Jalal yet again gets fooled by MA. The Jalal I have come to know is very practical and logical. He is very perceptive about other peoples feelings and emotions. If anyone other than MA read that letter, he would have doubted it. Or, he would have not believed if someone else informed that Jodha loves him and wants to spend the night with him. The Jodha he has come to know has created HAZAAR hungamas over 'ratri vyatit'. Jodha just recently informed him about not hating him anymore. Then, how could she so quickly declare that she loves him. If it was not MA, I feel his logical head would have realized that there is something fishy about this. In 16th century I wonder if any girl ever wrote a love letter, even if it was her husband. Jalal does not doubt MA one bit so far, during the Tasneem issue he might have realized that her political abilities are not upto the mark. But, other than that she has not yet failed him. Just like SD had not failed Jalal in the past and hence Jalal believed SD that he had never promised the fort. Jodha was the reason SD got exposed, she will have to do the same honors for MA. Jalal was not one bit surprised at Jodha's love proposal after MA finished reading the letter. He did not even show extreme joy, infact almost no reaction at all. That's what makes me believe that he is not convinced from inside about this love declaration. He is only surprised that MA was happy, and the naagin quickly covers it up as happiness for her other son. The sad part is that MA has the letter, so there is no going back to prove that Jodha did not write all of what MA read.
The scene where Jodha is smiling while reading the letter was so beautiful. Its so good to see these happy emotions on Jodha's face, they were so rare in the past. She is right about that, one should not delay in saying certain things and written things are remembered for a longer time. The scene between JaJo in garden was equally good. Jalal's understanding of music was so well described by him, just like a warrior. It was good to see Jodha appreciating Jalal, she is noticing more qualities about him and is very surprised that he would be interested in music. Seriously Jodha? How many times has he requested you to sing and even praised your singing? I was not very happy with Jodha's explanation of music, the words are good. But, somehow the CVs have already shown too many good things about her and Jalal praising them. I am kind of at a stage, where all these loudly thrown at us qualities of Jodha fail to impress me. I did like her comment about 'Mahan log TEDE hote hai' and more than like the fact that Jalal was also Mahan in her eyes. Jodha talks about how she is eagerly waiting for the night, she is only thinking about Tansen. Poor Jalal is feeling the pressure and excitement about the upcoming night also. Yet another clue, would any female in those times openly talk about waiting for THE night. Jalal misses it again, may be because he feels 'aaurto ko samajhana mushkil hai'.
MA found out about SD's dislike for Jodha yesterday. I feel MA might use this in future to her advantage. The other reason for SD coming back to Agra might be, as everyone else is predicting a more possessive Jalal. As the geedad SD will try to elope with Jodha or make some other indecent move at Jodha that will make Jalal get really mad. It is a very scary scenario for Jodha - two villains in prison, one white naagin roaming freely and a green Ruqu going 'kabhi cold to kabhi hot'! We audience will be on this roller coaster ride just so that we can see the ultimate epic love story, that has shown no signs of starting yet.
I have no idea how Tansen was, hope the one that is shown matched the one that gained so much fame. Its true though that artists are weird and TEDA like Jodha mentioned. I was surprised though at the way Tansen asks the other singer to stop the 'bin mausam barsaat' song. Generally, wouldn't artist be humble also? Its quite likely that he is from Jodha's background as he seems to possess the same self respect as her. Jodha liked the compliment that Tansen gave to Jalal - 'You understand people really well'. Only, this will not impress Jodha when Jalal makes the moves that contradict this compliment.
Precap: I never saw I would see this in a historic story. A mother encouraging his son for the SR, pushing him to have the time of his life. One senseless track after the other. Jalal looks drunk for sure and obviously MA got him in this state.
Next week, my thoughts: Is Jodha going to trust Jalal after his attempt to spend the night with her. She has found out after lot of suffering that Jalal kept his word and her honor intact. If CVs think logically like me, I would think that she would not doubt Jalal. She might just think that he is drunk and is getting carried away. Hopefully, nothing much will happen. The thing though is that Jalal will continue to make these romantic moves at Jodha till the whole thing comes out in open. When Jodha denies writing anything about spending the night, would Jalal trust her? MA has played a very dangerous game, its not only dangerous for JaJo's trust but also for her own self. I somehow feel Moti will tell Jodha that MA must have read the letter and manipulated it. The chanakya Jodha might tell Shenshah that MA must have misunderstood the language as she does not know it well.
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