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Today was a great episode ... Why would it not be one, we hardly had Ruqs and MA! 😊
So, I am going to jump to my top 5 immediately of what I loved today!
(1) Evolution of Jalal's attraction to Jodha singing: CVs like to show how characters' reactions to things change over time. When Jalal first heard Jodha's singing after the wedding, he was impressed but just smirked. Then when he told her to sing as her "punishment" he was mesmerized. Now, he is completely pulled by her singing. Its great to see the evolution in expression. It also tells you how much things get stretched in serial land- in the movie, Jalal was drawn by her singing the first time- in the serial it took a lot longer. God save us! 😉
(2) Jodha's apnapan with Jalal: It is great to see how close and comfortable Jodha is with Jalal now. She held him back from leaving the room - a reverse Shove in some ways. She had no hesitation in tickling him. She tried to hold him back when she he was leaving angry. From the precap, it looks like this will continue.
(3) Jalal's teda techniques to get Jodha to admit her feelings for him: Love that Jalal is trying multiple ways to get Jodha to admit her feelings:
- He hinted he preferred it when she held his hand
- He asked her directly whether she liked the journey or the companion - I loved his sense of humor in this scene as she called out all the ways she was avoiding the question- especially, the "Will Moti now answer my question?" 😆
(4) Jalal's expressions were too cute today in three specific instances:
- His laughter at his "gudgudi"
- His eagerness to hear what Jodha wanted (I think he finally thought she was going to tell her dil ki baat- more on that later)
- His natural happiness at becoming a Mamu (Rajat was awesome in changing over to sudden anger)
(5) Precap: Beautiful and exciting for multiple reasons:
- An Akdha scene in the hamaam!
- Jalal doing something so personal for Jodha like drying her hair!
- A reference to the soul talk scene at the door of Death- whether this was Jodha's dream or both of theirs we will see tomorrow. I am just glad they are talking about it.
- I can't judge from Jalal's expressions whether he recognized the dream or not and I don't judge precap editing anymore- as long as they show the scene I will be happy.
Honorable mention: Jodha is now a full time Mughal begum- since the Shivani track, Jodha has been totally immersed in her own parivaar, the Mughal one. It is great to see how she wants to see unity in her family, but it shows that she now refers to the Mughal family more as her own than her Rajvanshi one.
A few sidebars:
- I would personally like to believe that Jalal is more mad about Bakshi Bano and Sharif not just because they hurt any begum but Jodha Begum; or else, he should have been just as mad at Adham Khan
- I think Jalal was more angry today because he thought Jodha would be talking about their relationship but ended up talking about SD and BB- when he said there is "something that is making you happy but you are hesitating to tell" - he was seemed so happy and eager that Jodha was going to ask him something related to their relationship and love and then all his hopes were dashed. Bechara! 😉
- I am hoping that Sujamal being back has to do with the Rajvanshi uprising they referred to then another misunderstanding.
What did you love about today's episode?
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