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I might not get to see Jalal the Great Shehenshah too much these days ... But, today you could definitely see Jalal the Great Husband ... Rajat's Jalal shows the nuances of loving and caring for your wife so well whether it is in anger, melting care, or nok jhok. 😉😆 Jodha was a cute wife as well.
So, you likely know what is the focus of my take 5 today so here it is:
In the first interaction between Jodha-Jalal there were three things I really liked ... What a bonanza scene!
(1) Rajat's transformation from angry to melted concern ... If you watch Jalal in the scene, he very nicely moves from very angry, to upset, to completely melted ... When he says it was only his concern not his anger. 👏
I love the forehead touch between these two ... 😳
(2) Jodha knows Jalal better than Jalal himself. When Jalal protests "do you think I would have been so weak to leave the war if I knew of the baby" , I couldn't believe this was the same Jalal whose soul was saying "I would not have gone to war if I had known about the baby." Either, the CVs are again being inconsistent or Jodha knows Jalal's soul better than Jalal himself. 😆
(3) And that is how Jodha melts Jalal as well. She realizes that the Kartavya / Rajvanshi points were not calming Jalal ... She starts crying and emotional about how she wanted to share the news in the DEK and I really liked it. Liked Jodha's expressions in this scene. 😳
How I wish the CVs would throw the word kartavya and Rajvanshi out of the Akdha personal interactions! These words and strength would have looked great convincing Jalal to fight with Nigaar but seemed out of place today. I wish it had been "I cannot be your weakness as I love you and want to see you as a great ruler" instead of "As a Rajvanshi woman, I cannot be your weakness." Because in the end of the day, it was the more loving, emotional words that convinced Jalal.
(4) The nok jhok between Jodha-Jalal: I liked it for it being natural ... With Jodha insisting on working and Jalal saying "Jodha won't listen". Liked how Jodha fake rootofied and Jalal cutely manofied and Jodha's smile to admit she was appeased. 😊
And, I loved the way Jalal ordered Moti Bai to take care of Jodha. It is about time they stopped talking like best friends.😉
(5) CVs can show extremely amazing logic when they want to ... See, if they wanted to they could have Nigaar reveal Maham Anga's role and wrap up a track in a logical manner. But, they save such logic for dreams.
Question of the day: Why did Jalal look shocked when he heard of the twins? 😉
A few guesses:
- He already knew it would be tough to get time with Jodha ... With twins, forget about it!
- How many Rajvanshi, kartavya trained children can he handle
- He was worried who would sit on the throne
- He was worried how he had only one male name and female name settled ... Which might not apply
In the meantime, we can sing "Ek Lo Ek Muft" from Guru to Jodha and Jalal. 😆
