Jodha Akbar 31: The Emperor Strikes Back - Page 6

Aunty what about today's epi... I know there was not much with mainawati over reaction😵 ...sukanya jeeb cutting attempt 😲 but what u say abt this Purdah n shahnshah ka intezar... I think she still observe modest purdah not less than mughalladies and shahansha ka intezaar... kabhi tau karegi...after relation hi sahi ...he would not stich with his palang na... n being a Mughal he has n can have other wifes (up to 4) ..aftr become goody guy will he start to ignore the rights of his other legal wives..

Originally posted by: skanda12

Shyamala:

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(Looks like you've posted the same post twice, so I've added my two bits in both your posts!)

I too saw the episode at least six times, each time catching a nuance of Rajat's expression I missed the last time.

I mean, what can I say? He was simply sensationally superlative. And boy, does he use his eyes well! While he is saying something, his eyes are saying something else. I knew he was always a good actor, but he has got into therole so much that the Hrithik Roshan version of Akbar has completed receded from my mind and Rajat is now the only picture of Akbar that seems to fit.

Now I am looking forward to the "sharths" meeting between Jodha and Jalal as my next big one!

By the way today's SBS showed Sukanya, Jodha's sister, giving a media interview that the family are really happy since Jalal has agreed to all the sharths of Jodha ... and they all feel now that he will really care for Jodha and keep her well ...

... plainly put, Jalal now has the whole Bharmal family eating out of his hand!

As for convincing the fainting Mainavati,Bharmal should find it be simple. Which would she prefer? A lecherous Sharifuddin who doesn't want to marry her daughter, or a Shahenshah who absolutely does? That should make her sit upright and start the wedding planning!

But there's one point I want to make before I forget it: You have mentioned at the bottom of your post that it was a surprise that Sharifuddin was leching after Jodha. But, Shyamala
, if you cast your mind back, and if my memory serves me right,it was the same Sharifuddin (and one other henchman) who was the first to tell Jalal that there was this stunningly beautiful princess of Amer that he could not tear his eyes away from and whose "makhmali badan" was something to behold etc etc. Jalal then asks him if he has only heard of her or seen her and he says he has seen her. Jalal asks for her name and is told that her name is Jodha.

It's that introduction to Jodha and her beauty from Sharifuddin that perhaps drove Jalal to visit Amer. At any rate, whatever his reasons for being in Amer, when the palki carrying Jodha is announced, he cannot help but turn to look at this paragon he has heard about.

I think Sharifuddin being the Mewar Subehdar was acquainted with Jodha's virtues and beauty as Amer falls in his territory, and the possibility is there that Sharifuddin may have seen Jodha himself.

Someone who describes her face and body in that way he did must either love her - ormore likelyamorouslycovet her. Sharifuddin falls into the coveting category, I think, because he doesn't respect the size of Amer or the dignity of its royal family. It is too small a kingdom to threaten him.

<div>Jalal however, from that moment he heard ofJodha from Sharifuddin has been on auto-pilot. Destiny has just taken over his heart and made him compulsively visit Amer, draw Jodha's portrait, and now stop at nothing to make her his wife. Jalal may have given some fabulous political reasons for wanting to dignify his relationship with Jodha by making it a marriage, but again ... he is on auto-pilot. Destiny has taken a grip on him and despite his utterly devastating self-confident smiles, he himself doesn't know that a larger power is making his moves for him. The Pirbaba has reiterated that even if Jalal doesn't quite get the picture yet.

Great memory i didnt remember that part, lovely analysis. True if menavati knew sbt that either she eud have started wedding planning or jauhar planning.

@shaymala
Loved ur analysis on jalal after reading it I had to watch show, as it increased my curiosity to see RT's acting.. As for todays episode it seems not much has happened though RT is growing on me as Akbar loved look in his eyes when maham was telling abt making jodha a mere mistress..

No, Sara, he will not favour her at the expense of the others, but the point in that this will not bother her at all if he is a no show for days.

For one thing,we have not yet seen all the conditions she will propose and which he will accept, which I think will be mostly about her retaining her religion and practicing it in her palace. She can hardly tell him that you cannot come anywhere near me, but she will be as cold and standoffish as she can, plus he will want to show her where she gets off by a solid dose of neglect.

So both will be happy for a while, until the clashes start over something or the other - maybe, like Noorjehan with Salim at the Meena Bazaar in later years, Jodha will set free the parinday that her shauhar prefers to keep caged!😉

I loved the freezing cold look he gave Mahaam Anga for her impertinent suggestion, and the way he held it till well after she had lowered her eyes. He knows how to show anyone,be it Bharmal of his Badiammi, who is the boss in Agra!👏

I also loved Jodha in the last segment with her father. She had such a clear-eyed dutifulness and nobility about her, and she looked the best she has done so far.

Shyamala Aunty

Originally posted by: smile.sara

Aunty what about today's epi... I know there was not much with mainawati over reaction😵 ...sukanya jeeb cutting attempt 😲 but what u say abt this Purdah n shahnshah ka intezar... I think she still observe modest purdah not less than mughalladies and shahansha ka intezaar... kabhi tau karegi...after relation hi sahi ...he would not stich with his palang na... n being a Mughal he has n can have other wifes (up to 4) ..aftr become goody guy will he start to ignore the rights of his other legal wives..

My dear (what is your name, if you don't mind?),

Thank you; I am glad you liked my take on a truly superlative episode.

As for yesterday, I too loved the level, freezing cold look he gave Mahaam Anga for her impertinent suggestion, and the way he held it till well after she had lowered her eyes. If one has such an air of command, one does not need to raise one's voice at all.

Plus the categoric putdown when he says Namkeen cheez mein jo mazaa hai woh meethe me kahan... alag cheezon ko apnane ka mazaa alag hota hai .. it was crushing. He knows how to show anyone,be it Bharmal or his Badiammi, who is the boss in Agra, does Jalal!👏 He is to the manor born.

I also really liked Jodha, who has not been a favourite of mine so far, in the last segment with her father. She had such a clear-eyed dutifulness and nobility about her, and she looked the best she has done so far.

Shyamala

Originally posted by: veil_of_roses

@shaymala
Loved ur analysis on jalal after reading it I had to watch show, as it increased my curiosity to see RT's acting.. As for todays episode it seems not much has happened though RT is growing on me as Akbar loved look in his eyes when maham was telling abt making jodha a mere mistress..

I cant believe i missed this !!!!

Superb analysis.👏