DON'T B SORRY!Today we saw one of the best episodes in the entire run of JA with a beautiful Shart scene. It will be unfortunate if we don't get a a chance to discuss, that is why in absence of Harshu, I will give a brief writeup of what happened-
Scene 1- The first confrontation of Jodha and Maham. The precious gifts are all there on the table and Maham comes over to hand a special wedding dress to Jodha. At that instant, Jodha goes into flashback mode and remembers all the misdeeds that Jalal and Mughals have done. She hurls the dress into the fire. Maham is furious and storms out of there.Good acting by Paridhi, Jodha was really a fiery princess in this scene. And Maham got a taste of it.Scene 2- Jalal sees the burnt dress and is livid. Rarely do we see him this angry. Everyone else wants to destroy Amer, but Jalal does not. He does not want to give the Ameris a chance for heroic sacrifice. He is determined though to marry Jodha and make her pay later for this insult.Rajat was his usual imperial self. He looked the part, and his simmering anger could be felt by the audience.Scene 3- Bharmal tries to convince Jodha. He is in a tough spot, he really believes that Jalal will destroy Amer if Jodha refuses. After seeing the bloodthirsty mob at Jalal's tent, his fear is justified. At that time Jalal did not agree for war, if he changed mind, destruction would follow.Anyway Jodha is convinced. Really good acting by Bharmal as the desperate father and Jodha as the princess who finally reconciles herself to her fate.Scene 4- The highlight of the episode. Bhagwandas goes to Jalal. There he is checked for security and Maham does not even return his namaste. Shows how much relations have deteriorated after the dress burning.Anyway, Bhagwandas requests Jalal to come for the meeting with Jodha, he agrees. He comes there all swagger, everyone standing as approaches, all looking at him in awe. Jodha comes, and again Jalal has this strange expression as he looks at her.Jodha puts forth her two demands. She thinks she has Jalal beaten. Our lion prances about, walking to and fro. Then he stops, looks her in the eye and says "Aapki Shatein bahut barhi hai Shezadi, par itni barhi nah Ki Hindustan ka Shehenshah, unhe poora na kar sake"Then he sits down, repeats his acceptance. Gets up again and swaggers out of the room, his retinue following behind.Checkmate Jalal. What a great scene. Rajat was fantastic, the expression and dialogue delivery perfect. Paridhi was wonderful too, the change in expression from confidence to desolation was worth watching.Final Scene-Ladies sangeet. It was an emotional scene. Perhaps others can do better justice in describing it.Tomorrow-MarriageSorry about duplication of effort. Please inform us about tomorrow so that we don't make the same mistake again.
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