Lashy my dear,
You sound unduly dispirited about both the episode and your post, neither of which is warranted. It is a very workwomanlike post,and the episode was worth watching if only for the precap, which I am surprised that you have left out.
Why, it was the highlight of the whole episode, with Jalal, when he is told soulfully by Jodha about her keeping the Mahashivaratri vrat for him, retorting snappily, Jab aap hamein apna shauhar hi nahin maanti, to yeh dhakoslabaazi karne ki kya zaroorat hai? I was clapping hard. It was savagely ironic and spot on, and Jodha is left speechless.
My comments on your post are in blue. There is apparently a word limit, so my comments are in 2 parts. This is Part 1
Shyamala Aunty
JALAL-HAKIM
What was there NOT to love in the scene between Jalal and Hakim. Again, though I found the Shehenshah dressing his commander a bit filmy, I overlooked it bearing in mind that it was something an older brother was doing to his younger one - all this, while the beautiful sun rays fell on them. The cinematography here was well done.
'I realize that I am being sent in this war to get rid of my sentiments ...from both my mind and heart...to forget my love' Hakim mentions 'But, why are YOU starting this war now? Why are you so restless? Whose love are YOU trying to forget?' he prods on 'I haven't seen you in years...but, I know this much...whenever you used to set out on wars before, you used to possess a hint of arrogance in your eyes, not restlessness...you used to have thirst to attain victory, not anger! Something's wrong...'
Mirza Hakim is talking as if he had been at Jalal's right hand all these years, noting his expressions before every jung ka eilaan (did he start at 10 years old?), instead of having been doing badtameezi in Kabul, as per Jalal himself (in episode 49). Someone should send the CVs the YouTube coordinates for that episode!
Obviously, Jalal is miffed by the statements that Hakim was making - he was being presented with facts that he had no proper means to counter!
'Whatever the war, however big the victory - it's not going to abate the anguish and torment that the heart has...this 'anguish' can only be placated when you attain victory over the one you truly love...' he pauses 'Tell me who DO you love?'
'I love NO ONE...' Jalal screams 'Only HE loves..only HE is restless who possesses a heart...and I have NO heart...'
Dismissing his brother - who is totally unconvinced by this 'I have NO heart line' just like the rest of us - Jalal storms off with the Urdu version of 'Vijayi Bhava!'
JA-JO
Talking to himself and wondering why someone who claimed to be heartless was undergoing such restlessness and Jealousy, Jalal stops outside Jodha's chamber. While she was busy doing her Aarthi and unaware that she was being watched by him, he looks at her for a second. Obviously, that scene was meant to be an answer to all of his 'Why' questions - answers that he refused to accept. So, the pained man then realizes that there was no point in spending any further time outside her Hojra and brushes off the daasi's question too.
I read many assuming that he decided to spend the night with Ruqaiyya only because he was angered with this 'heartless' debate or riled with Jodha! To me however, the scene didn't look like a tit-for-tat. It looked like something he said in passing while his face still showed the torment he felt at his questions remaining unanswered. His 'Inform Ruqaiyya I'll be with her' didn't have any emotion invested in it beyond that - to me, at least! 😉 I agree with you, and in any case, why should he not spend the night with his chief queen? Does he have to have a reason for that, like not wanting to be shoved to the ground once more?
MA
I didn't think I would devote a line to this lady today - but, she always comes up with brilliant lines -
'You need to learn one thing from Jalal' she tells his furious son 'When he decides to stand by someone, he'll never give up on that person till the very end..he's chosen Mirza because he is a wounded lion and wounded lions are very ferocious...victory will be ours!'
I too liked Mahaam's calm explanation of Jalal's decision to Adham, who will of course be reassured and more convinced than ever of his mother's siyasati skills when he gets to lead the Malwa campaign.She has brains, you have to hand it to her, and is also generally a very good judge of character. Today that included the kaabil Mansingh, though I am sure she detests him on principle.
Edited by sashashyam - 11 years ago
