Take 5: Top 5 countdown for Feb 18th

Originally posted by: divyavm

Today was a great episode ... Why would it not be one, we hardly had Ruqs and MA! 😊

So, I am going to jump to my top 5 immediately of what I loved today!

(1) Evolution of Jalal's attraction to Jodha singing: CVs like to show how characters' reactions to things change over time. When Jalal first heard Jodha's singing after the wedding, he was impressed but just smirked. Then when he told her to sing as her "punishment" he was mesmerized. Now, he is completely pulled by her singing. Its great to see the evolution in expression. It also tells you how much things get stretched in serial land- in the movie, Jalal was drawn by her singing the first time- in the serial it took a lot longer. God save us! 😉

He was drawn.😊I liked it! the scene reminded me of the movie.

(2) Jodha's apnapan with Jalal: It is great to see how close and comfortable Jodha is with Jalal now. She held him back from leaving the room - a reverse Shove in some ways. She had no hesitation in tickling him. She tried to hold him back when she he was leaving angry. From the precap, it looks like this will continue.

Some Hand romance that was😆😆😆😆 Yes without hesitation she held his hand😉

(3) Jalal's teda techniques to get Jodha to admit her feelings for him: Love that Jalal is trying multiple ways to get Jodha to admit her feelings:

- He hinted he preferred it when she held his hand

- He asked her directly whether she liked the journey or the companion - I loved his sense of humor in this scene as she called out all the ways she was avoiding the question- especially, the "Will Moti now answer my question?" 😆

And she still manges to evade his question!😆😆😆😆 Some chudail (adorable) she is!

(4) Jalal's expressions were too cute today in three specific instances:

- His laughter at his "gudgudi"

- His eagerness to hear what Jodha wanted (I think he finally thought she was going to tell her dil ki baat- more on that later)

- His natural happiness at becoming a Mamu (Rajat was awesome in changing over to sudden anger)

Yes... Who wouldn't have found in adorable in those instances..

(5) Precap: Beautiful and exciting for multiple reasons:

- An Akdha scene in the hamaam!

- Jalal doing something so personal for Jodha like drying her hair!

- A reference to the soul talk scene at the door of Death- whether this was Jodha's dream or both of theirs we will see tomorrow. I am just glad they are talking about it.

- I can't judge from Jalal's expressions whether he recognized the dream or not and I don't judge precap editing anymore- as long as they show the scene I will be happy.

The hair holding part. 22 hrs seem too long a wait... Dream or what it was am going nuts..Got to wait n see.

Honorable mention: Jodha is now a full time Mughal begum- since the Shivani track, Jodha has been totally immersed in her own parivaar, the Mughal one. It is great to see how she wants to see unity in her family, but it shows that she now refers to the Mughal family more as her own than her Rajvanshi one.

A few sidebars:

- I would personally like to believe that Jalal is more mad about Bakshi Bano and Sharif not just because they hurt any begum but Jodha Begum; or else, he should have been just as mad at Adham Khan

- I think Jalal was more angry today because he thought Jodha would be talking about their relationship but ended up talking about SD and BB- when he said there is "something that is making you happy but you are hesitating to tell" - he was seemed so happy and eager that Jodha was going to ask him something related to their relationship and love and then all his hopes were dashed. Bechara! 😉

- I am hoping that Sujamal being back has to do with the Rajvanshi uprising they referred to then another misunderstanding.

That's the hope...But I cant help shake off the feeling that there might be another MU.

What did you love about today's episode?

The fact that there was less scheming was a pleasant change not to mention a decent dose of Jo-Ja. One theory I have after seeing on the cuts from their trip combined with the pre-cap is if perhaps there has been a last minute change in tracks where the creative team wants to push the love story at a slower pace than originally planned thereby giving room for another MU.

Divya

Originally posted by: prejudiced

Loved ur picks for the positives!

Thanks! Loved your responses!

Originally posted by: dkorumilli

as usual super post.

Thanks! Thank you for your post as well!

And i do like the jalals expression and also the dialogue that now he understands her and she was happy but hesistating to tell some

What he thought she was happy about and what it turned out to be! 😉

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Originally posted by: divyavm