Originally posted by: ashpat
My comments are in red.
He was the intent and quick-thinking King at the DEK ... the trusting husband of Jodha ... the kanha bakht who took the aarti ... the initially steely questioner at the harem ... the suddenly unleashed tiger in the sabha ... the uncompromising shohar of a belligerent Ruq ... the sneering ignorer of the piping up Maham ... the wonderfully righteous son of a wonderfully tolerant mother ... the forthright husband of the upstanding Salima ... the ethically correct man who called Ruq separately to his rooms ... the ruthless interrogator who tore Ruq to shreds ... the angry friend who told his childhood mate to behave herself and preserve the very little respect he still had for her ... the Shahenshah who walked in the moonlight quietly in search of his beloved ... the playful man who toyed with words with his tentative lady-love ... the serious upholder of the right of all his people to their own religions ... the boy-King who told his wife that he not only prayed to Allah but also to Kanha to save her life ... the man who saw his hand touching the hand of his woman and tried to see if she was ready for him by covering his hand over hers ... and the understanding soul who saw that his deepest love was ready to lock her life and heart with his, but needed more time to lock hands with him!
Wow. Mansi. It is commendable the way u described rajat/jalal. Just amazing.👏. Rajat just rocked yesterday not that he has not before.hats off to him.
What else could I have written. he was everywhere in every kind of avatar and doing a spectacular job!
The part that made me very affected was the way Jodha turns her own problems into opportunities to set right the basic rules that govern the Sultanate. She's done it many times before and she's doing it again here. It is a moment when a lesser woman will be only thinking of herself and her problems of how to extricate herself from this Kanha murthi distribution mess but Jodha was only momentarily nonplussed by that setback. She got the thread of what she needed to do going forward. She needed to restore the worshipping rights of the Hindu daasis. In the same way that she saw the slavery and took on the harem in-charge election, she now saw this Kahna murthi business and determined to fight for the rights of the Hindu daasis.
Mansi, a very good observation and analysis of jodha and her nature and actions?
was a bit surprised that Jalal was giving her the licence to speculate in front of him and the whole sabha. But then it occurred to me later that this must also have been one of Jalal's strengths that he encouraged the lower order of his people to speak up in order to get at the "real truth" and not to just get the "varnished truth" that people of a higher pecking order normally give him. He has his ears and eyes to the ground. He didn't even consider the effect of these confidences from the girl on the people who were at the sabha with him. All he seemed concerned about was to know the exact contours of the whole problem frm the mouth of one who was low enough in the hierarchy to be truthful without a care for self-preservation.
I was thinking that too that how come he is allowing her to reveal all and now i know thanks to u. Insightful, mansi.
Jalal is then seen entering Jodha's rooms, remembering to remove his footwear as he enters. His strides are very quick and purposeful as he goes up to Jodha and says in just one fast breath "You must be surprised to see why I am here. So tell me, who put those murthis of Kanha in the rooms of the Hindu daasis?" "What?" says Jodha, "do you really think I could have done such a thing?" Jalal replies very quickly annd very authoritatively "Of course not! But there is a rumour in the harem that you may have done it to get the votes of the Hindu daasis."
"Do you really think just to get the audha of in-charge of the harem, I would do such a thing?" asks Jodha again. "Firstly, I got ready to even take up this role only after the people of the harem pressurised me. And secondly, to win over people in the harem I had so many other ways, why would I try to use religion and play on people's feelings? And I also know the Mughal women here very well."
Jalal says with conviction "Let me tell you again, I do not suspect you at all. I know you would never do such a thing." The look of satisfaction on Jodha's face reflects back his faith in her! "That's why I never called you to the Diwan-e-Khas, I cam here to meet you privately". He adds.
I really liked this scene. It shows how much they and their relationship have changed for better. If it was old jalal, he would have started yelling at her or accusing her and if it was old jodha and she would have said why r u asking me as if i have done it and taunted him about past issues like MC. Please jodha and jalal, keep this trust and faith intact.
We have too pray to the Creative Gods to keep this faith intact!
I liied how jalal came and asked jodha privately and same way asked ruq privately which shows he is fair to both of his begums even when one is right and other is wrong.this is the first time i have seen ruq and jalal scene more than onnce. I think i saw it 3-4 times for 2 reasons bec of rajat and second bec jalal was yelling at ruq first time and she deserved it.mi just loved it. Gosh, i am mean.lol.
... but as he moved, his hand almost touched hers on the parapet, some of his fingers covering hers. It was delicious moment when both felt that frisson of feeling that the shock of touching each others hands brings to two lovers, whose hearts and full and yet they are too tentative to go too fast with each other!
Jalal looked down at their touching hands annd allthough he saw her fingers curl a bit he didn't see her hand pulling away. He looked at her with passion in his eyes, showing an intense awareness that he had seen that she did not draw away in that moment. Then with a sudden spurt of boldness he let his fingers cover hers and brush her hand palpably. This time she withdrew her hand almost as if her hand was on fire! He saw that but he read it with compassion as a sign of her not being quite so ready yet to be so bold.
But they had become so intensely aware of each other after this hand-play that they tried looking elsewhere ... before their gazes came drifting back to lock into each other. The scene froze at that point - and I was so wanting more of this! I just sat staring at the screen wonndering why the episode was over so fast!
Mansi, u described beautifully. I was getting lil tired of hand holding but this accidental touching seemed so fresh. I was blushing and my heart fluttered while watching this. I wished jodha had not taken her hand away and ur description of why she did it makes sense but still wished she just kept it there. Ireally hope they continue the scene today.
I hope so too ... I didn't get enough of that last scene yesterday. I want full 26 minutes of just that scene today!
Mansi, i want to thank u from bottom of my heart to give us amazing, insightful, detailed, beautiful analysis everyday. I do not know how u do it. Thanks a lot.🤗
You are priceless to me too!🤗
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