All the women

Is anyone else finding all these women a turn off? I know I certainly am. I am very modern but in this case ironically I am a traditional, not traditional as in I don't mind my husband having many wives, but traditional as in I believe in a one woman man. This is absurd. I can perhaps make my peace with one wife or maybe even two but come on...the hords of women on this show vying for the almighty's attention never stops.

It's too much.

Part of the reason I loved the movie so much was that I never actually had to see any of the other women. If I had, I think it would have tainted the Jodha-Akbar relationship. They made it seem as if it was only Jodha and Akbar...no one else. Since there were no other women, it allowed us to see just those two and explore their bond. I didn't have to think about Akbar sleeping with Ruqaiya or any of the other numerous women from his harem. That would ruin the romance. Afterall, how can a man sleep with so many women yet claim to eternally love just one.

I can understand sex okay. I get that men like sex and they love women, but come on man. How many women does he need?

I guess what I am trying to say is that all these women are tainting the Jodha-Akbar relationship even before it starts. Now I cannot honestly look at Akbar and Jodha and imagine a romance. Even if they fall in love...all the other women would make me dislike their relationship, their romance.

And yes I understand that in those times men had many wives for many reason...arranged marriages, political alliances, love marriages. Many. But I dont want to see Akbar with so other women when the tagline of the show is Jodha and Akbar. Ignorance is bliss afterall.

We watch a romance to lose ourselves in the fantasy. An unfulfilled desire, an unfulfilled need fueling the fantasy...but my fantasy does not include watching a man who already has many wives fall in love with a girl, and then watch how that girl will juggle her life with all the other wives.

Hey, call me a romantic, I don't mind. But a man with so many women...no no no...

----------

Now moving to a few other things.

Is it just me or Ruqaiya's acting is really off. And this isn't because she is one of Akbar's many women, but because I feel like she tries too hard to look smug that it doesn't come off on screen well.

And are all the women his wives? Or are some of them mistresses who belong in his harem? If so then are his wives and his mistresses allowed to mix and talk?

What was up with that selling booth thing today? I didn't know they were saleswomen as well as Akbar's women.

yes they had mistreses but they don't live like they r showing... only begums can mix like they r showing and every begum had her own quarters/house hold and staff

1. i do agree with your post but we got 2 remember this is a daily show no 3 hours movie. I personally did not like RQ in the beginning but im starting to like her character now. I understand infact yday i myself ask why is Jalal not remembering Jodha. RQ n Jalal equation needs to be shown n so as other equation as well.. they are building up for future storyline...

2. As for the womans n all , i dunno how far cv gonna explore them... will it be too much or later on a just add on... Having to say tis is a historical show, even one dun feel it while watching 😆, so they need to cover most of the aspects... 😳

3. Having to say all this, yeah i dun like the Harem itself... 😆

4. n yeah it should be seperate place to stay for empress n the other lady but here its kind of messed up...😆

I know that kings had many wives in history but come on EK doesnt have to overplay it so much.I find those women cheap and disgusting trying to woo the Emperor so he sleeps with them.There is so much jealousy and competition of what seems like 1000 woman trying to attract one man is making them low and its looks so degrading.

ruquaiya jalal bond has been established but nw it seems dey r overdoing it ...and i am really interested to find out what happens to all dese women of the harem when dey will finally show jalal is changing...

But according to the Harem in this show, all the women are simply wives and mistresses of Akbar.😕

I completely agree that by showing all the women in the Harem lusting after Akbar, they are not making him into some sort of an unattainable stud...rather they are destroying his character and his future romance with Jodha. Its one thing to be an Alpha Male, quite another to be a soul-destroying womanizer, who simply can't have enough women for himself!

The creatives should decide what they want to show...an authentic story about the Mughal King or a ficitonal historical romance! By mixing both, they are simply confusing their viewers! I can bet, that authentic is not something that Ekta started out for...so she should simply stick to the love story of Jodha and Akbar...and for that, she needs to cut out the focus on Akbar and the other women in his life, even if she doesn't show Akbar and Jodha together right now.

As the OP mentioned in her post, the beautiful thing about the film, Jodha Akbar, was that, while history was taken into account in the film, they did not show Akbar with any other woman...only his relationship with Jodha was explored, which is why it was so romantic and lovely!