Originally posted by: sweet_diksha
Do we really leave in 21st century? No, I m not asking it to anybody particular as such... Coz this was the question I asked myself yest, after the episode , when I had a fight with my own brother... he mocked the episode, specially Salima when she was shown to take Rahim tied on her back and fights the war... But while mocking , my brother simply forgot one thing, that he has taken fight on his sister that is me... and yes, he paid for that... coz after that he couldn't watch any of the programme he wanted to watch, as I took off the card from set top box and so the TV was out of service, till he said sorry... Later I gave back the card, but with one small advice, never mess up with me for anything...later my mom asked me, ok ,u fought with him, and being ur brother he too accepted that he shouldn't have mocked like that, but how u will react with outsiders?? Coz even today, there r many men who can't take a woman as their boss or don't like the superiority of women...
I know mom was right... coz I face this thing daily... and frankly, I have very sweet relationship with both my siblings , and such fights we have many times, coz my bro is gr8 prankster and I m his usual target...
Friends, We so usually talk of equality... where it is? And I won't blame only men for that... Let's be true to ourselves... How many woman in today's era r independent , not just with their careers but even in decision making of their own lives? Fortunately , I have got that freedom , I live my life on my own terms, with a fantastic career and a very loving family... But this is true that my very dear friend doesn't enjoy this freedom, even when she is financially independent...i have seen her always in two minds, so has she lost her confidence in herself...why so?
No friends, I m not in any philosophical mood , but yest night after the episode , I visited forum and few takes left me shocked... why so much hatred, that too for a character of the show? And this hatred / mocking of Jo's character was mostly from girls...
Why still many of us want that a male lead of the show should always be a superhero, and a female lead should be a supportive to a male lead??? And if we want her to be supportive to that of our dream hero, how can we even call her lead character... Coz if any one character is expected to be USP of the show, then every other character will be supportive...and if both r lead then both should be treated the same way...
I know , here many will complain that, if that is the case, then why Jodha is doing all herogiri and why Jalal is shown fool??? But no, I don't think, he is shown a fool... I feel he is simply shown a human , and that's what is not acceptable to many of us... coz we see our dream man in Jalal , and expect that he should be a superhero... And superhero should be with all super powers, he is just not accepted to show his human side, coz humans r thought as weak ppl, and superheroes r avatar of GOD...
Another question is , they r killing Jalal / Akbar's character... in history , he was never like this... Then, do we really want to see real history? If yes, then why we have problem with his relationship with Ruku or any other woman? Coz whether we like it or not , the truth is that he was very close to Ruku, always, and for all her life she stayed as his chief consert...
I m not blaming anybody... but why we can't just enjoy these things? Why we r always trying to find out some or other mistake , and that too only in Jodha's character... And I m asking this even to myself, coz even i many time say such things...
Anyway, coming back to yest episode... Just loved it... and truly watched it at least 10 times... and no , this is not a joke... and what I loved... Then I loved everything... I loved MA, I loved Ruku, loved HB,, GB, GA, loved MB, Zakira , loved Salima, , but mostly I loved both Jalal and my Jodha...
I loved Jalal, coz he felt so much as a human , than a superhero... a 22 boy king, who certainly is not a fool... who is king of a kings...who at such young has everything with him, power, wealth , and anything any man would dream of... but there was a child inside him that craved for the relations he can hold on... and now when he knew he had one older sister, he wants her to take that place in his life... He is not fool to try to convince her to last hope... Coz nothing is wrong in hoping... His fate had made him suffer a lot and stay alone in his childhood, and now when he can see new relations in his life he is just trying to grab it... There is nothing wrong in that... If Nigar can't understand what a gem her brother is, then she is unfortunate... Coz she has tried his patience , and now when she will know the truth, when she will be proved wrong, this same brother is going to be there to console her, with his head held high, but then it will be her who won't be able to meet his eyes... Jalal ll be right where he has been always... the mighty Shehenshah who is loved , supported and respected by all...
And then my dear Jo... what strength she showed...she fought for her self respect, but more than that she fought for her husband's honour... had it been the case of just her self respect, I m sure she would have chosen Jauhar, not war... but when she decided to fight, it was more coz now she is not just a woman, she is a Begum of a mighty Shehenshah who loves and trusts her as his soul... how could have she given up without fight?
Anyway this was how I feel abt Jalal and Jodha in my mind... but even what CVs have shown , I just loved it... Mali's character was just like those , who take woman for granted , like she is a plaything... I don't understand how can anybody underestimate the strength a woman posses? How can anybody forget, that if a woman holds the strength to give birth to a kid, then she also holds the strength to fight for he own... Just like a woman can make a world, she even can break that world... Mali made same mistake ... He underestimated woman power, and so he has to face the consequences...
And I must appreciate CVs for the way they showed every woman present there, making herself useful in this war against the devil, in her own possible way... so different methods used, but so much logical... yes, if the fight is btw the men, we will certainly expect it to be by using the weapons, so when the women r fighting, it was really so perfect that they r using those weapons with which they r more used to ... Simply superb...