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Lashy dear,
I saw this just now, and as I have to go out, I will send this brief response now If I do post something tomorrow, it will be called I stands for Integrity. Let me explain why.
To my mind, nothing of what Jodha or Jalal does in this episode is dependent on the current state of their relationship. It is solely a question of the personal integrity of each of them. Jalal would have called her hamari Jodha Begum in any case, for that is what she is. Remember what he tells Mahaam in that quasi-soliloquy about ek hi kashti mein sawaar? She is his legally wedded wife, and so is entitled to all the public and private respect that goes with that positon.
As for her, she defends him because of her sense of right and wrong is always very clear. She knows that he is a man of his word, and so she backs him by saying that HE did not give this promise. It need have nothing to do with a greater understanding of what it means to be an emperor. In fact I am pretty sure it does not.
Secondly, her stand against the demand for the durg has nothing to do with anything she feels for Jalal, any more that Pratap's identical reaction has. She thinks such extortionate and improper demands are disgraceful, and she says so.
There is nothing new in her opposing her own family. She did it even for Abdul, remember? She marches to the sound of her own drummer. So do both Jalal and Pratap.
So, I do not see any need for even such clever scenes as you have thought up, for to my mind, there is nothing to bridge.
In fact, I am tired of all this parsing in 9 columns, my dear, which is all the more pointless as the character graph oscillates wildly from episode to episode, as far as the Jalal-Jodha equations are concerned. See Jodha on Wednesday and then the next day! It was bizarre, the 180 degree swing in her attitude towards him, so how can you calibrate her by putting down what she realises when? It is not as though they are building her up as a thoughtful, patient and perceptive human being.
But their sense of personal integrity is a constant. It is like the difference between those grossly misleading promos and a precap.
So the answer to your closing question is No, you are not wrong, but these scenes, though charming add ons, would not be really needed.
I do not know if this makes sense to you; I hope it does!
Shyamala Aunty
PS: The Dhawalgarh Raja looks like a character out of Ratatouille. There is something very ratlike about his face.
I am not sure I will be doing one, my dear, as almost anything I would have wanted to say has probably been covered one way or the other, and there is no sense in my making the same points in different language. But let me see.
I saw this just now, and as I have to go out, I will send this brief response now If I do post something tomorrow, it will be called I stands for Integrity. Let me explain why.
To my mind, nothing of what Jodha or Jalal does in this episode is dependent on the current state of their relationship. It is solely a question of the personal integrity of each of them. Jalal would have called her hamari Jodha Begum in any case, for that is what she is. Remember what he tells Mahaam in that quasi-soliloquy about ek hi kashti mein sawaar? She is his legally wedded wife, and so is entitled to all the public and private respect that goes with that positon.
As for her, she defends him because of her sense of right and wrong is always very clear. She knows that he is a man of his word, and so she backs him by saying that HE did not give this promise. It need have nothing to do with a greater understanding of what it means to be an emperor. In fact I am pretty sure it does not.
Secondly, her stand against the demand for the durg has nothing to do with anything she feels for Jalal, any more that Pratap's identical reaction has. She thinks such extortionate and improper demands are disgraceful, and she says so.
There is nothing new in her opposing her own family. She did it even for Abdul, remember? She marches to the sound of her own drummer. So do both Jalal and Pratap.
So, I do not see any need for even such clever scenes as you have thought up, for to my mind, there is nothing to bridge.
In fact, I am tired of all this parsing in 9 columns, my dear, which is all the more pointless as the character graph oscillates wildly from episode to episode, as far as the Jalal-Jodha equations are concerned. See Jodha on Wednesday and then the next day! It was bizarre, the 180 degree swing in her attitude towards him, so how can you calibrate her by putting down what she realises when? It is not as though they are building her up as a thoughtful, patient and perceptive human being.
But their sense of personal integrity is a constant. It is like the difference between those grossly misleading promos and a precap.
So the answer to your closing question is No, you are not wrong, but these scenes, though charming add ons, would not be really needed.
I do not know if this makes sense to you; I hope it does!
Shyamala Aunty
PS: The Dhawalgarh Raja looks like a character out of Ratatouille. There is something very ratlike about his face.
Fine aunty, I'll post it here then...
Do you think that from the last encounter of Ja-Jo i.e. the Kumkum episode where one would consider their relationship to be nothing more than mildly flirtatious - the jump to him openly declaring her in court as 'apni begum' and Jodha confidently taking his side in front of her parents was very sudden? Do you think a transitional scene in between would have helped? Are you satisfied?
How would it have looked had there been a brief scene in between? Maybe, when Jodha returns to her room after the welcome ceremonies to doubly check her kumkum was fine (after being made budhu by Jalal) and by chance her glances falls on the other Shahi Pagdi resting on a dresser. Her thoughts now are less antagonistic and more genial. She reflects on her changing relationship with the Shehenshah - the past few scenes, especially AFTER those arguments of theirs where she'd told him that she had NO ANSWER for his questions!
Maybe she reflects on his questions...maybe something to show that Jo had a brief flash of realization that being the Shehenshah was not a cake-walk indeed - something she'd refused to acknowledge?
Then, when she returns to court and this dowry thing unfolds - Jalal announces that decision. Then, it makes it look even more understandable that Jo realizes his stance.
The scene was spectacular no doubt - but, I find its these little connecting sequences/justifications that this serial lacks...that's why not only do some scenes feel rushed or not fully done, but also character changes require us to ransack our brains more than other serials would!
Please tell me I'm wrong...😳
I am not sure I will be doing one, my dear, as almost anything I would have wanted to say has probably been covered one way or the other, and there is no sense in my making the same points in different language. But let me see.
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