Friends, what can I say? We already knew that we would have to bear with this horrendous episode yesterday because Jalal was about to announce his marriage to the much-hated Benazir! But little did we know that the whole episode was going to be nothing but Benazir, Benazir, Benazir ...
... it was Benazir at the city streets, Benazir at the suicide well, Benazir at the Diwan-e-Khas and Benazir at the receiving end of Jalal's marriage announcement ... and finally Benazir again in the precap, apparently threatening to go with Jalal on a pre-nikah trip to some far-off dargah (as Jodha begs Salima for help in quashing her plans!)
How much more Benazir do you all want, folks? Had enough yesterday or want even more today? Because I am sure we are going to have yet another episode today again with at least 15-22 minutes of ... you guessed it, Benazir!
I am sure today's episode is going to be Benazir seducing jalal at the dargah, Benazir getting close to bite Jalal, Benazir being shoved out of the way by Jodha, Benazir biting Jodha, and then Benazir giving a last guffaw and high-pitched scream as she is either neutralised by Jalal, or just drops dead on her own in a decorative way!
One thing I am sure about is that this may be the last episode of Benazir this Friday from the way things look. (This is based on some consoling "blurting out" by the Zee Response Desk Operator when I pretended to sob and sounded like I was contemplating suicide myself if the Ben track continued!)
Accha, regarding the precap ... a few days ago a spoiler picture appeared of this Salima wearing some Rajvanshi clothes! I thought it was just some random picture of her, but now I suspect - as per the precap - that Jodha will run to Salima for help with handling Ben before she can bite and kill Jalal. (Salima may be the only one willing to help Jodha, and I want to give her a kiss for that!)
I have some sneaky feeling that either Salima and Jodha may switch places (whereby Salima has to wear Rajvanshi clothes and Jodha may wear Mughal clothes) ... or else both Salima and Jodha may dress up as bandhis and try to follow the hand-holding Ben and Jalal to the far-off dargah ... so that Jodha can in the nick of time do the most Ekta-ish dramatic save of Jalal by taking the poisonous bite herself.
It will be great if Salima is at hand at that time to give Jalal running commentary about the great act that Jodha has done to save his life ... and if Salima shouts at Jalal to save Jodha before its too late etc. that will be even better. Since Jalal is already a brainless and confused soul, he may need Salima's running commentary and exhortations before he comes awake to all that is happening at the dargah perhaps?
That was my imagination at work, folks, on what may happen today, based on the precap of yesterday plus the spoiler pic of Salima in Rajvanshi clothes!
Anyway for thoose who missed it, or wish to have another big dose of Benazir in action here's what happened yesterday ... please don't miss my expert comments at the end of the last section!
Ben goes to the city and gets stoned!
(No this is not about how ben takes drugs, its about how she got stones thrown at her in the city.)
She also got kicked, dragged and manhandled badly, all thanks to Maham who was the master of the whole orchestra. Seeing Ben and her baandhi trying to leave the palace and make a run of it, Maham got a brainwave of how she could twist the whole "Jodha-vishkanya-accusation-of-helpless-Ben situation" to advantage.
She told Ben to proceed to the dargah, but instructed her sipahis to ensure that the public (who adored Jalal) were told that Ben was actually a vile vishkanya from Abul Mali's harem come to Agra to bite and kill Jalal. She knew the public ire would go out of control and the public would lynch Ben.
Exactly what she planned happened. But she was not to know that an even smarter Ben had an even smarter idea.
The resourceful Ben ran from the city street into a forested area with a big well in it, and jumped into the well in a "well-faked" suicide attempt (pardon the pun) ... even as some thin sipahis dredged out her big body with all hands on deck (so to speak). A wet and soaking Ben, covered in a shawl and accompanied by a shawl-covered baandhi, then made their appearance at the Diwan-e-Khas where it seems Maham had assembled everybody to witness the pathetic spectacle that Ben presented!
Ben baits and hooks the big fish!
(No this is not about what Ben ate for dinner, its about how she got Jalal to say he would marry her!)
At the DEK, a scowling Jalal asked Ben why she tried to commit suicide. The bedraggled Ben said "Already as a bandhi I am at the lowest social level, but now I have fallen even further (if that could be achieved)".
Both Maham and Ruq took turns to curse Jodha roundly and soundly for putting "poor Ben" in this sorry plight, the butt of society's ire and the object of public degradation. Ben wore a mournful look and told an angrier looking Jalal that she now wanted her head cut off as nothing could be worse than what she had gone through for Jodha's faulty accusations. Maham cluck-clucked and said she would have to try and get Ben married, but Ben said "Who will want to marry me? Unless of course, the Shahenshah himself marries me, there's no hope for me!" (Ha!)
The Khas Begum of the Shahenshah, Ruq, who had earlier been prepared by Maham to expect some such fireworks at the DEK, was all ready to put in her two bits at this stage to Jalal. (It was her bright idea that since there were only three Khas-ish begums at the top of the harem hierarchy, Jodha could be toppled from these lofty heights if Ben were to find a place there instead of Jodha.) So Ruq immediately started lecturing Jalal on the duties of a Shahenshah - which included marriage as one of the measures by which to help destitute women find a place of dignity in society.
Jalal looked like he didn't quite like the idea, because he kept asking "Is it really OK for me to marry a baandhi? Surely I can't?" But both Ruq and Maham told him he not only can, but he should. Jalal looked checkmated and looking at Jodha made him further acutely aware of needing to set right the "wrong" that Jodha had done to Ben (out of jealousy, as he liked to think!). So promptly he said "Okay, get Ben ready for the marriage with me. Even if poor Hakim couldn't go through with his marriage, I'll go through with mine!" (What's the connection, boss?)
Jodha tried to squawk in between that Jalal couldn't do this as Ben was indeed a vishkanya, and as a patni she couldn't watch her husband meet his end this way. But Jalal silenced her by saying "When have you ever been a real wife to me - to now want to save your pati? Bas! Not a word more!"
Ben, Maham and Ruq looked like a trio that had won some match. Hamida looked ... well, like nothing in particular, just arched her eyebrows a bit. Jodha looked scalped. Atga and Co. sitting around the sabha looked like this was an everyday happening.
My comments on the whole episode yesterday:
(I don't have words for how wonderful it was, so here are my heartfelt feelings ...)
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