Originally posted by: adianasr
One very interesting point to note about Jodha is that her sense of identity comes from being a Rajvanshi - And all throughout one can see this bias of being a Rajvanshi in her characterization as well as those of all others - Now this is very interesting, since for all individuals identity is their very life - but unfortunately, when a person takes this to extremes, it comes across as ego, lack of empathy and lack of sensitivity, which has happened with the characterization of Jodha here - The only time Jodha identifies herself as a Mughal khandaan ki Begum is in the Shivani track - but then she is made to revert to her old form.
And if one looks at TE - yes he too takes his identity as a descendent of Timur and as a Mughal in a strong manner - but in him this is not shown to be in extreme - he is shown as capable of accepting others identities as equal to his own - and this is where his humility, empathy and sensitivity spring from - He is capable of accepting all as humans with the ability of making mistakes as well as the capacity for great acts.
This difference between the two characterizations makes it even more difficult to connect with Jodha - her righteousness comes across as self - righteousness and she herself comes across as biased, egoistic and proud - which is very very bad characterization by the writers - The CVs and EK really need to look hard at the Jodha that they have penned and make the necessary changes to make her more human and humane - ah but I do believe that the Zee people told someone who had called them up that 'Jodha is not from this world' - so maybe this is their way of creating an alien character!!!!!
BTW to all who are reading this - this comment is for the makers and their lack of insight in characterizations - it has nothing to do with the actors, the real characters, any religion or community or gender. Hence it is requested that this may be read in the spirit in which it is written.
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