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Originally posted by: Rak014

Maddy! I was eagerly waiting for this post from you!🤗
Amazing post!!👏


The fiery princess Jodha: Let me begin with the Jodha-the princess of amer. Do you remember the first scene where she was introduced? She steps out of mahal and saves a Pigeon.How wittily she defendes herself for her actions! That was the MY Jodha! witty,intelligently mahaan(not foolishly mahaan),brave,fiery,so princessly!

She was the princess who took an oath to place jalal-ud-din's sar at kali maa's head, when whole india shivered at the very name of him!

She was the princess who stopped Abdul from being butchered by giving witty reasons like,"He is our enemy and we can extract information from him",not reasons like,"Life is precious".

She was the princess who gave a bag full of coins to that lady at mathura market to buy a dupatta which was not worth it,just beacuse that lady had hurt her self-respect!
I miss her so much! 😭

The fiery Jodha begum: That firmness in jodha's face during the whole marriage sequence.How can someone forget that?😳
On the first night of their marriage, Jalal revealed his real intentions behing marrying her. That fear in her eyes! A princess royally and delicately brought up by her parents had landed in the arms of a person who claimed to have no heart and seeked revenge from her! Imagine her plight! But the braveness and fieryness in her never declined. She still was strong,brave. Brave enough to openly sing a song in valor of rajputs at shahenshah jalaluddin's bhari darbar!
She answered Rukaiyya right at her face when Ruakiyya came taunting her.But now?
I terribly miss all that!😭😭
Everybody at Agra tried to demean her,EVERYBODY(except HB and Salima),but her self-respect was strong enough to shut them up!😳
That scene where she hands that farmaan to jalal and asks him to release moti!
Ayo,How can i forget that sword fighting scene? Tell me the name of any one woman in Akbar's harem who pointed sword right at jalaluddin muhammad's heart?

The Jodha begum with softened but yet a brave heart: The first scene where i saw jodha's heart softening towards Jalal was the scene where she cooks dinner for him! 😳
When Rukaiyya came taunting Jodha because Jalal spent previous night excahnging knowledge with her, she rightly answered her back and shur her up! She was no doormat to Ruku.
The badal-kajri track!⭐️ where Jodha reflected her simplicity by dressing as a commoner!

Jalauddin muhummad's Jodha begum: After returning from Amer, jalal-Jodha shared a relationship which we were expecting to see,which lasted only for few days untill ruku started her fake pregnancy natak!🤢

Jodha Begum,whom i found harder and harder to get connected with Rukaiyya's fake pregnancy! This is where MY Jodha's self respect was butchered.Every Queenly character of hers was butchered!😡
She was made a doormat for ruku.

She no longer could recognise enemies wround her, or was no longer witty enough to understand real intentions behind Rukaiyya's act of faking pregnancy!

She no longer cared for her self-respect and let rukaiyya shout at her though the fault wasnt hers.

And this is where she started behaving foolishly mahaan.

Jodha Begum,with whom i cannot get connected anymore: The damages done to characterisations of Jodha in the previous tracks were redeemable to an extent. But now?
I find it really hard to get connected to the Jodha we are getting right now.😕 The character is severely butchered and side-lined.

Summing up:

Jodha is no doubt one of the most interesting women in Mughul history. Hailing from an entirely different cultural background, she managed to sustain and emerge out as a politically influential woman in mughul sultanate even after being threatened by her husband, who intially intended to seek revenge from her. I can only see her Uniqueness in all this.
Akbar had so many begums in his harem, her uniqueness is what made him fall in love with her. I find her the most interesting character of this show.

Its sad that when Cv's have a fascinating character like this in the female lead role, they chose to show us Rukaiyya over her. Its sad that a character like Rukaiyya(whom i have no interest in) is glorified at the cost of characterisation of such a strong feamle lead.

The MUZ, who owned other three ritles(though none of them were showed), and commanded 12000 cavalry and was a powerful business woman is shown singling loris and Bhajans here.

Nothing is left for me to watch in this serial nor discuss about its currrent state.


A tribute to Paridhi for bringing jodha alive onscreen:

The Jodha that we got till now whom we fell in love with, was only because of Paridhi.😃
She was perfect as jodha. She reflected elegency and Royalaity in every inch of her body.

She FLAWLESSLY depicted every emotion of Jodha, right from her fieryness as a princess,her helplessness in the initial days at agra,her hatred for Jalal, her bravery to stand up against Jalal as a begum, her softness and tenderness towards Jalal, her love for Jalal,her helplessness in front of ruku(CV's😡),and now her motherly emotions towards her son salim.😊 we are lucky to have Paridhi as Jodha.

And lastly, thanks a ton for giving us(Jodha fans) a platform to pour out our love for Jodha and frustrations for butchering her charcter!😃

PS: IF I START TALKING ABOUT RUKAIYYA, YOU KNOW THAT I WILL NEVER SHUT UP.😆
SO, THIS POST IS ALL RESERVED FOR MY JODHA!!

Originally posted by: chandgothia

wats this maddy?

Originally posted by: Cleo12345

Wonderful... Heartfelt post Maddy. I felt like I was reading a eulogy speech. Maybe it is, because they have killed Jodha by killing her spirit.

It is so unfair to the real queen to be depicted like this. We are aware of the attempts by zealots to remove her name from history...they were successful to some extent. Entertainment Media (starting from Mughal-e-Azam days) brought her back in our minds and discussions ...but unfortunately, the same media is trying to turn her into someone who wasn't worth remembering.

I want to write so much about the reel Jo who won our hearts. Her beauty, courage, hunars ( here I hv to agree with Jalal...she was one talented woman)and above all...she had a will to survive in the most adverse of situations, the most hostile environments, against the most deadly opponents. I am a Jodha supporter and not ashamed of being called a feminist because of that...because I AM...a busy feminist...I don't really have the time to join the rest for "causes" like the right to kiss in public or the right to wear the clothes of our choice...I pick and choose my battles...therefore, submissively follow the accepted dress codes ( bikini only on a beach/pool and business formals at work) and etiquettes (kissing inside four walls if it makes others uncomfortable) of my surroundings...but I do take time to speak for a woman's right to be treated with respect...a woman's right to be shown respectfully and honestly on a medium that has been proven beyond doubt to influence the mindset of people.

I stopped watching the show too...not worth wasting my precious 22mins on a constipated looking manipulative woman...but my love and respect for another valiant queen with a tender heart does not let me break free from the story. Just for her, I tried to make another attempt to try to understand the reasons behind her drastic transformation in this show...this time, I removed the bias that the CVs prefer Ruk's character over hers and just focused on studying Jodha's behavior. Though badly written and directed, a few things that stand out... there is someone in the team who has seen a victim of spousal abuse up, close and personal. He or she is probably not aware of this, but this is a classic transformation in a lot of women after years of abuse. Their spirit is broken...they blame themselves for things going wrong...they subconsciously try to appease(forgive) the most cruel ones around them...they start believing that being submissive is the safest way to be. I think that this presentation is not deliberate...the intention was drama and the moolah resulting from it...but I do get a nagging feeling that someone's experience and inner demons are shining through the rotten depiction. Don't know much abt the people who influence the storyline of this show...but someone needs help so they can stop the spread of this fear and negativity that good rarely triumphs over evil. Not all gifted women get cowed down like this...we know for sure that the real one finally got the appreciation she deserved.

More later ...Getting ready to go out for lunch...Will certainly follow this thread closely and share more on Jo's characterization when I get a chance.😊

Maddy, thanks for making this thread. We shouldn't sideline our Jo and give all forum screenspace to D1.😉