Jodha Akbar 45: Shadows of the Past - Page 6

Originally posted by: sashashyam

This is for all my very dear friends who have taken the trouble to write in here with so many pertinent and well thought out comments, to apologise for not being able to respond to each of you as I would have liked to do. The same to those who PMed, most flatteringly, to say that they missed a post from me on Episode No. 46.I was touched beyond words.

There was not enough material there for a post, but the real problem was that my affected eye, though it seems to be healing, was very tired, and I simply could not have done a 2-3 hour stint at the laptop from 10:30 pm even if it had been a substantive episode. I need to get rid of this infection and the eye fatigue. It has been over a month now, and they have changed the medicines twice and it still persists; there has been improvement, but not complete healing.

I have never before posted daily for over 3 weeks running as I did here from the week before the Shahi Shaadi, and then there are the comments that I try to respond to individually as far as possible, so for each post, it ends up at about 5 hours plus. I agree that it is my fault for getting addicted to this wretched serial, but it is more that I have become addicted to all of you, so it is also your fault!

I really want to get off this treadmill, but I don't know how to! I thought of doing the post in the morning, but then I am often busy with other things till past noon, Oh, well, let us see.

Take care, my dears, and wish me luck for tomorrow at the clinic! And yes, do forgive me if I manage to post again during this week, as I hope to, but do not respond to the excellent comments that I also hope you will be making there.

Shyamala (Aunty,Di, plain vanilla, whatever!😉)

Originally posted by: swtngl

First of all, your analysis never fails to make me think. 😆

You are correct about Ruqaiya's response after being defeated. I couldn't have worded it any better. Her attitude doesn't suit the first lady of Mugal empire. The writers are not doing justice to her character, they keep changing her character to suit their needs. This is not the first time someone has defeated Ruqaiya; Maham defeated her in chess before and she took that gracefully.

The whole chess game was a joke. So many rules were broken that it's doesn't matter anymore that Jodha got another move. The CVs wanted her to win by hook or by crook. She won, in the end that's what matters and that I was correct about the moves she will make. I am so proud of myself. 😆. When Jodha said that she was playing for Shahenshah ka maan rakne ke liye, I was like didn't you say at the start of the game that she was playing because rajputs never back out. I wish Jodha had said that when accepting the challenge, it would have made more of an impact. Because then Jalal would have been confused about who to cheer for the one keeping his pride or the one who is going to make Jodha lose her pride. 😆 About Jalal wanting her to take the award, it is about his pride and ego. Jalal's thinking, "So many people in the room would have died to have this award, how can you refuse." Jalal has a gigantic ego, as he should he is an emperor and women fawn over him.

I love this episode because we got to see more sides of Jalal. I am glad that they are showing more of who Jalal is, his childhood, and why Khan Baba and Maham have so much influence on him. Now I feel like, I can almost grasp Jalal's character. He's a difficult character to understand. Hopefully we will get to see more of him in the coming weeks.

The relationship between Ruqaiya and Jalal is deep. Jalal cares for her, he brought her water. I bolded that part where you talked about the pain in Jalal's eyes mirrored in Ruqaiya's eyes, it was very well written👏. Their relationship has a long history, I don't want it to change no matter how his relationship with Jodha changes.

Regarding the court scene, the child's parents did not have tact. They did accuse and disrespect the badshah and they rightly punished. They did raise their voice in front of him which is a big no no but a person yells when they are distressed. They have just lost their home, way of living, and now they are told they need to convert. Who wouldn't be distressed after that but they forgot who they were speaking in front of. When the child spoke, the change in Ruqaiya and Jalal was so noticeable, both of their eyes soften. I believe that this is when they realized there is child here. Thanks to the child, we got to see Jalal's past.

With Jodha questioning the punishment, I believe she understood that they didn't mean to be disrespectful but their emotions got carried away. Jodha can't do or say anything, her hands a tied so she does the only thing she can, she leaves. With Jodha talking to her Kanha, she has only seen the bad side of Jalal again and again. The only thing she can do is question her destiny.

Originally posted by: sashashyam

<font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">This is for all my very dear friends who have taken the trouble to write in here with so many pertinent and well thought out comments, to apologise for not being able to respond to each of you as I would have liked to do. The same to those who PMed, most flatteringly, to say that they missed a post from me on Episode No. 46.I was touched beyond words.

There
was not enough material there for a post, but the real problem was that my affected eye, though it seems to be healing, was very tired, and I simply could not have done a 2-3 hour stint at the laptop from 10:30 pm
even if it had been a substantive episode. I need to get rid of this
infection and the eye fatigue. It has been over a month now, and they have
changed the medicines twice and it still persists; there has been
improvement, but not complete healing.

I have never before
posted daily for over 3 weeks running as I did here from the week before
the Shahi Shaadi, and then there are the comments that I try to
respond to individually as far as possible, so for each post, it ends up
at about 5 hours plus. I agree that it is my fault for getting addicted to this wretched serial, but it is more that I have become addicted to all of you, so it is also your fault!

I really want to get off this treadmill, but I
don't know how to! I thought of doing the post in the morning, but then I
am often busy with other things till past noon, Oh, well, let us see.

Take care, my dears, and wish me luck for tomorrow at the clinic! And yes, do forgive me if I manage to post again during this week, as I hope to, but do not respond to the excellent comments that I also hope you will be making there.

Shyamala (Aunty,Di, plain vanilla, whatever!😉)</font>