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Originally posted by: RadhikaS0
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Meh is awakened, but no match for histrionics of mm and ruq.
Salima begum should learn to show support for meh publicly too.UnresHi AbhayFirst of all, i am really sorry for not being able to post all these days due to my schedule.Coming to episode, I agree with your feel of the episode. The DEK scene was 🤢 😡As I mentioned earlier too, I am watching the Hamida and Ruq scenes in mute because these are pathetic and intended to simply humiliate Jodha the way she was humiliated by Jalal and Ruq during 2013.Today too, I got the gist of what happened in the DEK from your writeup only.First, I do not understand why the matter, if any, is in the DEK.Second, if Hamida Begum is so fond of the Shah-i-Iran, Jodha should make travel arrangement s for her and pack her off to Iran permanently. Along with Ruq.Why was Hamida BEgum silent initially when the problem first started? Then she didn't even want Jalal to tell JOdha anything lest she should worry. What has changed now?Thirdly, why is Hamida so keen that war should not occur and Jodha should convert? Has she secretly made a deal with someone?Where was Hamida's anti-war sentiment hidden all these years?And the fainting was too much!! She is not leaving any form of emotional and psychological blackmail untried on Jodha. Does she deserve to be the Queen Mother and Mariam Makani?The title of MM implies that she was innocent, but the present form of MM is anything but innocent.Jodha looked like she had finally awakened to the responsibilities and the pressures of being the MEH. I was thankful that as Jodha stood in front of the scales of justice, Salima Begum came there to lend her moral support and reassure her that she was doing the right thing as the MEH.And then the awakening came on its own, like a flash of lightning, as Jodha struggled to find answers to the circumstances in which she found herself. I am thankful for this too because it would have been disappointing if Jodha had to be goaded into action by someone else always.Till the time Jodha wore the crown and strode purposefully towards the DEK, I was happy. But even in the muted scene, I could see she was too terror-struck by her towering mother-in-law to say anything. She was so petrified that even as Hamida Begum fainted (rather grossly, I felt) she could only watch but was not able to move a muscle to hold the senior lady from falling to the ground.This much was clear that Hamida BEgum had planned the whole DEK tamasha and was faking the fainting spell. The goal seemed to be to bring all round pressure on Jodha to break down and convert.Here I feel that when the pressure intensifies on Jodha to convert, then just as she is cracking under the strain, she gets a dream in which Jalal shouts talaq because she changed her religion. And this dream stops Jodha from converting and succumbing to Hamida's pressure.I do not appreciate people like Salima Begum who do not have the courage to stand by their convictions openly. She was quite proper in advising Jodha to stand upto MM in the DEK and to do justice even if it meant an increased breakdown of relations between Jodha and Hamida. I believe she was genuine in this scene based on her character graph so far.Yet this Salima Begum is too hypocritical. She is aware of everything but has not supported Jodha publicly or in front of MM even once. She could have spoken to Hamida at least once on behalf of Jodha even if she felt that the effort would be futile. After all, she has a lot of influence with MM.Even in the precap scene, she is seen to stand quietly as Gulbadan Begum raves and rants against Jodha publicly.In spite of his vast experience, even Jalal too has needed moral support and encouragement from time to time. Hasn't it occurred to Salima Begum that this is Jodha's first experience of being an MEH and that she is facing a formidable opponent - her mother-in-law.? Right now, with even Jalal away at war, Jodha has no one except Moti for comfort and support. She is facing the brunt of Jalal's decisions all alone.If, at this point, Salima Begum had declared that she was with Jodha Begum and had practised what she preached so easily to Jodha, then things may have been different.Is it possible that Salima is miffed that JAlal left the empire in Jodha's hands this time, instead of hers, as always?Hamida too may be ruffled that Jodha was now at par with her in the hierarchy and try to put her down.We all know that JJ will always be together and will never be divorced. And in the meantime, we have to put up with a lot of melodrama and unnecessary scenes of Jodha's humiliation.There's another possibility that has struck me.THis track may be the copy of the Ben track. Then Jalal will somehow get miffed with Jodha and turn to the vishkanya, just to spite Jodha.Hamida will play the part of Maham who pushes Jalal to leave Jodha and marry the vishkanya.and then just as Jalal is about to marry the vishkanya, Jodha will save him and JJ will come together again.The show is losing its charm over me. Even the AkDha scenes are not enough to recreate the early magic anymore. And esp since the war started, the show is looking even more insipid and lacklustre.The Akbar - Murad- Salim scenes were good. 😊
@blue : Well said RAdhika 👏😆 I wish i could do the same , by packing this duo away from Agra so that we can live in peace 🥱 Such they irritated me yesterday 😡
@Pink : I had this same thought , y SB doesnt support her in public 😕 May be , we should wait for this to happen for some more time in the show 🥱
@REd : Now this terrifies me 😲 Well , i could say this alone .. No one has that much patience to watch another benazir track n i sincerly hope it doesnt happen
Really i was so much irritated with that DEK scene , that i didnt even want to come to the forum yest U have said everything aptly Radhika 😳
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