Harshu, you have presented an awesome analysis of a very very nice episode.
I wish that the actress enacting the old Moti Bai was never replaced. She did a very good job as Jodha's confidante and maid, with bang on expressions.
Moti's predictions have come true, we saw Jalal and Jodha doing 'bismillah' from the same thali for the very first time, eating the food specially prepared by Jodha, for her husband, as a thank you gesture. That scene was a beautiful one in which Jalal simply says 'Qubool hai', when Jodha proceeds to thank him for his magnanimous act of support during the religious conversion upheaval. The interaction between them, deserves this reaction.
I loved the conversation between Mariam Makani and Jodha where Jodha thanks the queen mother for her support on the religious matter and the latter replies saying, "Insaan ka sabse bada mazhab insaaniyat hota hai". What a supremely meaningful dialogue that was. Holds good, specially in today's times where people are senselessly killing each other in the name of religion, with no place for humanitarian feelings whatsoever.
She also reassures Jodha of her complete support on religious matters, in the future too.
( I hate to mention this now, but this particular dialogue brings to light the inconsistency in the writers and makers of JA, especially with the religious conversion issue involving the Shah of Iran in the later episodes, where it was the same Mariam Makani who made the most hideous demand of Jodha's conversion to Islam and created a nightmare for her and Jalal. )
This interaction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, also stressed on the fact that the shehenshah was a man of his words and would never have gone back on his promise of religious freedom, given to Jodha, at the time of their nikaah. This was clear from the words of the Queen mother as well as Jalal himself, during his lunch date with Jodha begum. It is this aspect of her husband's personality that is slowly beginning to thaw Jodha's mindset towards him.😊
Another dialogue that stood out was Jiji Anga telling Gulbadan Begum to prepare herself to write about the story of Jalal and Jodha. It was almost as if she had already sensed the budding love between Jalal and his hindu wife that would later on become important enough to fill pages of GB 's memoirs.
The fact that Jalal also trusts his wife, is revealed, when he simply yet firmly tells her that she needn't perform the customary food safety test on his food prior to his eating it, because she had prepared it herself and he knows that she would cause him no harm.😊
Little Rahim is adorable, very often portrayed as a naughty innocent true to his age, yet mouthing the most significant dialogues and being the catalyst in the progress of the plot.
The Angoori Bagh scene is a playful one, with Jodha addressing the moon as beautiful and Jalal focusing on Jodha's beauty instead.😉 Both of them see different facets of each other's personalities.
I loved both Paridhi and Rajat's expressions throughout the scene.
'Vanity, thy name is Rukkaiyya.' This sums up Begum-e-Khaas for us.
( We all know that this is only the beginning, the worst of Rukkaiyya is yet to come. I sincerely wish that she was portrayed as a suave villian, dignified yet quietly malicious without that overplay of hysteria which made her appear completely un-royal. )
Barring the display of Rukkaiyya's self praise, overconfidence and a false sense of prestige, this episode was a feel-good one. 😊
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