Jodha Akbar 115-116:Of kite flying and self goals - Page 6

Originally posted by: Ariel

I feel so too. His transition from amateur king to wise ruler is happening too fast and it seems very jumpy. And to top it all important decisions are stemming from stupid situations and he is being made to look brainless and completely dependent on Jodha for any answers. A king who enacts many laws doesnt know they apply to the future. Really?????

And he only understands Jodhas begums sacrifice and that she did it for her family? So he had a love marriage with everyone else? WTH!!!

Could he not save Tasneem when he went in disguise and enact the law later after he had put a lot of thought into it?

Originally posted by: loveanime

I actually didnt have a problem with the setting up of this situation. Something has to be the trigger that is all good. But the ending did make him look stupid. But you know some part of me was like oh finally adaham khan did something useful. ok we all know if jalal is the man we saw at the start adaham would have been dead by the time he uttered another word. but i guess it is the age old formula the hero can only be good enough if the villain matches up to him so they had to have adaham take one from jalal atleast once to keep the drama going. but what i don't get is why is MA being so dumb. that is what bugs me it seems like she swapped brains with her son and she has lost scope of the bigger picture. are you kidding me is her biggest goal to get her son married off or to attain a higher position in court for her family. How would that be possible now when her son just pissed off the man in charge. MA strategy didn't make any sense to me at all, that is what irked me the most. Jalal is supposed to forget that Adaham made a fool out of him in court and he was going to ride off in the sunset with Tasneem and Mughal subedhaari. I guess this is one of those things someone has to be a fool for the story to move forward.

Originally posted by: loveanime

we have missed you shyamala. i know the whole thing is idiotic but i guess we have to give pointers to adaham for finally showing some brains. jalal will have to take BP golis soon with all the tension his begums and unwarranted arguments are giving him. though i do miss the angry jalal i feel bad for him that he has to waste his energy like this. but is it just me or do you think he is changing too fast too quickly, like every other good boy hero. like how his sudden realization that why are women made to sacrifice all the time was totally out of the blue for me, considering his whole harem is basically established on a barter system. poor jalal suddenly will have no wife and has to divorce them all. with such dialogues they are ruining the complexity of his character, and putting him into i shall do no wrong, see no wrong, speak no wrong box now all they need is finishing ribbons and a nice bow. yikes that is the worst that can happen to his character if he loses the edge.

Originally posted by: Sandhya.A

All recent tracks are illogical and they seem to be designed with the sole purpose of showcasing Jodha's distinction.

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The b'day track for example wanted the viewers to believe that the awaam who collected in large numbers to give their emperor dua on his birthday, couldn't send even representatives to Diwan-e-aamon an ordinary working day to inform him of their water problems (and the DEA deals with petty thefts and cases of adultery.),and thattheir exceptional begum was required to bridge the gap between them and their Shahenshah .

And the emperor was suddenly enlightened to his duties and started to care for his riyaya... as though till then he didn't care... he had just the previous week addressed his riyaya ashis janasheen. Short-term-memory-loss as was in the case of chand-ka-lutf-utana. And glorious praises were showered on Jodha from all quarters including the Emperor's soul.

And now this... shahenshah wants to misaal kaayam karna of his new law. As per his misaal hell will break loose in most of the families in the riyaya. Jodha begum with her souten-ly duties intact, reminds shahenshah that ruqaiya begum prems him and he can't do anyay to her as laws are applicable henceforth only (as though the emperor doesn't know and this is his first experience in law-making), but never mentions of what would happen in the awaam.(which would be a more forceful argument) This will serve the purpose of contrasting Jodha's golden heart with Ruqaiya's possessive one and warrant hera halo.

<div>At this rate, instead of this, beingthe story between Jodha, the fiery princess and Akbar the great,will turn into the story betweenJalal theperplexed(ab hum kare bhi to kya karein is becoming a redundant dialogue)and Jodha the great.

Originally posted by: pallavi003

well I think also that all the current tracks are illogical but the scene where all his riyaaya came on his call and the scene where he came to know about their problem of drinking water are not so meaningless. Let me explain. The scene where he cleared out the cob web of pregnancy of jodha to his awaam and all came to listen to him, it was not all out of love for their king but more out of fear and obidiency.They were given order to come on their king's call,and obviously they couldn't ignore the order..

And in the well scenario, Jalal asked them about their problem,solved it and then again when they went to greet him,it was out of love and respect,no fear,no order nothin.

Originally posted by: loveanime

Ok i feel safe posting it here because i might get brick bats thrown at me. I was thinking there is more proof in history that akbar's real love and soul mate was ruqaiya sultan begum, and i believe even in his personal memoirs he mentioned he should not have married again after her, she was his friend, guide and companion. So whether he liked or loved his rajput queens is one thing, but i am more inclined to believe in reality it was ruqaiya he must have truly loved. so this romanticization of an epic love between jodha and jalal is more like a creation of mass media, and public romanticization of opposites attract. I personally feel more sad for ruqaiya and her life and her journey, i wish we had a story on ruqaiya and akbar, chief consort and emperor. I feel that it is these two that must have had an epic love.

Children bound together by marriage without knowing what it truly means, all they know is they can't be separated like it is a game, but as they grow older they find friendship in their togetherness, she watches over him as he conquers his kingdoms, what binds them together duty or habit, but he was no longer a boy but a man who did his duties amongst them marrying other women, she is as steady as a ship his anchor, love must have blossomed in this journey between them not acknowledged by him atleast she must have known, he swings back and forth between his other women and his public and political campaigns, but she is always there waiting for him never failing, years turn into decades with many changes in his empire a destiny fulfilled, he is aging, his children have grown up but what cannot change is her presence she is still waiting, maybe it was towards the end that he truly acknowledges how much he deeply and truly loves her, now there is no kingdom to conquer no law to pass no rebellion to squander he can finally breathe and live for those that lived for him, he never had to say it because she always knew that is why despite all the heartbreak she could stay strong because she knew she had his heart that was her strength, it was indeed love that bound them together, last of his battles fought and he succumbs to eternal sleep he wont be alone for too long she will come to him again but this time he is waiting for her.