Take 5: Celebrating the downfall of Ben February 3, 2014 - Page 2

Originally posted by: jojal

Agree with all your points, but in this whole fiasco Maham and Adham will still escape scot free. I wish that Ben would have carried Maham also with Ruks and given Adham his due by scaring his pants off...

Originally posted by: Gem12

awesome posts...yeah bichara jalal will realise his love for jodha tomorrow...

Originally posted by: Bobby13

A very good post Divya. Very well put.

I have one doubt about what Jalal said when Ben captured Ruqu. Why did he say "Jodha begum ko hum samhalenge". What does that mean. Did he think that she was not in danger and his Hakim's can take care of her? Why was he so overconfident there. Did not understand that. Can somebody help me with this?

Originally posted by: rima4ever

fabulous post as usual

i loved todays episode after long

but it could have been far better

Originally posted by: divyavm

That is a good point and I was disappointed by the dialogue. However, I think it might be because he has seen how Zakira has survived drinking her juthan that perhaps that is a weaker form of the poison then if Ben were to do a direct bite on Ruqs. Also, from his point of view, Jodha is safe in her room, Ruqs is still in danger.

To quote Jalal's dialogue back at him, koyi mazaak hein kya? Poison is poison! I think that is why they are going to go full out in the melodrama so that he realizes how close he was to losing his Jodha Begum.

I hope someone asks Zakira how she survived- she looked scared out of her wits and maybe can be forced to talk.

Originally posted by: divyavm

Celebrations abound! Ben's truth is finally out and can you believe, it was not a precap cliff- hanger?!

Okay, before I get to the positives, now I will be a little greedy and claim one complaint against the CVs. I would have hoped Jalal's mindshare would have been totally consumed by Jodha- today it was split with Ruqaiyya. I know from tomorrow will be Jalal totally thinking about Jodha but in any case I will take Ben's exit today.

Jalal's dialogue disappointed me today, he says Jodha Begum ko hum dekh lenge LEKIN aga aapne Rukayya Begum ko kuch kiya to hum aapki jaan le lenge!!! So what - it is ok what you did to Jodha but DON'T DARE TO HARM RUKAYYA

No matter how they would have executed the episode, I would have loved the episode for Ben's exit (or close to it) but here was a take on the top things I loved about the episode and for a change I was able to find more than 5 easily but still here is my top 5:

1. Traveling down memory lane: I loved today's episode for bringing back every Akdha scene I loved. It started with the muh dikhayi where Jalal could see only Jodha. As Jodha drank the poison, all her vachans came back to her. And the flashback of all the epic scenes including the aarthi hand holding came back. It reminded me the vintage Jodha Akbar I fell in love with and I hope the CVs realize what a high bar they have set for themselves. Nearly all the scenes they chose were not from recent episodes - its because they have not created strong Akdha scenes in recent times. Hope the CVs realized they owe us a few! I loved Jalal's tender caressing of Jodha's forehead - now I am ready for more Akdha scenes.

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2. Ben spelled out the truth of Jodha, MA, and Ruqs: while i feel Ben's dialogue delivery was OTT and too loud (my mom asked me why she was screaming!) , I liked how she spelled out three truths very clearly that Jodha begum saved his life even if he did not care for him (loved Jalal's pained reaction to this), Ruqs helped her foolishly to put Jodha down, and so did MA. I think Jalal, would never had understood what Ruqs and MA did in the background otherwise. I hope Jalal comes back to this later.

Want to bet? Jalal will NEVER insult Rukayya or Mayhem like he does JODHA ALL THE TIME IN DEK TOO. Rukayya will never pay for her getting Jalal almost at death's door, Rukayya goads him to marry Ben, Jalal choses to believe her - Jodha is at death bed due to them all
Rukayya almost got him at death's door, Jodha saved him BUT JALAL'S CONCERN IS MORE FOR RUKAYYA😡🤢

3. Loved how Ruqs paid at least a little price with Ben taking her hostage. So much for thinking she would always be at her feet for making this marriage happen. Do I think this will lead to a transformation in Ruqs? Unfortunately not. Even with Ben she was selfishly asking, "humne tumhaara kya bigaada?" As if as Ruqs has helped her so Ben should not have used her- so should Ben have kidnapped Salima?
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4. Jalal asked the question that was on all of our minds. What is going on here with his security and administration? Jodha is dying from poison, Ruqs is kidnapped, and Abu Mali has escaped. Imagine when he realizes even Sharif had better spies than him! Hopefully, he wakes up and smartens up now. While I think his execution orders for Abu Mali was random, I think it showed that when Jodha is hurt, he goes for extreme actions including killing his sister's husband- I think it was more for MA's silent observations of all these actions. She is afraid what will happen if Jalal ever finds out MA had hurt Jodha a lot.

Jalal's ONLY concern should be Jodha at this time, according to him Abul Mali is in jail, he can be killed anytime, why not concentrate on Jodha!!!

5. I think there were a quite a few people who dreaded the Shehenshah on his knees since Hakim Mirza described how love brings even a Shehenshah to his knees. However, two things made it much better than I had expected: one he is on his knees in front of God and not in front of Jodha as she was struggling for her life and Rajat was just sooo good in his emotions asking for Jodha's life. I think anybody can be on his/her knees in front of God.

I hope they are able to redeem Jalal tomorrow, today his reactions about Jodha seemed too fika to me, JALAL WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS INSULT, HIS EGO, HIS RUKAYYA than Jodha today

Wishing for some mind-blowing Akhda scenes in the coming days!