jalal is certainly giving a reality check to Jalal as he realises how his life was indeed very colourless , loveless and boring before Jodha came in his life π³ whereas Jodha too will realise how Jalal is not really heartless and he knows how to play fair for the sake of other's happiness when in future he will think of an alternative to make sure Sukanya's marriage goes ahead as per the article spoiler since he knows well how much important it is for both Bharmal and Jodha to see Sukanya finally getting married ... Even Jodha too knows her Jalal well whether she admits it to him in private or not as it was clear the way today Jodha showed her faith in Jalal and was fair when she said Jalal will not give away his fort at any cost ππ.. This is what Jalal too likes about Jodha.. her fair decision making even if her words come out rude at times ππΌ
With both discovering the positives about each other , I do see two flawed characters successfully making their journey towards perfection and this is what makes the love story interesting and perfect for me right now ππΌ.. I loved the fact that CVs showed the flaws in both their characters right now when both r yet to understand their feelings completely... ... This will give them enough time to realise their mistakes and rectify it as the time goes on π³.. Jodha will definitely start appreciating Jalal as a Mughal now after he fixes up Sukanya's marriage successfully and so her misconception regarding the Mughals too will slowly go away while Jodha's brutal honesty regarding Jalal's loveless life and today her open support to Jalal regarding the fort issue will make sure Jalal more often listens to his heart's call and starts believing in love now which Jodha has taught him π³...
So if something wrong in shown in any episode , I wont react to it instantly as I m sure everything shown has a reason ...I will only react after the particular track is over .. Thats why I was quiet after the huge uproar in forum over Jalal-Jodha convo where Jodha asked Jalal to leave and also how she is more concerned for her family than his life which Jalal actually appreciates and next moment he goes and admires her dance and thats it , whole forum was in mess over Jalal and Jodha's stupidity ππ... All thanks to this convo , Jodha will actually understand now why Jalal refused to leave like a coward because only his stay now will make sure that Sukanya's marriage happens as he only had to take the final decision about fixing the whole issue with groom's father which was not possible if he was not present in Amer today π while Jalal too will understand how Jodha was so right about his lonely loveless life since people like Shariffuddin who r his so called relatives r nothing but more of troublemakers in his life π...
Today's episode yet again nails the fact that Jodha has always been brutally honest about her views whether its in favour or against Jalal and this is what Jalal admires about her π³... Today she supported Jalal in front of all because she knew its unfair to demand that fort which belongs to the Mughals .. She knew her support to Jalal can break Sukanya's marriage but still she went ahead and supported Jalal .. Thats why Jalal never gets pissed off at Jodha even if she speaks bitterness against him at times because he knows she plays fair with her words always
Jodha and Jalal both r humans who made mistakes , but whats interesting to see is how and when they realise it and then rectify those mistakes which is what will make an epic love story π³...
Here are my 10 pointers as usual about the most interesting scenes (both positive and negative) of this week's episode π³
1) Jodha dazzles in green with her moves and Jalal is all mesmerised π³
I loved the way Jodha was slowly coming downstairs in green and Jalal was all mesmerised with her beauty π³π³ .. his eyes spoke volumes in that scene ... he might still lie to all that coming to this marriage was just a political trip blabla but his eyes cannot lie anymore the way he goes all dreamy eyed seeing Jodha's divine beauty π³π³... I loved the fact that we got Jalal's self-talk in that scene too , the way he was questioning himself about why he cant stop looking at her or admiring her beauty π³.. we dont need to assume anymore about Jalal's feelings now since his self talk in that scene says it all π³π³
I was also completely bowled over with yesterday's first half of the episode when Jalal was all lost watching Jodha dance in that green dress and then later on the entire teasing part of Jalal during the push-ups ..ufff ufff uff ... Jalal was at his flirting best βΊοΈβΊοΈ.,.. I hv never seen this side of Jalal in front of Ruqaiyya or his other begums .. He always comes like a king to all his begum's room to spend some time , thats it ..its all mechanical .. but with Jodha he is always a different person π³ .. a typical naughty hubby who really enjoys his time teasing his wifey in bedroom ππ³π... The entire push-up scenario was too good the way Jalal deliberately removes his clothes and starts doing the push-ups all bare chested and making those ohh aahh sounds deliberately to embarass Jodha but in a sweet and naughty way ππ.. And then the massage part was another good one π³..It seems Jalal really enjoys taking those spl massages from Jodha's soft hands πππ ... Both looked like a typical husband-wife in the whole scene and Jalal was indeed enjoying his time with Jodha there π³.. I hv never seen Jalal so happy and at the same time a bit naughty with any of his begums π ... He is surely falling hard for Jodha and I can say same for Jodha too since her anger on Jalal was not really a typical hatred types but it was more of wifey type anger ππ³...
Also loved the way Jalal was teasing Jodha during the aarti later on by asking her to wipe off the sindoor from her nose when there was nothing but the most important part here is Jodha here actually laughs it off since she is beginning to enjoy these leg pulling jokes of Jalal now which was very clear from their eye-to-eye cute ishaaras itself ππ
I m not looking into technicality of these scenes much .. its just that I enjoyed them bas ππ³
2) The most controvertial Jalal-Jodha heated argument in bedroom π
I know the forum is divided on this scene as half of the members feel Jodha was wrong while Jalal was being silly since after this bitterness shown by Jodha , how can he go and simply enjoy her dance and the other half feels it was just a normal argument of a husband-wife which in future will only make their relationship stronger and so it should not b taken so seriously π...I somewhat fall in later category since I felt the whole argument will actually give both a better understanding about each other's views on love and life π€
What I liked in the scene is that Jalal gave that exclusive right to Jodha to stand in his place and take decision as shehenshah and then advice him what is he suppose to do if she was in his place ππΌ.. I dont think Jalal gave this right even to Ruqaiyya .. that is asking her to wear his pagdi like he does to Jodha βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ...Even Jodha for a moment was shocked .. she so dint see this coming from Jalal ππ³,, For me that was the moment which clearly indicated Jalal's growing trust on Jodha ππΌ...
Coming to the entire scene now , instead of making my own assumptions , I want to see what the characters in the show r feeling ... When Jodha was being insensitive with her words towards Jalal , I felt bad and was pissed off at her ... but then I saw Jalal's reaction and I could sense that instead of feeling Bad , Jalal was actually thinking when Jodha commented about his loveless life and how he has to live in fear because he cannot trust even his own loved ones which is actually the truth .. Jalal's reaction clearly indicated that part of Jodha's words actually hits him hard since its a harsh reality ... At times u got to b a bit insensitive to make one realise what that person is lacking in his life and Jodha did exactly that reason why Jalal was not really pissed at Jodha but even more mesmerised with her brutal honesty ππΌ... Also Jalal dint keep quiet there , he did reply back to her by saying how he has not choosen this life , but this life has choosen him and he had no option but to accept it .. So Jalal indirectly hinted to Jodha that he is not living this loveless life with his own wish either ππΌ...
For me the above conversation was not about who is right and who is wrong , but it was more about Jalal and Jodha coming further close to each other in terms of understanding each other .. Jalal now knows about Jodha's brutal honest nature which he appreciates while Jodha now knows about Jalal's reasoning behind why he wants to stay back in Amer despite the attacks which she might not appreciate fully because of her various fears but at least she knows the reason behind it ... In future, Jodha will b even more thankful to Jalal for actually staying back and fixing Sukanya's marriage successfully (as per article) which was never possible if he had left .. So this scene had a purpose .. making Jodha realise her mistake of wanting to send Jalal back in fear of her sister's marriage coming to a halt when in reality its Jalal because of whom marriage will go ahead in futureπππ³
Also I feel Jodha is in denial about Jalal just how Jalal was in denial earlier about Jodha .. I still remember when Ruqaiyya asked Jalal if he is falling for Jodha and so going to Amer , Jalal quickly said he is going to Amer for politicial reasons and not for any love π...Similarly when Jalal yesterday asked Jodha if she is concerned about his life and so wanting him to leave Amer , Jodha too was quick to deny it and say she is instead worried about her own sister's marriage which can break if he continues to stay in Amer π... So I dont see what the hulaboo is about in forum as in this case both r in denial about their feelings because the truth is Jalal is in love with Jodha while Jodha too is concerned about Jalal's life but just dont want to confess it when asked directly .. simplee π...
I still remember how brutally Jalal treated Jodha and his family in Agra during that Ruqaiyya's miscarriage fiasco without any proofs ... Compared to that , Jodha's little bit of bitterness towards Jalal is nothing .. she has all the rights to b a bit angry and give him back in her own territory .. No wonder Jalal is not angry with Jodha either since he understands from where this bitterness is coming from and he appreciates it too as Jodha is not fake .. she openly admits her disliking over certain things ... ππΌ
I know many had issues with sudden dance of Jodha which Jalal admired with all smiles and later was in his flirting mode too during his so called dand wala push ups ππ .. but I find it quite natural .. why will Jodha not dance in her sister's mehndi ceremany even if she had some spat with her hubby .. isn't it quite normal that we attend some wedding and we do hv our share of arguments there with relatives but next moment as part of ritual we gather together and sing and dance as part of the wedding ceremany ... And why will Jalal not admire it ... He like any other husband is attracted towards Jodha for various reasons and he also appreciates the fact that Jodha is so loyal to her family's happiness .. this is reason enough for Jalal to respect and admire her as a woman ... If Jalal had made a big issue of Jodha's rudeness during their private meeting , then that would hv been so Un-shehenshah like but the fact that such small arguments dont affect Jalal anymore is proof enough that he is still the shehenshah we know who loves challenges and right now his biggest challenge is to win Jodha's trust which had been shaken due to past eventsππΌ
3) Jalal appreciates Jodha's brutal honesty and straightforward nature because it gives him a chance to prove Jodha's many misconceptions about him wrong ππΌ...
We might not like Jodha for being so brutally honest but Jalal likes her that way and so unlike us , he does not get pissed off with it but rather enjoy it and takes it as challenge to change many of her misconceptions about Mughals ...
When Jodha told Jalal about how the jewelleries were stolen from Kali maa's temple and thats why she wished for his head , Jalal instead of getting pissed off , he actually bows his head down in front of Kali maa and makes Jodha realise that its not necessary to always cut your head , u can even bow down your head and fulfill the promise to kali maa and then he orders his soldiers to get all the jewelleries back too π³... End result .. Jodha's misconception about Jalal will never bow his head down to anyone because of his false pride is proved wrong π
When Jodha went on and on about her family , Rajputs and the grt king Prithviraj chauhan , again Jalal dint get pissed off at all but instead he appreciated the way Jodha praised her Rajput kings and showed her loyalty and honesty too ..Jalal dint go on to defend his ownself by proving how he too is a great and fearless warrior but instead he decided to show it with his action and next moment we see Jalal putting his own life in danger and taming the mad elephant successfullly πππ..End result ..Jodha's misconception about Jalal will never risk his own life being a shehenshah but will rather send common man in the mouth to death to save his ownself is again proved wrong π
Jodha again goes and asks Jalal to leave Amer so that Sukanya's marriage can go ahead ...We all expected Jalal to get pissed off with this insensitive behaviour of Jodha but instead Jalal shocks us all by being cool and even goes around admiring Jodha's dance followed by flirting with her too ππ...Everyone were left disappointed with this behavior of Jalal and started questioning why is Jalal not reacting to this nonsense of Jodha π‘.. But Jalal has always proved it with his action than words when the right time comes and this time too he will do exactly the same next week by making sure Sukanya's marriage goes ahead successfully without anymore issues even if it means making some sort of political pact with that groom's father which would not hv been possible if he was not present there in Amer π.. End result ..Jodha's misconception about Jalal's presense might b the reason for Sukanya's marriage coming to a halt again is proved wrong π
So every moment whenever Jodha challenged Jalal with her words and misconceptions , Jalal remained cool and proved Jodha wrong with his actions ... End Result .. Jodha will slowly start her realisation by next week regarding how she was totally wrong about Jalal because of her past misconceptions about Mughals in general π.. Thats why we need to give time to the CVs regarding what they r showing rather than jump the gun based on one or two epis because everything is shown with a purpose π³...
4) The funny Elephant fight and Pratap's flop commentry π
It was rather silly and hilarious the way Pratap was used as a commentator during Jalal's struggle to tame the Elephant ππ. ... Pratap lovers will sue Ekta for this ..I mean Pratap reduced to a commentator for Jalal π²π²π€£.. Even the whole Elephant graphic was badly done as one can clearly guess that Jalal was not really sitting on that elephant ππ... but anyways good thing is that the promo was misleading and Jodha dint instigate Jalal to go and tame the elephant π...
But my request to CVs to plss end Pratap's character now since these Jalal vs Pratap scenes r getting repitative and boring now and also a bit artificial .. I so dint enjoy that Pratap-Jalal chess play either .. CVs cannot show anyone loosing in this case since both r famous historic names , so why waste scenes after scenes showing their tu-tu-mein-mein which is doing nothing in terms of story progress π₯±
5) Plss dont reduce Mahamanga to a comedia now with those useless Javeda-Maham scenes
I m not liking the way Maham's character is going downhill as most of the time she is seen acting like a typical mother in law trying to control her dumb daughter in law Javeda who seems to b smitten with all Rajput culture π...
Only scene of hers which I loved was the scenes where she burns that gift in front of Jodha and reminds Jodha about how she did the same thing when Jalal's shagun was brought for her ..so its payback time now π... Well to b honest Maham was right to some extent and mayb thats why Jodha had nothing much to debate with her ... CVs got to show more such scenes of strong Maham and not reduce her to just a MIL of her dumb bahu ...
Instead of Sharif and Adham's planning-plotting scenes , I will love to see Maham calling the shots here as she is more smart and cunning that both these dumbos whom Jodha will outsmart next week itself ππ
6) Jalal is getting to enjoy the colours of life all stressfree π³
This whole Amer trip has been a lovely experience for Jalal simply because he is getting to enjoy these different colours of life ... All those colourful rituals , song-dance , then those cute little sister in laws of Jalal demanding gifts from him , then some cute moments with Jodha when he is getting to know his tigress better π , then some relaxing moments without hving to take tention about political issues till this fort issue came up π .. So overall it was more like a much needed picnic for Jalal where he could just relax and enjoy all the rituals π³...
7) Jodha is getting to see the humourous side of Jalal finally π³
So far Jodha saw Jalal as a ruthless ruler but finally she is getting to see this light humourous side of Jalal too whether its the push-up incident or the scene where Jalal was doing Jodha's leg-pulling by lieing to her that something is on her nose and she started wiping it hard ππ³... Jodha even saw how cutely Jalal narrates those stories to his little sister-in-laws like a little child himself and even distributes so many gifts to them ..π³... So overall this trip is actually opening up Jodha to Jalal's much funny , light and humourous side π
8) Missing Ruqaiyya ?? π
Is Anyone missing Ruqaiyya in action .. I m certainly missing her in action and I wish at times CVs also give us a glimpse of whats happening in Agra so that we can find out what Ruqaiyya is upto or is she missing Jalal and feeling some sort of fear regarding Jalal spending so much time with Jodha in Amer π€
9) Jalal-Jodha's first Joint effort might come next week when they finally give Sukanya's marriage after finding out the real facts ππΌ
After today's episode I m sure Moti will inform Jalal about Jodha spying on Shariff-Adham since she doubts both on this issue and so then Jalal will go there for Jodha's safety and this is how both together will catch Shariff and Adham red-handed ...Mayb this will b their first joint effort in which they will succeed too and begin trusting each other more π³..
This is just my and Mansi's joint prediction because if Jodha alone manages to hear everything , she wont b able to prove anything without any proof , so Jalal too got to hear it π€.. I m sure Moti knowing about it will serve some purpose and she will definitely go and tell Jalal about Jodha going to Shariff's room in disguise to find out the truth and so Jalal too will follow π...
10) Love has no logic π³
Last but not the least , I believe we should not look for too much of logic during this love phase of Jalal-Jodha since love itself has no definition or boundaries or logic π³... We wont say love is blind if it had logic , isn't it π,.. Jalal right now is falling in love with Jodha .. so to b fair to the man , I dont expect him to apply too much of logic to her bitter words now that he is smitten with her beauty π³...
What I will love to see is a similar phase for Jodha too where she too will b smitten with Jalal after realisiing all her past blunders .. I m sure its coming up too in future π³...
Thats it from me .. waiting for your comments , takes , praises and brickbats too ππ³
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