Ragamalika of Jodha Akbar - Page 9

Originally posted by: rpeez

Ok, so I have read and liked your post.

First criteria ... complete.

Read the part 2 5 times, just to guage my own feelings and trying to form a response for such a magnificent post

Oh thanks so much 🤗 I am touched you would take so much effort.

I am just speechless Divi,👏 what can I say, this is not the kind of posts I am used to.

Oh thanks so much .. this means a lot

So very quickly, the scenes that came to my mind, while reading about the posts.

Pahaari - The scene where an indulgent Jalaal looks at his Jodha beghum knee deep in harem responsibilities. Though, there was nothing playful or pensive about this scene, it needs a lot of security on a man's part to appreciate the fact that there would be times when, he wouldn't be the center of Universe for her. And yes the scene after it was playful indeed.

Oh what a unique scene choice ... he was so proud of her ... and it was the first time Jodha ran after him as she missed him ...

Bhimpalasi - The first sword fight, though Jodha's passion wasn't as evident as Jalaal's, this scene did figure in her mind, while she thought she was dying after drinking Ben's poison. Batti jali zaroor thi, bas thodi late thi...

Kya connection hai ... yes the sword fight was awesome ... she just didn't want to admit her feelings ... but as they say in a near death situation it comes together

Khamaaj - The FB scene by Yamuna river, while the tiny tiff between Jalaal and Jodha made it playful, the casual ease between Jalaal and Jodha, heretofore, never shown, made it romantic.

Oh yes ... that was so nice. And we were wondering where they managed to have such a nice casual scene without us

Yaman - The confrontation during Sujamal track. Jalaal was gloriously majestic, and all that violence, indicated the extent to which he felt betrayed, because truly, he had thought, that for him, Jodha was the one for him. In case of Jodha, of course, when she drank poison for Jalaal.

Oh yes ... it was one of the most majestic performances of Jalal ... and yes the vishpaan was the same for Jodha

Desh - The scene, where Jalaal joins TM to fight the bandit during the Badal-Kajri track. The fact, that, Jalaal was itching to fight,because, he couldn't just stand by and leave a man to his fate, the very same man, who had aided his enemy, was indicative of the fact that he would always help a person, no matter who he was, and the fact that Jodha helped him take the decision, showed that she would do the same.

Awesome! Awesome! Dil khush kar diya ... hamara TM! Yes, it was fantastic partnership and commitment to people in that moment

And brilliant selection of songs...👍🏼

Thanks so much Raksha! Loved the scenes that jogged your mind

Originally posted by: al_pal

Divya you have such effect on paddy 😆,she posted vm in her thread a beautiful one 😊

Originally posted by: Rashmi81

You mentioned about Raag bhairav and bhairavi.Thanks to google and I researched on the songs which fall in this category .And the one I liked was from Do aankhen Barah Haat.

"ae Malik tere bande hum ,

Aise ho hamare karam.

Neki par chale "

Beautiful song ... wow, I am so glad my post inspired so many people to do research with Mr. Google

Now if you see from JA perspective this is Jodha 's song.As she always believes in what this song says.She is a believer in this theory that I am god's child and I have to always do good work or "Neki" irrespective who is in front of me.As when I die ,I will happily close my eyes with no baggage to carry next birth.She is good to Ruku or Maham ,who have always plotted against her.Even too an animal like Khyber.

And now look at this song from MA 's POV.MA was all her life behind power.To get what she wanted she used all means ,even killed people.She forgot someone above is the most powerful,But in the end what happened ?,the person for whom she did all this died.Today that person whom she hated the most is caring for her .In the end when she dies ,she will be in the arms of that little boy whom she misused all her life but he always loved her unconditionally more than his mother.

Had for few moments ,MA realized her mistakes long back,had she ever thought about Almighty ,the story would have been different today.Now she goes from his world with a guilt too that had she been fair to this lovely couple Jajo ,she could now face the lord .

Absolutely! 👏 What a beautiful description of Jodha and MA ... very relevant in the past week as we have seen the Jodha-MA interactions

Originally posted by: ngayou

Divya, brilliant post. You ve done some indepth research on all scenes & their moods in relation to raagas. Let me confess that though I have had some training in both vocal carnatic & veena playing, am an aragura gnanasuniyam bcos both were aborted in the early varnam stage itself unfortunately. Anyways, what I mean to say is my raaga knowledge is quite limited & Hindustani raagas am not that familiar though I ve listened to them too. I d have liked to write too some of the scenes I liked in JA connecting them to raagas, but now, JA just doesn't hold that same magic or inspiration for me & also, I admit, am too lazy to think & write about it 😆 . But I really really appreciate the amount of time & energy u ve spent on giving us this beautiful ragamalika post 👏 😳 .

Originally posted by: divyavm

Thanks for pointing it out ... or else I would have never found out

Originally posted by: PadBear

I know...Divy has defeated me with Raagas! But now I know why I need raagas to appreciate them.

Pals! Thanks for telling Divy. 😆 Appreciate it. 😳