LEP AGAIN!
Why I liked this scene was because they let the doctors handle the 'medicine' (sensible) and it was not another round of Jodha playing sexy nurse and Jalal playing willing patient.
If anything, we had a slightly unwilling patient subject himself to an old Hakim Sahiba's yellow medicines.
Maybe Jalal prefers Jodha's Dhaniya-Pudina ki chutney!😉
JALAL - RUQAIYYA - JODHAWhat essentially happened in this scene was
'When you are good you can only see the good around you'
Jodha and Jalal only saw a jealous/possessive/worried tantrum of a young queen. They failed to discern the acidic dialogues and caustic words she was taunting Jodha with
Similarly,
'When you are bad, you can only see the bad around you'
Ruqaiyya failed to see the genuine intentions that went behind Jodha's prayers for her. I can understand her stomping and fuming about the fact that the truth had been kept from her. However, the fact that she tore off the dhaagaa that her husband/Jodha had brought for her dipped her character even further!
RUQAIYYA-JALAL
This scene was Jalal all the way!
The manner in which he is sorry at first.
Sweet next
and then mischievous at the end.
God Ruqaiyya, you are going to be losing out on all this (at least from a friend, if not a husband) by the atrocity you are committing!
SPLASH SPLASH
Its 26c in London (and its quite hot for London temperatures) Watching that 2 minute scene only made the 3:30 noon feel hotter!
I don't know whether Rajat rehearsed how he was supposed to splash that water and/or how he was supposed to look, but God - he nailed it!
That orange sword dress suits him to a T.
I hate those oversized down-to-the-ankle coats he wears otherwise!
I also loved the glimpses of that protective husband 'I want to avenge every drop of blood that Jodha Begum shed in my defence!'
In front of Jodha, it was all praise and hunar and hassi-mazaak about her sword fighting skills - however, its obvious that behind her back he is fretting for her.
Many shades this Emperor has! Wish the makers regularly utilized all shades of him.
JALAL-JODHA
This scene was Jodha all the way. I was wondering how after that sizzling spalsh-a-thon by Jalal, would Jodha match up to the hotness factor on screen. Well, she couldn't. So, she came up with the cuteness factor instead.
The manner in which she stumbled for the right words to say 'Namaz' and 'Dua'. The manner in which her face depicted such eagerness to learn how to pray according to the Islamic customs.
I loved her lively expressions as she tied the dupatta on - and watch how awed Jalal is when she is doing that!
(We need more scenes like this, please...pronto!)
Following that, the beautiful Allah-ho song in the backdrop with Jodha learning the art of praying from her husband. Watch how she is trying to concentrate on the prayer, ensure her dupatta doesn't fall off, make sure she's doing it right and not be bowled over by her husband's looks at the same time.😉
What a treat this was!
I loved the end to it all, Jalal's grave expressions when he notices the scratch on her hand!
Beautiful episode!
Edited by lashy - 11 years ago