Do you think Akbar would NOT have played such politics in his reign? - Page 9

Being brought up amongst treachery and cruelty, Jalal definitely is gullible. Now who could argue that?

Being brought up with black and white ideals, Jodha sees black and white, mostly? What's wrong? And she is learning! Can we argue that? Off course she is nave. Which is why she gets caught for everything she does and does not do! If she was cunning she would have behaved like Ruq and not told Jalal about The Adham' loitering in Harem. Let Moti go to gas chambers, it does not bother Ruq! If she was treacherous, she would have not been caught and jailed for a crime committed by MA.

And she is brave, which is why she holds her own amidst all the hostility that surrounds her in Agra. Agra harem is not for the faint hearted outsiders. She is an outsider but not faint hearted.

If she thinks about Amer and her Sa(s) all the time, Jalal thinks of Mughal Sultanant all the time? Even when his Begum is drowning! What he told her after he saved her was rude. And what she told him when he asked for her advice after Hawai incident was rude.

Also, why does Jalal not have any intelligence agency? That's naivet' And he not even from a so called' choti riyasat' He should know better. I'd call that poor strategy. What do you think?

Also Jalal was short-sighted enough to not see the repercussions of silently leaving for Agra until the mentos moment from his choti and khoti riyasat begum?

Originally posted by: lashy

Right or wrong

Good or bad

This is politics!

There is a saying that there is no villain or Hero in politics - only success and failure! The villain in this serial is not AK, Sharifu or MA. The villain in this serial is the backdrop - the backdrop of politics! 😛

Shehenshah

Once you're trying to keep half of India and many other countries with people of different religions and classes under your control - you cannot achieve that without some amount of scheming! Thankfully, they haven't shown Jalal as pristinely innocent (like in the movie). It would be quite unrealistic! Shehenshah Akbar was not Lord Ram or Raja Harishchandra. He was a conqueror who knew how to keep what he conquered! Now, this could NOT have been sustained without the use of shrewdness - much like the shrewdness that Chanakya used to guide Chandragupta Maurya (Yes situations were different, but the principles similar!)

He tried being fair to people who were fair and wasn't deliberately unfair to people who were unfair. However he wasn't fair to them either!😛

Now, he doesn't know that the Dawalgarh people have also been beguiled by Shareef and when he does come to know, I would like to see how he'd tackle the situation. But, till then I'm going to sit back and enjoy this joy ride!

Being the Shehenshah he cannot afford to let people twist his arm/walk over him. I'm glad they showed that he didn't take being 'cornered' lightly [Be it the emotional cornering by his sweet Begum or the blackmails by Achal]! He fended it all off - with a mischievous wink and a shrewd ploy.

Begum

Coming to Jodha - She tried getting to solve the matter in the right manner. When it didn't work, she used a manner which was not entirely wrong - but, not transparent either. Did it work? Yes it did. Instead of sticking to being the 'holier than thou' person that female leads are expected to be today, she played it smart and it did the trick! Go lady - this is the kind of person I'd like to see pitted against our semi-villanish lead! A lady who can use her wit, adopt to the situation, preserve her dignity and yet get her way (for a positive cause, of course)!

I absolutely loved Jodha Begum today!

I absolutely loved Shehenshah Jalal today!

No storm was raised. They both used tact! They both achieved their goals. He kept Achal Singh at bay and she reduced MA to a silent watcher!

The scenes were not an ode to 'How to be a righteous ruler and empress'

The scenes played out were an ode to 'How to be a successful ruler and empress'

Go Jalal...Go Jodha!

Gotta love this serial! What a treat to watch such devilish politics play out by such enticingly good-looking leads!

So entertaining and yet so realistic!

I'm sure there's going to be fireworks when the truth comes out, but hey its Diwali...we shall stand back and watch - wouldn't we?😛