Originally posted by: myviewprem
JA is going down so much that nowadays so much that loyal viewers also do not watch it anymore
The last one week is pathetic since Salim left for some budi dadi house - this track is an unbelievable crap with a crown prince a son so wanted by Akbar sent to cook, sweep, mop at age of 7-8 years to learn about life?
Any small 5 year old child knows a king shall never give such a big punishment to a son Akbar loved and adored so much at that small age for lying and running off scene. More than Salim Akbar should be punished for creating fear psychosis in his son's mind. Did Humayun bring up Akbar like that or Bairam Khan? No Akbar would do whatever not bothered about father foster father. So why has he created this fear psychosis in Salim mind? So although Akbar should punish Salim this punishment is too harsh and illogical for a crown prince. Second Akbar himself is responsible for Salim lying so again viewer cannot really feel any greatness in Akbar's punishment. Thirdly Akbar himself was no great saintly king till 35 years of age for him to accept Salim to be prim and proper at 8 years. Hence this track sounds highly unbelievable to average viewer and they cannot connect to it. All sympathy is with Salim as they feel the punishment is to satisfy an emperor ego and show to world he is a great judge. While citizens in agra do not agree with Akbar how shall viewers?
So this is what I feel can salvage the show
1) Stop Ruq giving cocaine or whatever to Salim, let her get caught for once and punished if not publicly atleast privately
2) Let Salim come back and start his studies and practice- I mean such good episodes can be shown of gurukul(remember mahabharat)
3) Show Salim more with brothers and friends than with anarkali - I mean majority viewers have seen Mughal e azam and know Salim met her when he was adult not as child. So send anar away somewhere and get her back once he is adult
4) Show jodha-akbar and salim bonding I mean how much Akbar loved his sheiku baba and hardly any bonding between them
5) Show salim bonding with hamida too
6) Do not jump to leap for another 6 months atleast keep it kid phase and give prominence to jodha Akbar and salim not to salim and anarkali