Meghana., you get better all the time! I have marked the parts I liked best in blue, and the very best is
The loneliness is because he has never had a wife so far, only queens.I was not too impressed by the grilling of Abul Mali. How come he is able to retain a
khanjar? Look, Sharifuddin's man actually eavesdrops on Abul Mali's spy talking to him in the prison, disguised as a Mughal soldier. And Atgah & Co. could not plant someone there to do the same thing?
Atgah Khan's sole purpose in life seems to be to say
Aapke hukum ki tameel hogi, Shahenshah, and then go to sleep, for it is only very rarely that he actually gets anything done. If Akbar's cabinet had been full of Atgah Khans, there would soon have been no Mughal empire at all.
It is as well that Adham Khan murdered him, probably paving the way for someone more active to take over his portfolio. The added benefit of course being that Adham himself was immediately defenestrated on Jalal's orders. In short, double benefits!😉
As for the much advt precap, I found it so unexpectedly comic that I laughed out loud. It was all so stagy: Jodha making a grand, tragic farewell speech, picking on all the harsh things Jalal had said to her the day before -
hamara chehra dekhna nahin chahte... meri aankhen kadachit kabhi nahin khulengi.. aapse vida lete hain... the works.
Then drinking whatever it was with such deliberation, with such a martyred air. Jalal goggling at her from behind his sehra and looking like a prize idiot, and Benazir looking guilty enough fot 3 murders.
Why the devil did Jalal not stop her at the first sip? They could have tested it for poison, and this time NOT on Zakira! Not only he, but no one out of the umpteen bystanders moves an inch till Jodha has emptied the contents of the bowl down her throat, like the little boy in the Complan ad, before sinking gracefully to the floor. In the precap, Jalal had not moved to catch her as she fell, but presumably he does it.
And what was supposed to be the point of the whole
zehereele sevaiyaan spiel, not only for Jodha (unless it is an exercise in deliberate martyrdom to prove the truth of her accusations) but also for Benazir? If Jalal had eaten it and been taken seriously ill or had died, Benazir would have been killed on the spot. What on earth was she thinking of, poisoning the bowl to be drunk in the middle of a veritable crowd?
It was nonsensical even by JA standards.
The Hamida-Jalal scene was touching,again so predictable, but still nice. So the Great Romance beckons, unless the
roohs are also cheating us, like the Zee chaps. Incidentally, why does Akbar's
rooh call her Mariam-uz-Zamani, while Jalal calls her Jodha Begum in every single sentence?
But I too loved the
Kaliya mardan painting presentation sequence.
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Shyamala
Originally posted by: meghanajain
I am so overwhelemed with this new Jodha and thank CVs completely for doing an excellent job in giving us this strong, dignified, persistent, warm, bold and smart Jodha! I will admit today that all the complains I had against CVs regarding Jodha in past have vanished. Its another proof of how good acts from CVs erase all the bad meomries.
Jodha has understood and accepted that nobody trusts her and most folks are creating problems for her. The thing is that to Jodha the opinion of most of the Agra folks does not matter and that helps her in NOT getting demotivated by their silly acts. Jodha attends the Mehandi ceremony with her head held high. She knows she cannot do anything openly to show her unhappiness at the ceremony. We do not see any childish attempts or dialogs to repeat that Ben is a vishkanya. But, folks around her do not like the calm Jodha who stands with head held high. They try to challenge her every step in the cermony.
She is asked to give a gift and I was thinking she will give it and tell it was not from her, but from Shenshah. My ordinary thinking is washed over, when Jodha gives Ben a picture that tells Ben her future. This was a tight slap on Ben's face and most of the Agra folks. Jodha clearly indicated to everyone that I am being forced to give a gift, but you can't stop me from showing what I feel. Jodha's feelings were out in open with that gift and everybody understood it. But, nobody (even Ruqu and MA) could do anything about it. Hence my title, she gave a retort that shut everyone's mouth. She told them that it is okay you do not believe me, but I am still firm on my believes. She stood alone - but looked so peaceful, calm, dignified, beautiful and last but not the least very strong.
I was also happy that the parrot did not read Jodha's fortune as the one receiving most love from Jalal. That would have created more problems in her life. As my posts in the past indicated that Jodha is the suraksha kawach for Jalal, nobody can harm Jalal as long Jodha is around him. I was dreading the parrot scene as another melodrama, but enjoyed all the predictions as nothing in it was too dramatic. I also enjoyed the silent arrows Jodha was releasing at Ben constantly through out the ceremony. I went back to Jalal's compliment that he had given Jodha when she questions his intentions for Sukanya's wedding. Jalal had said, toup se badkar aapka gussa, talwaar se tezz aapki najar, etc..Good that Ben is on the receiving end and not my Jalal. Jodha's victory face at Ben's parrot reading was so well portrayed by Paridhi. Infact I felt PS was superb with her eye expression the entire ceremony, am in love with this actress!
Few posts back I requested CVs to give us more warm Jalal-Hamida scenes, was so happy to see it again. Hamida has been always shown as a very warm personality, and that warmth becomes boiling when Jodha is concerned😉. Today, like any mom she could read her son's pain. Jalal for the first time shares his thoughts with Hamida, it was so touching. My heart went out for the pain he was feeling. Jalal understands that he is lonely inspite of everyone around desiring him and wishing him good. Hamida explains it very well and I was so proud of her that she did not indicate that Jodha is the one who can complete him. Although in her heart Hamida knows that Jodha is the one. This is something that Jalal has to realize on his own, and he does already to most extent. He has to realize that why inspite of everything my non-existent heart craves for Jodha's love.
The most important thing Hamida did today was gave her son a hope. Hamida also explained to Jalal that he is alone because nobody has loved him as a person or worried about him as a person or accepted him just as a human being. Wouldn't it have been awesome if Jodha's picture came to Jalal's mind when Hamida talked about this person? Jalal gives such a sweet response that Hamida is that person, indeed a mom is always that person. I was not completely happy with Hamida's response of her not being around always.. The loneliness is because he has never had a wife so far, only queens.
The parallel scene where Jodha is looking through the jharoka was also very touching. She is in a very tough spot, feeling helpless that every attempt of her fails. The desperation is there, but there are no tears of defeat. She requests Kanha to be there with her, give her the strength to figure out a way. I had always wanted a Jodha who did not complain or cry in front of kanha, this Jodha arrived today and made me proud of her yet again! I hope the soul talk is not another TRP saving stunt to fool us CVs. It clearly indicated that after this Jodha would never be alone. After this everything would change for better..Please do not let the soul talk prediction go wrong by starting another MU track.
How lucky for us that SD in his greed calls upon Jodha yet again? Jodha would have never visited SD if his news was not related to Jalal's safety. She went there so many times only because of her concern and love for Jalal. She leaves the jail with lot of fear, but is even more determined to save her Jalal. That determination makes her stay up all night and keep an eye on Ben. Jalal has so many sipahis and who not to protect him. But, at that moment it felt like everyone was useless. All he needs is Jodha around him, she is the bullet proof vest on Jalal. SD is going to be out soon as Jodha will let Jalal know how he helped her many times. Oh well, its better he is out as the possessive Jalal track might come when SD makes move at Jodha.
Finally like everyone pointed out in the forum, Jalal/Atgah question Abu mali about the ghuspet. I guess CVs are slowly trying to get Jalal's buddhi back.
Precap: A bollywood filmy Yash raaj scene happening. Jodha the Kajol in Jalal the Shah Rukh Khan ki bahoon mein behosh, and Jalal going wild with worry! I liked it that Jodha used the word pati and not shenshah. She proved Hamida right, that Jalal is missing a wife as he is surrounded by only queens!
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