This is, without the least doubt, the cutest set of animated faces that I have ever seen. I am still laughing at their synchronised antics with their caps! Thanks a million for liking this post so much, and for unearthing this delightful, ( literally) moving tribute for my delectation!
Your comments are all, as usual, well thought out and thus convincing. But the ones I liked the best are those about the need to embrace change, let the old go and welcome the new, as taught to us by nature during the autumn season, and the characteristically acerbic quotation from George Bernard Shaw. Lovely stuff!
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Originally posted by: Deepasub
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Another splendiferous analysis.
As you have said the Shahi Wedding was definitely a concoction of tantalizing masala. Guess it warranted such a fare given the Aan Baan Shaan of the Rajputs and the Shahi twisted Style of the Mughals.
Yes, it was the splendid Chess tournament and most significant one in the 15th Century. And the game, match and tournament went to one and only Jalal, who etched his foot to proclaim the as "Shahenshah".
It was the most valuable game won by Jalal if events were to be stripped for a more in-depth postmortem analysis. Indeed Jalal was not in romance with Jodha nor with Amer. It was just a political move to infiltrate into Rajputana land.
I call it MBA - Marriage by agreement and not Marriage by accident. Anybody could be a trained warrior, but to be a leader, an Emperor, one in a million is chosen by destiny. And that chosen one at that point was Jalal, whether he knew it not not. But he did portray a more mature role than anyone could have anticipated.
The "Muh Dikhayi" was awesome checkmate by Jalal. Indeed he wanted to show the face and head to that piqued princess who wanted to cut his head. Indeed he is amused to see Jodha face and probably wondered what her thoughts would be to realise that she will have to place the varmala over the same head she wanted slayed.
Agree completely with you regarding the weakness as portrayed by Jodha. She was brave initially for her father the King to do the needful to save the people of the land. But after discovering that her future is going to be bound with her meanest enemy she seems to be bickering like a spoilt child.
And the two sharaths/conditions put forth, she thought she could escape herself and but forgot about the kingdom. This might be her weakness to self preserve her pride. Yes Paridhi did do a splendid act just like Rajat did. It was like the clash of the Titans tainted by the fading color of the dividing curtain. I agree that the movie JA had a better scene at this than the serial.
Maham, her son Adham and Shareefuddin are the Tridev of conspiracy against Jalal. They dig every stone and aim at Jalal. Maham, as you said is probably blaming herself vehemently for cajoling him to take decisions. Yes, her hold on him was slowly slipping away. A slithering snake as she was or she thought she was, trended the most slippery of surfaces. Jalal proved that he could face anything as the Shahenshah no matter what the personal relationship was. Finally he was emerging from the shell reminding me of the essence of an egg. When we break the egg, we kill a life, but when the egg breaks itself it brings out a new life.
Yes, agree that they could have shown more of the Rajasthani wedding rituals than fill in the gap wala epidsodes. I did read long long back about the custom of the mangalsutra. It was not part of every wedding ritual. But the sindoor, vows and the saat phere in the presence of elements of nature (fire,earth, water, air and aakash) are. So I was not surprised when the lagaam/mangalsutra was not included.
The wedding itself was splendid the costumes and aerial shots as you mentioned was needed and made it grand.
Yes the ending was amusing with the shoe hiding custom.
All I could think without forseeing the future is Marriage is an institution. Seeing Jalal's eagerness to taunt Jodha's false pride and Jodha's stance to face it per her conditions, reminded me of
the following saying.
"When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part." George Bernard Shaw.
Yes it looked like the season for fashion. The fashion for passion. But the passion was concocted not out of love but out of insanity for one to tame another's false pride and the other to punish the enemy who had tainted the holy land.
Again as I mentioned it was the clash of the titans. I have discounted all the bickering and nagging and all the extra acts by extra actors that did not add any value but eat away prime time for viewers to view some superb performances by Rajat and Paridhi.
Last but not the least, it left this thought in my mind yesterday, as I walked along with my son in the local woods. Lessons need to be learnt from the past and the present. And where else to learn it from than mother nature, as I watched the autumn turning leaves to bright orange and yellow, showing us how lovely it is to let the dead things or old things go and embrace the change.
Loved reading your other posts too. Sorry aunty short of time. So will try to post my thoughts whenever I can.
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