Shweta my dear, you gladdened my heart with this one. The part
@blue proves that you are an original, and that is what I like above all.
Actually, Jalal did not, in terms of characterisation, snatch away anything from anyone. In fact he looked for the most part like a Diwali rocket that has failed to ignite. Can you imagine any absolute monarch reacting so passively to such an enormous insult? It was surreal, his silence and the mildness of even his reproaches. But then I no longer expect anything realistic from this show, and I was glad to be spared the kind of ranting we saw during the
dature ka ark track. That does not mean I liked the way he reacted.
The reason for this outpouring of relief is that he has been so much like a cork bobbing in the water for so long that any slight improvement seems very impressive. But it is not, really, and then again, I am not at all sure it is going to last.
Jalal is used to great betrayals and attempts on his life by those closest to him, and yet he has abandoned lucid wariness when it comes to Jodha. Why? What has she done for him that he should do this?
How, as both I yesterday and Pallavi today, have pointed out, is he sure that Jodha did not know of the love affair at all, though she clearly knew nothing about the elopement plan? I need to rewatch Mahaam having the adieu letter to Jodha from Shivani read out, but I am pretty sure that the reference there was only to the elopement decision.
That need not automatically also mean that she knew nothing of this liaison too. See, Jalal is now convinced that Bharmal did know of it, and thus jumped at the chance to make a bakra of Mirza. Why then does he exculpate Jodha a priori?
It is because she has become his abiding weakness. That is what I meant when I said that "an anaemic, oscillating relationship, that seems to anchored in the man's weakness, not his strength, and the woman's blindness, does not seem, at least to me, to be the stuff of epic romance".
Somehow, the very idea of a great and all consuming love between these two seems less and less convincing.
Finally,
@red is very funny. Mynavati
was there at the small family conclave where Hamida was gushing about the marriage, and telling Bharmal that as the daughter was his, it would be for him to decide. I could not believe my ears; she said that with her son the Shahenshah sitting there!
Shyamala Aunty
PS: I have been wanting to respond to your point on my last thread that parents should not be blamed for the bad behaviour of their adolescent children, and I might as well do it here.
That might be true today, though even now the parents of young drug addicts are blamed by counsellors for not having spotted the symptoms early on. Are parents not routinely blamed for not having been sufficiently in touch with their anti-social children?
In the 16th century, girls, and princesses even more so, were brought up very strictly, for if they did something wrong, the shame for their family, and the negative social fallout, would be far worse than it would be today. So it was held to be the duty of the parents of the girls, especially their mothers, to make sure that they behaved with the utmost propriety. Any misbehaviour by a daughter would reflect very badly on her parents, and her mother would be blamed, and rightly so. When I was an Ambassador, if any of my junior officials performed badly, the blame for that would be mine. It is the same thing here.
Given all this, how on earth was Shivani. in a purdah culture, allowed to meet and coochie coo with a kaarigar? How is it that Mynavati had no idea of all this? Both Jodha and Sukanya having been married off, there was only Shivani for her to look out for, and she failed miserably in fulfilling this responsiblity. That Shivani has now dragged the good name of the Amer royal family thru the mud is thus in good part Mynavati's fault. And I am sure Bharmal will blame her squarely for it.
Originally posted by: jshweta16
Loved it Aunty, especially the last para 😉. It is a golden rule of Indian Cinema/Television that one has to go bonkers when in love.Two sensible individuals can never fall in love and they do by chance then that is not called epic love! I don't understand why love has to be blind? it can be wise also!
So Jalal's grey cells finally activated a bit. But was it the after effect of all the bashing Zee got from callers or Ekta and team genuinely felt the need the wake up our sleeping beauty? Though he used his brains today I will not say that the old Jalal is back as he still cant sense the danger lurking around every bend when it comes to Benazir and Abul Mali. Despite of the warnings from Hakim and Jodha he is still in Jaise The condition and I really hope he proves me wrong that his announcement of the wedding with Benazir is not just to rile up Jodha.
And like Mrityunjay, even the RangRasiya lead makes very much sense and is far away from those serial male leads and victims of heroine-giri whose footsteps Jalal is following.
Though Jalal and Jodha snatched the show from Ruqu and Maham today, I loved these two ladies more than the leads. Maham was just unfortunate today not to realise that Jalal can sense Jodha's innocence from that last letter of Shivani if he thinks wisely.This lady surely is cunning and thats why Jalal never doubts her despite of all the kaands she has done. Even if Shivani returns and confesses everything to save her skin, nobody will believe that Maham instigated her.
On the other hand Ruqaiya was bang on and I loved that Shikari and Hirani metaphor but she missed some simple points in her agony by bringing back the narnaal incident. If Jalal ever sensed that Jodha tried to kill him and she deliberately removed the gun-powder he would never have pampered her like he did in Amer, and trying to instigate him against Jodha by using this trick will lower Ruqu in eyes of Jalal. But she is the one who can show him mirror and I will always feel bad for her as at the end of this so called epic love story she will turn into a vamp due to her love-cum-possessiveness for Jalal.
Again nothing is new in this blame Amer Family track as we know when CVs are running out of ideas try the repeated formulas and this is again a merry-go-round of MC track only difference is the Khauf-E-Jalal(😆) and 'Zinda Jala Denge' thing as he is clearly siding Jodha this time.
And you are right except Sukanya no one from Amerians was really worried about the missing bride and queen! Is Mainavati already off to consult Shaguni Bai ? or Shaguni herself warned her in advance not to attend the wedding as her daughter is all set to become a runaway bride 😛
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