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Note: Spoiler included below, so if you want to skip, the now is the time. 😊
Abruptly edited scenes with the closure we wanted not shown to anybody's satisfaction usually means that the leads will have several dreamy moments when they reminisce. ...Yes, Jalal in his bath, Jodha glowingly recounting to manner-less Moti how lovely everything was. CVs sometimes spread these out for weeks till the next grand misunderstanding.
To me, it looked like Jodha hasn't quite made up her mind about Jalal as a soulmate. She's still doing a postmortem on why she feels strange things when she thinks of him. I like this dignified slow and steady approach. Love stories take time to be told and this is a good time to put the brakes on. Else, according to some history, Jodha is pregnant very soon after this and that would mean the end of Jodha Akbar the show...The JA that is not complete without Maham Anga meeting Ruqaiya after every JoJa success to wind her up and set her off.
There may also be flashbacks of Jalal's meeting with TodarMal... that is if Jalal has the time to spare from observing his Begums and their interactions in the harem. Bakshi Banu's pregnancy and new spoilers about Jodha organising a 'grand godh bharai' ceremony for her can only mean it's another ideal recipe for more mischief from Maham Anga.
No, no. I am quite happy to wait till Jodha body,mind and soul finds herself trusting herself to Jalal. He is a good Shahenshah in her words, but it will take a bit more for her to accept him as her husband. I know, this is a sixteenth century royal house where queens do the bidding of the emperor and don't really have a choice. But the way CVs have chosen to tell this story - it is a meeting of the souls of equals. Mutual respect and trust play a big part in this and it can never be rushed. Four days out and about is not enough to form lasting impressions or opinions. That would be dangerous to one's romantic health. The feelings one has on an adventure trip like this are different to what one feels when back at home. If Jalal and Jodha can still feel these 'feelings' in the harem, surrounded by all their darling conspiratorial enemies and bad memories, then they will know that they are truly in love.
Meanwhile, Salima Begum is all set to lend Jodha a hand in sorting out her feelings fresh from this trip. Hamida Banu is what...knitting? ...for Salim already. ... which makes me think...oh wait... what if... after Jalal went outside the khema and looked at Jodha and Jodha woke and looked at him...and then CUT! ... what really happened? ... Forget trying to sort out emotional wants and feelings...sometimes passion and the starry night scented with jasmines can lead to other things...
Anupamaa
