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Jodha Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a political marriage of convenience saga between a Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa. But much more then that it's the marriage of contrasts.
Jallaludin Mohommad (Akbar) who had inherited his father, Humayan's Mughal Empire at the age of 13, after his father's death, had been brought up almost like a trained assassin by Bairam Khan, his father's supreme commander. Hard-nosed, rough, tough and heartless... and priding himself on the each of those facets of his personality, the only thing Akbar had learnt was to expand his empire - at the cost of others lives - at the cost of emotions - at the cost of love - the word he was never familiar with.
Whilst Jodha, the daughter of Raja Bharmal, the Rajput King of Amer (one of the most affluent Rajput Kingdom's of its time) valued each of those emotions - valued the life of even the birds and bees of her kingdom - she only hated the Mughal's whom she felt were intruding upon her land, and wanted to oust them from Rajputana, along with their Emperor Jallaluddin, whom she hated with her heart.
Little did Akbar know at the time of his marriage to Jodha, the fiery Rajput princess, in order to expand his empire into Rajputana, the land of the Valiant Rajputs, he would in turn be embarking upon a new journey - the journey of true love - he would discover the heart which he never felt he had - and it would throb for its rightful lover - Jodha.
This is the summary of the Serial Jodha Akbar on Zee TV web sites plus their sounding disclaimer of storyline daily.
So I will use it as a guide to what am about to say concerning the journey so far achieved.
CV team have given us a very beautiful story so far in 95% fiction with 5% history in order to demonstrate the love this two souls shared when they meet each other right from hate to love. Until recently when they made a fictional story to showcase the weakness of Jalal which has the ability to threaten the love both share. We were shown Jalal so happy that his dream of becoming a father was fulfilled and all of a sudden his dreams came down crashing on him. Jalal did not know how to deal with such strong emotions and disappointment he became selfish and did not think about anyone but his lost, pain alone. Afterwards we were shown how this anger he felt was gradually turned into hate toward God and his lost of faith in Him. Due to that he became violent and shut himself from love and God. He went on a rampage killing to share blood as a warrior before and thought during those days he felt no pain nor remorse of his actions so he can return to it easily. To his disappointment the heart in him cannot be changed again and the love for God and humanity that have been built cannot be undone by him nor anyone for that matter though his weakness as a man still persist that is he becomes 'a monster when he is angry with anyone'!
We also saw that a series of leaps happened and apart from Salim whose birth we witnessed in a marathon race of episodes some cute little kids just appeared like angels in Agra palace (either their spirits relocated from the war to Agra palace and ready to give Jalal a showcase of hate and trouble only CV team knows) to show that after sometime Jalal was blessed with many children from his beloved Jodha and other wives/concubines in his harem. He is a father of many kids and a happy one however his focus is more on the heir to the throne, his upbringing. This indeed will open up so many issues in this family set up and we all know this is what CV team want drama in the harem!
This journey of love can't continue without showing family dynamics that are capable of bring conflicts in the love Jodha and Jalal share so I see this as a new phase which they will have to go through with difficulty and still come together in the end. The only thing I can guess in the minds of Ekta and CV team considering what they have shown so far is that they want to show that despite Jalal having many wives/concubines, bonding relationship with Salima and Ruky who were also his cousins he had a unique relationship with Jodha which was more intimate and love centered than all the others and though she faced so much opposition in this family Jodha always stood by Jalal and loved him: though he hurt her, disappointed her many times in this journey she was and will always be there her Shanshen. The clear picture here also looks likes Jalal was the one who found true love in Jodha and it was not Jalal who gave the true love but rather Jodha was the one who loved Jalal unconditionally ( as Zee quoted so time ago a woman can't change a man because she loves him but the man can 'change himself' because he loves her) and so Jalal is the one drawn to Jodha by her selfless nature and unconditional love for him and he in return love her deeply and would eventually change for her. Jalal loved her first though and Jodha fell in love too later but she is the one who is consistent in this love given it selflessly and unconditionally whereas Jalal keeps stumbling. Will Jalal finally understand how deeply Jodha's love is for him totally someday? This reminded me of the heart to heart talk Jalal and Hamida had when he was about to marry Benazier that yes he has many wives and concubines at his beck and call but he needs to identify his soul mate among them then he will never feel lonely again. So far so good he seems to have identify her beautiful heart among the lot of beautiful faces around him.
So lets say that Jalal in his weakness(anger) pain and lose he stumbled and made a mistake for not speaking to Jodha for three years yet that doesn't mean the love in his heart ceased or his heart stopped 'throb for its rightful lover - Jodha in fact because his heart will never stop throbbing for its rightful lover Jalal's heart will eventually no matter what lead him to Jodha. My plead to JA fans is that as Jodha loved Jalal so much and has forgiven him even when he did not asked can we also who love Jodha and Jalal understand that yes one can make mistake and to err is human and to forgive is divine and forget and forgive Jalal too.
The stage is set for a new generation of good and bad, love and hate in this Journey of Jodha Akbar and how they face this phase is also another interesting venture I guess. Since we all are aware already that CV team loves to dramatized everything and put their leads in a situation where all the burden is on them hmm am sure some may not be happy but one thing I hope I am right about is that it is still about Jodha and Akbar till the very end.
Things looks cute and joyous in Agra palace but for how long? Yes it looks like the storm is approaching gently from an unexpected direction and there will be others who will take advantage of this to the fullest. Oh and we know also that for the love journey to thrive and survive come what may Jodha will make mistakes, Jalal likewise will make mistakes and will stumble because he is the one with the most baggage in this journey of love and needs to adjust and shake some off to make this journey meaningful and true.
Lets put history aside because the reality is very obvious it is fiction all the way with 5% history.
Jallaludin Mohommad (Akbar) who had inherited his father, Humayan's Mughal Empire at the age of 13, after his father's death, had been brought up almost like a trained assassin by Bairam Khan, his father's supreme commander. Hard-nosed, rough, tough and heartless... and priding himself on the each of those facets of his personality, the only thing Akbar had learnt was to expand his empire - at the cost of others lives - at the cost of emotions - at the cost of love - the word he was never familiar with.
Whilst Jodha, the daughter of Raja Bharmal, the Rajput King of Amer (one of the most affluent Rajput Kingdom's of its time) valued each of those emotions - valued the life of even the birds and bees of her kingdom - she only hated the Mughal's whom she felt were intruding upon her land, and wanted to oust them from Rajputana, along with their Emperor Jallaluddin, whom she hated with her heart.
Little did Akbar know at the time of his marriage to Jodha, the fiery Rajput princess, in order to expand his empire into Rajputana, the land of the Valiant Rajputs, he would in turn be embarking upon a new journey - the journey of true love - he would discover the heart which he never felt he had - and it would throb for its rightful lover - Jodha.
This is the summary of the Serial Jodha Akbar on Zee TV web sites plus their sounding disclaimer of storyline daily.
So I will use it as a guide to what am about to say concerning the journey so far achieved.
CV team have given us a very beautiful story so far in 95% fiction with 5% history in order to demonstrate the love this two souls shared when they meet each other right from hate to love. Until recently when they made a fictional story to showcase the weakness of Jalal which has the ability to threaten the love both share. We were shown Jalal so happy that his dream of becoming a father was fulfilled and all of a sudden his dreams came down crashing on him. Jalal did not know how to deal with such strong emotions and disappointment he became selfish and did not think about anyone but his lost, pain alone. Afterwards we were shown how this anger he felt was gradually turned into hate toward God and his lost of faith in Him. Due to that he became violent and shut himself from love and God. He went on a rampage killing to share blood as a warrior before and thought during those days he felt no pain nor remorse of his actions so he can return to it easily. To his disappointment the heart in him cannot be changed again and the love for God and humanity that have been built cannot be undone by him nor anyone for that matter though his weakness as a man still persist that is he becomes 'a monster when he is angry with anyone'!
We also saw that a series of leaps happened and apart from Salim whose birth we witnessed in a marathon race of episodes some cute little kids just appeared like angels in Agra palace (either their spirits relocated from the war to Agra palace and ready to give Jalal a showcase of hate and trouble only CV team knows) to show that after sometime Jalal was blessed with many children from his beloved Jodha and other wives/concubines in his harem. He is a father of many kids and a happy one however his focus is more on the heir to the throne, his upbringing. This indeed will open up so many issues in this family set up and we all know this is what CV team want drama in the harem!
This journey of love can't continue without showing family dynamics that are capable of bring conflicts in the love Jodha and Jalal share so I see this as a new phase which they will have to go through with difficulty and still come together in the end. The only thing I can guess in the minds of Ekta and CV team considering what they have shown so far is that they want to show that despite Jalal having many wives/concubines, bonding relationship with Salima and Ruky who were also his cousins he had a unique relationship with Jodha which was more intimate and love centered than all the others and though she faced so much opposition in this family Jodha always stood by Jalal and loved him: though he hurt her, disappointed her many times in this journey she was and will always be there her Shanshen. The clear picture here also looks likes Jalal was the one who found true love in Jodha and it was not Jalal who gave the true love but rather Jodha was the one who loved Jalal unconditionally ( as Zee quoted so time ago a woman can't change a man because she loves him but the man can 'change himself' because he loves her) and so Jalal is the one drawn to Jodha by her selfless nature and unconditional love for him and he in return love her deeply and would eventually change for her. Jalal loved her first though and Jodha fell in love too later but she is the one who is consistent in this love given it selflessly and unconditionally whereas Jalal keeps stumbling. Will Jalal finally understand how deeply Jodha's love is for him totally someday? This reminded me of the heart to heart talk Jalal and Hamida had when he was about to marry Benazier that yes he has many wives and concubines at his beck and call but he needs to identify his soul mate among them then he will never feel lonely again. So far so good he seems to have identify her beautiful heart among the lot of beautiful faces around him.
So lets say that Jalal in his weakness(anger) pain and lose he stumbled and made a mistake for not speaking to Jodha for three years yet that doesn't mean the love in his heart ceased or his heart stopped 'throb for its rightful lover - Jodha in fact because his heart will never stop throbbing for its rightful lover Jalal's heart will eventually no matter what lead him to Jodha. My plead to JA fans is that as Jodha loved Jalal so much and has forgiven him even when he did not asked can we also who love Jodha and Jalal understand that yes one can make mistake and to err is human and to forgive is divine and forget and forgive Jalal too.
The stage is set for a new generation of good and bad, love and hate in this Journey of Jodha Akbar and how they face this phase is also another interesting venture I guess. Since we all are aware already that CV team loves to dramatized everything and put their leads in a situation where all the burden is on them hmm am sure some may not be happy but one thing I hope I am right about is that it is still about Jodha and Akbar till the very end.
Things looks cute and joyous in Agra palace but for how long? Yes it looks like the storm is approaching gently from an unexpected direction and there will be others who will take advantage of this to the fullest. Oh and we know also that for the love journey to thrive and survive come what may Jodha will make mistakes, Jalal likewise will make mistakes and will stumble because he is the one with the most baggage in this journey of love and needs to adjust and shake some off to make this journey meaningful and true.
Lets put history aside because the reality is very obvious it is fiction all the way with 5% history.
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