EK Tiger Teen Shikar- Episode analysis

Let me start with the person he has impacted most Rajkumari Jodha Bai

Till today Jodha considered marriage as some play and her husband as a enemy or vastu not at all human. Jodha felt since she was forced in this marriage by Jalal(which was incorrect as Bharamal proposed her marriage to get favours for his nation). Jodha always felt morally she is superior to Jalal and he was a animalistic(pashu) human without feelings. How wrong a tiger proved her today?

Although the tiger attack sequence was not properly shown and it was confusing yet it proved so many thiings about a jallad jalal as jodha called him

1) He has feelings and knows its his duty to save his companions in this case his wife

2) He can risk his life for a person who hates him and made his life miserable since marriage

3) He is brave enough to face a tiger alone

4) He really cares for Jodha is wife

5) He can be forgiving remember he could have cursed/shouted at jodha but kept quiet and was trying to reduce her guilt at removing barood from gun

6) He cares for his mother and wife so much that he does not want them to see him like this. Remember he never too maham's name in face of death staring at him. He remembered his mother and wife Ruqu who is also his childhood playmate and blood cousin👏. So all this facade of caring for maham more etc is just that a facade because at near death experience person takes name of most loved ones. Of course he did not take Jodha's name as she already saw in her own eyes how much he loved and cared for her by saving her life despite putting his life in trouble

7) Jodha will also realize how important an emperor's life is for the country and why so many people risk their life to keep him safe. Because an emperor is a symbol a leader a father figure whose mere presence makes every subject or country man to face any enemy bravely any difficulty bravely. If subjects get to know emperor is hurt/unwell their will be pandemonium and riots and enemies will attack the kingdom. All subjects life will be in trouble. This is true of modern times too very much just that emperor is replaced by PM in India, President in US, Queen in UK

Next i come to Jalal

An emperor cannot act like other humans. All others can cry, laugh, smile, play and do whatever they want. But a King, a nations head can never have freedom. "Heavy lies the head that wears the crown". Jalal never asked God to make him an emperor he was born to a royal family and became one. Jalal has sacrificed so many pleasures for this position his childhood, his family life, his education and he is constantly at threat from other kingdoms, own people etc.

Jodha will realize this today that the jallad jalal is after all like any other human. He feels pain at every taunt from jodha, his heart bleeds that his mother hamida and he are not close, he worries for ruqu's happiness. Yet he will never let any emotion come on his face neither in front of the court, nor his citizens not even his own family because he is the only man of his family.

Can you imagine the pressure a 13 year old kid feels being declared an emperor told to command an army which has 5 lakh and above regular soldiers, being responsible for well being of more than 10 crore citizens? No one can but still despite all this jalal has withstood that pressure with help from bairam khan, maham anga, hamida etc.

But still he is lonely cannot trust his khan baba, badi ammi or any minsiter or military commander and foster brothers like adham khan. He can trust his mother hamida and ruqu, salima his cousin but he knows they are innocent to worldly ways. He cannot completely depend on them. But today he realized he had a capable companion to trust in times of difficulty jodha bai. The smile on his face as he lay down and jodha tended to him conveyed peace atlast he had found a trustworthy person who could take care of him and the empire if need arose and his family his mom, other wives and their kids.

Next i come to hamida begum

We all have read a story a wife asks a husband to get his mothers heart and son rushes and kills mom takes her heart and when running back to wife trips and falls and the mothers heart says "Did you get hurt my child". Hamida is such a mother. The moment hamida sees her son wounded drenched in blood she faints. Mind you no ne else faints but hamida. They say a mothers love is greatest in world no matter how much a son ignore or treat her badly. Today we saw that in hamida, yes she and jalal do not have a normal mother-son bonding butt that does not mean they do not have love inside their heart. Heavily wounded akbar only thought about hamida and hamida fainted on seeing her son. Next time i advice these two let go off your egos, your status etc just become a mother and child who cannot live without each other.

Today i saw a commendable ability of hamida- despite angry she asks salima to protect jodha from persecution for risking jalal's life. Hamida is a mother every child would want and saas whom every bahu needs. No pretence, no status only love and care

There were more shikars by Sher Khan like Ruqu, Maham, Shamshuddin

I appreciate shamshuddin being PM he went out to search for jalal himself, was worried for jalal and jodha's safety, frantic seeing him unwell, arranged for doctors everything that a father does in crisis situation. Now i understand why jalal called him "father" always even in court. Jalal even built him a mosuelem right near his own father Humayun's tomb. A son's tribute to his foster father who took the role of his real father and was not after status, power and money unlike Bairam Khan. Bairam Khan may have been Khan baba for jalal, but it was shamshuddin who was his "Atagah" or father always.