Originally posted by: lashy
Positive post Lashy. A much needed one.
JODHA-MOTHI
'HOW?' Jodha wails 'Every moment that Vishkanya stays close to him...she gets closer to him and now they're about to wed too..and I cannot do anything about it...how do I save him...if something happened to him I will never forgive myself for it...I have to protect him!'
She was frantic indeed. The poor thing! Almost close to realising...And Moti was at her best. She is invaluable to Jo.
These were the same lines she'd uttered after Jalal had been wounded following the tiger fiasco - this was how distraught she was then too. However, the driving force behind the two instances are quite different. In the earlier instance, while Jodha was all out to save an Emperor of the Sultanate and a victim of her folly from succumbing to injuries, here she is desperate to save a 'man' - her husband' - the one she's begun to love despite all of the flaws that he's depicted lately.
Remember, after Jalal recovered, Jodha told HB that she prayed for the brother, son and the man who saved her.
But this time she was frantic for her husband. From Shahenshah he has become 'soubhagya ka chinha'. How many steps more dear?
Obviously, Jodha refutes it with empty words - her face as pale as can be 'I don't have any such feelings...I don't consider him my husband...but he is the mark of my 'fortune and goodwill'..so, I can't let him come to harm...even if he punishes me, gets angry with me or throws me out of Agra! I have to save him because I...I...I...'
Jo was at a loss of words! Jo of all people...that too speechless. 😆Bhaashanbaazi bhool gayi. 😆 See what love does
Everybody in the palace know except the two fools.😭
JALAL-ATGAH
The defeated expressions he had on his face for those 5 seconds held so much of significance - and this is what I read them as -
'Why has it never been enough' he thinks to himself as he sits down 'Why has whatever I've done for her never been sufficient...why can't she feel for me the way I for her...and when I know that she doesn't then why does my heart ache so much...I am thoroughly unconvinced about this wedding and agreed to it purely to rile her... why am I acting so irrationally and when I know I am, I don't want to stop it...what is this power that she holds over me...what IS this pain I feel - a pain that any amount of humiliation I give her does not seem to diminish...if anything, it only torments me more!'
I felt the same. 'What more does she want' - seemed to be his expression when he remembered the two vachans. Rajat pulls it off beautifully. 👍🏼 That chap can conveys volumes with just his eyes
Wish he has a friend to enlighten him. (Where is dear Abdul) Today Atgah sahib tried, but as usual left nodding his head.
OTHER POINTS I LIKED TODAY
Salim Chisti's awakening to the fact that Shehenshah will indeed wake up to a new realization and that the black clouds in Agra will move over to make way for sunshine!😳
Honestly I felt that it was an afterthought addition to make the viewers think that romance is in the offing so that trps could rise
PRECAP
I would love to watch this routine of ending Ben instead of the kiss-suck poison route that we'd all been dreading. However, having said that - I do not want Jodha's saviour act to come at the cost of retribution! Me too
I would be rejoicing if this precap was true and NOT a dream as many fear - I loved Jodha's fiery form when she hauled Jalal to Agra...I would love to see her don such a form again!
Dream.no..no. Ben deserves it and no better. Her exit will do the show and the trps a great favour.
Jodha was afire on all cylinders. This is strength, courage, not your old taunts and pricks girl
MY TAKE-
I do hope that whatever the problems and MUs that the couple face ahead - personalities are not compromised to this extent - hopefully, we're never again left wondering 'Where's my Jodha' and 'Where's my Jalal?'
😭. For the first time, after a looong time, we felt their love even when they were not in the same frame. Emotionally they are somewhat 'ek hi kashthi pe sawaar' only now. Each caring for and thinking about each other for the first time today...phew.😊