Aunty, you never miss anything do you? 😆 Once again loved reading one of the gems of your posts.
I would try to be brief as always, for I am not as good a critique as you and others are. but I would like to add some of my own knowledge and opinions here.
Marriage Rituals: Maybe you are right in your own place.I would have loved also to watch some more rituals and customs. But my first reaction on watching those scenes was, that they have shown it in a really good n descriptive way. Maybe this is because my expectations were not high, regarding the picturisation of rituals. I had not expected that they would be successful in showing even this much. I loved initial ceremonies by Rani Mainawati.
I agree on your point on "Saat Pheras", I too was thinking the same, that they are showing it wrong. But then thought maybe either its a creative liberty, or shown so deliberately. I have always heard and seen that in First 4 pheras the groom is ahead of the bride, and in last three, the bride is ahead of the groom. But here they have seen it otherwise. I'd have liked had they shown the right way. n like you I missed the mangalsutra part very much. Though I'ld also like to add that in some places these days, this ritual is deliberately missed. But since we are showing that time period, it would have been nice had they shown the Mangal sutra part.
Assasination Plot: Frankly speaking, for me this part was not essential, at least for this episode.
Maan Singh: I was not upset witht his scene. For me ti was kind fo laid foundation, for the future relations Akbar and Maan Singh would go on to have, later. There must be some thing in Maan Singh, which being the "jauhari" which Akbar was, Akbar saw so early in Maan Singh's early years.
Favourite Scenes: (1) Obviously the hand extending and holding scene in marriage; when Akbar clasps Jodha's hand possessively.
(2) Joote Churai Scene, this kind of showed the two sides of Akbar's nature and personality. One minute he seems to be a cruel and harsh Shehanshah, and the other little kids' warmth melts him, into a warm & loving person, who also can smile from heart.
P.S. : I really loved the fact that they showd the real bannis (sorry, don't rememebr accurate name f the songs, which used to be sing in earlier days during marriage times. which were an essential aprt of marriage even a few decades back too. I was happy that instead of the contemporary songs type music, they chose traditional music type.
Edited by chahat4u - 12 years ago
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