" If you keep on scaring people to retain your kingship, you will be left all alone. Then, who will be with you, Shahenshah? Now, don't talk much because you need strength. I am here with you and am not going to let anything happen to you. You are going to live , don't talk of death and dying. I came here to pray for your long life and there is no way you can die like that. Open your eyes, wake up, look at me . Don't give up. Are you listening? Come what may , I will not let you die. Do you hear me? I know its all my fault , but you are not dying. We are going to go home. Because am not going to let you die."
- -Jodha
If someone who has never seen JJ before in this show, was to see the above scene , they would never believe that we are talking about two enemies - A Jalaal who married Jodha to turn her into a living dead or A Jodha who was obsessed with " Sar kaat denge" and " Hum aapse ghrinaa karte hain" syndrome. They will tell you that all they see a dying grief-stricken husband who is telling his deepest fears to his wife about the aftermath of his death. A forgiving husband who has no complaints from his wife who has indirectly led him to the death bed. All they will see is a shattered yet resilient wife who totally loves her husband and cannot bear the thought of anything happening to him. A husband whose eyes are closing with his wife by his side and a wife whose eyes are a waterfall of tragedy, terror and loss. A husband who is all set to say goodbye and a wife who is crashing heaven and earth to keep him back - to the extent of shaking his lifeless form and ordering him to get up.
The moral of today's JJ sequence is that JJ do NOT hate each-other. All the ego, arrogance , aggression , venom spewing , verbal wrestling is nothing but an unconscious facade and a veil to their passion and need for each-other. Often, tragedy burns down all defences and offences and strips you of all the false veils that you use to guard yourself. It pushes your true self and your vulnerability into the spotlight - and that is exactly what happened with Jalaal and Jodha today. Especially Jalaal.
In his dying hour, the so-called cruel and dictatorial heartless monarch , did not blame or accuse Jodha of bringing him to the door of death. He knew she was guilty , but even in his ebbing breaths , he was kind to her - told her that its his fate to be alone , confessed to her that he didn't want to die in Agra to see his loved ones collapse and his only regret is not dying like a soldier. For the first time, Jalaal showed his vulnerability and his anxiety to someone and no, he had no anger of " Jodhaa, aapne hamaare saath kya kiyaa?" rhyme. And if someone is embracing of you in their dying hour, its TRUE. Jodha must remember this when her sanity returns.
Jodha had asked a silly wish at Ajmer Shareef - to teach a lesson to Jalaal - the same man whose future and life she had prayed for. And here came the lesson - not for Jalaal , but for Jodhaa. Jalaal has been sinking ever since the tiger attack , and its Jodha who is living the nightmare and the horror of his pain and agony. Every millisecond , she is dying inside thinking that she actually brought Jalaal to the door of death. We had always said that pride-ego-hatred are Jodha's WEAPONS to counter Jalaal and safeguard her vulnerability. They are NOT who Jodha is. And we were proven correct , the moment the tiger approached. If you notice , its Jodha who steps in between the tiger and Jalaal with that fire torch, first. Not Jalaal who comes between Jodha and the tiger.
Her tears , devastation , guilt , a strange emotional outburst and a plethora of sentiments and anxieties that you cannot comprehend plunge forward when she sees Jalaal bathed in his own blood. The compassionate , kind and loving yet powerful Jodha of Amer steps forward as she tends to Jalaal and pulls him out of the interiors of the jungle to the periphery where the staff actually finds them. For the first time, Jodha goes through her realization that Jalaal is no ghrinit praani' and she cares very much about what happens to him. Like a wild, madwoman ,she stretches her limits to keep Jalaal awake and get him out of the deep woods - crying, sobbing , apologising and feeding it to Jalaal like a truly distraught wife that nothing is going to happen to him. That he cannot die on her like this - he just has to live. Crossing the bars of physical strength and limitations , she pulls, drags and rides Jalaal towards the periphery of the woods. She keeps talking to him, she takes care of him like a baby , she recalls the sanctity of this institution of marriage and what Jalaal is to her. She imagines the trauma that Jalaal's death will bring on Hameeda and Ruqqaiya. Infact , you see Jodha like you have never seen her before. And anyone can mistake her for a woman madly in love with her husband and going all out to save him. THIS IS WHO JODHA IS.
In the palace , there will be only accusations, blames and complaints for Jodha and am not saying they are wrong- Jodha's foolish mistake has tattered Jalaal like a nylon curtain. But nobody except Jalaal has seen the horror, terror and emotions on her face when she struggled hard to keep Jalaal in his senses and take him out of the woods. Nobody has seen Jodha's mad mulberry bush run to save Jalaal. Nobody saw her come between Jalaal and the tiger with that fire torch. Nobody saw Jodha howl emotionally at Jalaal that he is not going to die. Nobody saw Jodha clean up Jalaal's wounds or saw her tie Jalaal to herself with her hand on his head to ride out of the jungle. Nobody... EXCEPT Jalaal. One cannot say just how much will Jalaal remember when he comes to his senses ... but one hopes, that if nothing else, he remembers Jodha's sobbing face , holding his face and bellowing to him in emotional fury - "Hum aapko marne nahiin denge."
If Jodha can do so much for Jalaal when she apparently hates him, one can only think the limits she can cross for him, when she loves him.
I have no complaints from Jodha today. Yes, she did something extremely foolish and she must pay for the same, but this very mistake brought out the Jodha in her who can tell a dying Jalaal that he is not allowed to die. Abb zaraa Jodha bol ke dikhaaye kabhi, ki use Jalaal se ghrinaa hai, Jalaal khud ki hansee ke mare zameen pe gir jaayega .
Precap: I know its sad that Ruqqu slapped Jodha , but from an objective point of view, its not that sad at all. Kabhi kabhi aapko pataa chalnaa chaahiye ki aapki galti sirf galti nahiin hai... ek gunaah hai.😳
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