The wedding venue was bustling with royals from different states under the Mughal sultanate, they were gathered there at a short notice from JALALUDHIN Muhammad , to attend the wedding of his step brother HM with Shivani the youngest daughter of Raja Bharmal, the wedding was to be as per the Mughal custom. The fort was decorated, kitchens were dishing out dishes to suite the different tastes of the kings from across Hindustan, The groom arrives at the venue along with his elder brother , the shehensha they are accompanied by MA , Adham , Atgha, Hameeda and group. Bharmal and his sons are waiting to welcome the grooms side , after the grooms side is seated and plesantries exchanged the maulvi asks for the bride to be brought in so the rituals could be started... Jodha the brides sister goes to bring her sister from the room when she finds the room empty, she searches for Shivani everywhere doesn't find her , she finds a letter on her mirror
" humen kshama kijiye jodha jiji magar hum Tej ke siva kisi aur ke nahi ho skate issi liye hum dono ne nirnay kiya hai ki hum shaadi kar ke kahin door apna jeevan vyathit karege"
Jodha is shocked to read this , how will she tell Bapusa , what will happen to the maryada of Amer , how will HM react , what will Hameeda and group think ... And finally the thought crosses her Mind what will Jalal think ? As she turns around he is standing at the door
JA:" kahan hai hamari saali shaeba aur kitni der hai unhe taiyaar hone mein"
JO : woh shehensha Baath yeh hai ki , woh Shivani
JA: dekhiye jodha begum aaj hum bahoth khush hai aaj humare chote bhai ki shaadi hai , aaj koi taan e maar ke hamari shaam kharab math kijiye .
JO: Shenshan Shivani Mehel mein nahi hai
JA : kya matlab Mehel mein nahi hai ... Kaisa mazaak kar rahi hai aap jodha begum. Maulvi Saab aa chuke hai , Saab mehmaan aa chuke hai . Kahan ja sakti hai Shivani ?
JO: Hume nahi patha shehensha , hum to Shivani ko yahi taiyaar karke gaye the , humne. Sab jagha dekh liya woh kahin nahi hai. Hume yeh patra mila hai
But before she could read it to him
MA : Jalal maulvi Saab raah dekh rahe hai , kya baath hai , aap dono pareshaan kyo lag rahe hai?
Jalal tells her Shivani is missing and MA starts her drama of being shocked , what would happen to the Mughal sultanate Aan Baan etc. saying this she knocks off a box kept on jodha's dressing table .
Some letters fall out of the box... She picks it up and starts reading , they a the same letters MA had found with Shivani and had kept with her to use at the right time.
MA reads it aloud , Jodha nd Jalal are shocked to hear the contents , Jalal glares at jodha , his anger is reaching its peak and MA adds ghee to it by saying Jodha begum if you knew about your sisters affair, her letters then why didn't you tell us about it . Was this the reason that you were in such hurry to get her married off .
Also shocked to hear the contents of the letter are. Bharmal and company , Hameeda and the harem group. They are standing at the door ... They came in search of JA , JO and MA . Ladies in the Bharmal and company are already in tears , whereas the men seem clueless as to what is happening and what they should do.
Jalal's anger knows no bound he looks at Jodha , blames her for this situation and after having insulted her and accused her for having conspired against the Mughal kingdom orders the guards to find Shivani and Tej.
MA isn't satisfied she wants jodha to be sent back to Amer , she tries to instigate Jala saying
MA : Jala ab hum kya kahenge athithiyon se ? Mughal sultanate ka tho mazaak bana diya hai Jodha begum ne , itni saari tayaariya ki gayi hai , door door se raja , maharaja aur aapki praja iss vivaah mein shaamil hone aaye hai , hum unhe kya jawaab de.
Yeh humse nahi dekha jayega Jalal.
JA : Nikha tho hoga badi ammi , itni tayaariya hum vyarth nahi Jane denge , itne athithiyon ko hum nirash nahi Lautne denge . Shaadi tho zaroor hogi magar shaadi humari aur benazir ki hogi badi ammi.
Kal subha yeh shaadi hogi ,sab hi vayvastha ki jaye .
Saying this he looks at jodha who till now was in tears after hearing all the accusations because of Shivani. But hearing Jalal's decision to marry Benazir shocked her , she was almost in a trance hearing this.
Jalal ordered the Amerians to be present the next day for the wedding. Although they were shattered they didn't dare defy Jalal's orders .
The news of her wedding reaches Benazir , who is shocked and upset as she wanted to be married to Abul Mali and be MEH. She secretly goes to the market to speak to abul mali , she tells him she cant marry jalal But then he convinces her that it is. God sent oppurtunity for her to kill Jala. He tells her either kill Jalal tonight and become my MEH or the next day she can marry him and kill him on their first night and be his widow , either ways she will be well taken care of when he becomes the shehensha and no one will know she is a VISHKANYA .
Unknown to them Jodha who had been searching for Shivani at the Ambe ma Mandir adjoining the market sees benazir and has followed her , she has heard the entire conversation .
In the palace
A maid comes and informs benazir that Jala wants to see her
Benazir reaches Jalal's room , sees Jala drinking . He asks her to come in , tells her that they will be getting married the next day. She tries to get a lil cozy with Jalal , fills up his drink, goes on to kiss Jalal when right at that moment Jodha enters
JO : ruk jayiye shehensha , Hume aap se aavashyak Baath karni hai.
JA: magar hum koi Baath nahi Karna chahate
JO: aap ko sunni hogi humari baath, hum aapki begum hai.
JA: jab aapka mann. Kare aap humari begum banjathi hai aur jab aap chahe sirf Amer ki shehzaadi ?
JO: hum vinti karte hai shehensha yeh bahoth mahatvapoorna Ba'ath hai aur hum aap se akele mein baath karna chahate hai.
JA : jo kuch aap ko kehna hai woh aap yahi keh sakti hai, benazir koi gair nahi , kal woh humari begum e khas ban jayenegi.
JO: magar shehensha aap samaj nahi rahe
JA : samaj nahi rahe ... Itne Mahino mein jab bhi humne aap ke bare mein kuch samaja apne har baar hume. Galat saabit kiya, humne aap ko apnana chaha , aapki har sharth qubool ki, aap ki galati ko muaaf kiya , aapke saath sabke khilaaf khade rahe aur aap keh rahi hai hum samaj nahi rahe . Bas ab aur nahi Jodha begum, nikal jayiye yahan se hume aapki soorath se bhi nafrath hai.
JO: Aap humse jitni bhi ghrina kare magar hum jo kehna aaye hai woh keh kar hi rahenge , aap humare pati hai. Aur agar aapke jeevan par koi khatra ho tho use pehle humara saamna Karna hoga .
Aapki yeh khas baandhi jisse aap kal vivaah Karne ja rahe hai woh asal mein ek Vishkanya hai jisse abul Mali ne bheja hai, yadi aapka isse koi sambandh banna to aap ...
JA: kyon jodha begum kyon? Kyon kar rahi hai aap yeh sab . Na aap humare paas ana chahiti hai na kishi aur ko aate dekh sakti hai.
Ben who had been quite enjoying this fight for so long , wishing jodha left early so she can finish her job , was taken aback by jodha's words
Ben thinking ( how did she get to know about me , I have to finish the shehensha immediately else I will be surely killed )
Ben: yeh kya keh rahi hai aap jodha begum, iss kaneez ne aap ka kya bigada hai ?
JO claps here hands and zakira appears
JO: sach sach bathao , JO kuch tumne humse kaha tha
Zakira does a U TURN , denies all she had confessed to jodha and says she was forced and bribed by JO to give false statement against Benazir.
Jalal angry with JO asks her to get out of the room and he turns to benazir who is waiting to kiss him
This leaves jodha with the last option, as she can't see him die but she has to prove her point to save him
JO : Rukiye shehensha , aap ko pramaan chahiye na tho
She picks up a knife lying in the fruit basket and makes a cut on her palm, Jalal is shocked seeing her hand bleed.
JA : yeh kya bewakoofi hai jodha , bas kijiye yeh tamasha
JO then proceeds to Ben and even before Ben could react makes a similar cut on Benazirs hand she is about to join both their palms when Benazir shouts
Ben : bas jodha begum , yeh kya kar rahi hai aap, aap mar jayenegi agar humara zehrila khoon aapke jism mein chlajaye .
( dont know how else to prove cant make then kiss you see 😉)
Ben realises what she said and tries to run but Jalal orders his men to catch both Ben and Zakira and put them in the dungeons , also warns his guards abt her being a vishkanya
As the guards take Ben away she says, kaisa rishta hai aap dono ka , jab bhi shehensha humare pass aaye tho bas aapko jalane ko, humare saath rehte the par unhe har jagha sirf aap dikhti thi, aap ki itni beizzati ki magar phir bhi aap unhe bachane ke liye khud marjane ko tayaar thi.
Guards take Ben and Zak away
Jalal comes back to his senses , sees jodha's hand bleeding , makes her sit on the couch and washes the wound with some water before tying a cloth on the wound.
Jodha continues to look at Jalal's expressions as he tends to her , an emperor who has seen so much bloodshed in his life was very much in pain when he was dressing her wound . Although the wound was on her palm but the pain was in his heart.
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