Sorry Harshu i could not reply yesterday as there was problem in my net connection and it is fixed just now. As usual your analysis is superb for a superb episode.
What does the great emperor under the influence expected jodha to sing in royal court? She can't sing a bhajan which the mughal court can't understand its sanctity. Whatever she was taught from childhood and brought in the pride of rajput clan only she knows!!! In a war win or loss is quiet normal. If amer lost in the war it doesn't mean her clan is totally useless nd mughal's r great! So she has her inner pride that her clan has ethics in war unlike mughals as sharifuddin killed suryabhan by back stabbing only. If one war the ameri's lost it doesn't mean they r weak and for that forever their future generations have to shut their mouth and can't sing the praise of her clan.
Before chiding jodha for her unruly behaviour is it correct for an emperor to make his newly married bride (which everybody knows he married her as war ki tofa and as an intention to keep the brave clan to be on his side) stand in front of the bhaari sabha to sing??? And as a disgusted bride who doesn't want to see even his face sing or look at him with respect even to please her mother in law who was new and showed some affection on the 2nd day itself? Her hatred is more than her respect to her mother in law's affection showered on her in one day.
That too for a girl who was brought up as favourite of all the family suddenly brought into a fish market like harem with so many begums! . Though the rajput kings also had more than one wife here it is a big market with hundreds of begums which is totally new environment to her
I liked beautiful jodha's interaction with ruqaiyya. Initially dreaming about scary jalal in her hojra and later cooled down to see ruqaiyya wiping her sweat she looked beautiful with her expressions through eyes. Very patiently listened to all her bakwasa and proud talk that how she came into the harem or brought into harem by jalal and how he will forget her like any other valuable thing after he gets her i think made jodha think seriously about her future course of action with jalal. Here ruquiyya in a way helped jodha to decide her future course of action. Later after all her talk with pride to jodha and her bang on answer to ruq that she has no talab for jalal and she doesn't want him by all means shocking ruq.
Later the interaction with jalal in her hojra as she already heard of jalal's greatness as a lustful man by ruqiyya was in a horrifying mood and it is natural for her to be afraid of him however brave she is and that too in front of a man who was totally drunk. Still she answered him presenting her point of view in singing that song which she knew. But he totally threatened her that he would make her life a hell and even tried to assault her with his advances but luckily withdrew in last minute.
It is but natural for her that he wanted to marry her in return to save amer. But how can we say that she wanted to have a happy marital relationship with him and her dialogues r not sensing like that to me. She expected at least to live her life in kanha's prayer peacefully in the harem. But he totally made her upset and disgusted by saying that he will insult her in private naturally make her horrified by his revelations. I took it that way.
The last scene of mansingh came to see her after the day before incident at jashan she already warned him from what she came to know as she was also new to the harem rules. ruquiyya further threatened her and scared what would be the punishment to masingh for this entry into harem. All these incidents what effect do they have on a girl even if she was brought up in a royal family with all dignity and the house she entered is totally different? How can she be so bent and bent and behave cool and in dignified manner when her mood was totally upset and she never faced these situation in her myaka in her 16 yrs life?
Precap scene is drool worthy may be for some but i never felt it like that as it is a bitter experience for a girl who doesn't want her parents to know the real relationship or his intention to marry her and feel upset. She is in such a situation of utter dissatisfaction and he wanted to play with her emotions.
But both acted very well and both looked like a made for each other couple though hating each other for now. The chemistry even in hatred in this episode in every scene is superb. Parijath looked awesome whenever they r in one frame. Mansingh was superb in his interaction with jalal as a brave boy shocking notonly jalal but all the courtiers. He might have felt he brought not one but two hard nuts iron balls from amer as war ki trophies he he!!
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