I had decided to stay away from the episodes for few days, but could not help myself and I am glad I didn't.
I have no words to describe Salima, one of the characters that touches you by her simplicity, grace, dignity and someone who stands firm even when everyone around is shaken. No wonder Jalal reaches out to her for help. He also knows she does not carry a baggage of any personal agenda like Ruqu. She is not judgemental but understands human psychology really well. I was touched by her gesture of tasting the milk before it was handed out to Moti. She is not a blood relative, but genuinely cares for Jodha. She even defended Jodha during MC time, but Jalal had no feelings for Jodha then and his loss/pain was very deep. This time Jalal's pain is still very deep, but I feel the difference is that he has learnt from the past to be careful and he cares for Jodha. It's certainly not love, but he does respect and care for Jodha. I have read many different views on why Jalal has not punished Jodha yet. I still am firm on the reason being his learnings from past to NOT be hasty and his understanding of Jodha and the care he feels towards her.
I was very proud of Jodha today! My heart reached out to her when MA announces in the most crooked manner the rumor about her baby. Paridhi portrayed the expressions of extreme shock really well! Thanks CVs for not making her run to Kanha or complain to Moti. Instead the friends have a valid discussion of who is behind the rumor spreading. I hope Moti stays with Jodha forever, she is very wise and loyal to Jodha. She knows from her own experience how dangerous and vicious MA can be. Jodha understands the graveness of the situation and rightfully decides to meet her husband. She calls herself a raajvanshi lady and the begum of a powerful mughal sultanat, applaud for that Jodha. She is so right that the decision needs to be made by her husband and not the shenshah. For the first time I felt that Jodha has indeed come a very long way in her feelings for Jalal. In Amer when she defends Jalal in front of her family, it felt like those feelings came out of nowhere. But, today when she asks her husband for justice it felt like she trusts him to make the right decision. It was not so obviously thrown at us, but that's how it came across to me. She requests him to take a decision quickly as her pain is double folded. She does not blame him for spreading the rumor. But, makes is clear to him that there is no point in her living if her husband does not trust her. The things that impressed me about Jodha is through entire conversation she keeps the focus on her plight, her plead for not being guilty and her request to get justice. Not once does she get accusatory of Jalal. No wonder Jalal is shaken by it, if she had accused him all his energy would have been diverted towards anger at the accusation. All through the interaction, Jalal does not say a single word. We see his eyes piercing through Jodha, trying to weigh the truthfulness of her eyes and words. Jalal is left with even more twisted feeling because he is no more sure of Jodha having an affair.
All the girls in the forum who thought Hamida was very strange for worrying so much more about Jodha than Jalal must have gotten some answers. She protected Jodha during the tiger attack because she knew Jodha did not intentionally get Jalal killed and Jodha's life was in danger if she remained in harem. Hamida decided to do the right thing even though she was agonized by her son's condition. Today she doubts the rumors and wants the person responsible to be punished. I have noticed that the most evil people in the world tend to wear the whitest clothes, just like most of our politician and MA. MA the white NAAGIN, succeeds in shaking Hamida's trust in Jodha. Specially when MA tells that her own son is questioning Jodha about this. I was with Hamida today, any MIL would have reacted the way she did. The only thing she could have done before going to Jodha is spoken to Jalal. But, then what about the TRPs that get generated by showing tortured bechari abla female lead.
Precap: Jodha uses the GHRINA word the infinite time, but believe me 😆 it is for the last time. Jalal seems to be taking the blame very calmly, that only tells me that he has laid the finger on truth already. I wonder when Jalal takes Salima, she throws up or faints. The JaSa awesome team then put two and two together and voila put an end to the pregnancy track!
Anupamaa
