Jalal is certainly getting the best lines nowadays since am sure even the writers must tire from writing these heavy -duty crying snippets for Jodha! Melancholy has to tire the soul after a point however luxurious it feels in the beginning! 😉
"Mohabbat mein lipta hua , yeh nafrat ka zakhm." .. This one line, uttered by Jalal with a touch of despondency, under-lines,stands for & re-asserts the Jalal-Jodha relationship! It was a line that carried heavy meaning & Rajat's real -life voice doesn't have that huskiness & khurdurapan that his mellow albeit authoritative bass voice carries, which can literally make any woman's toes curl! Ahem ahem, but Jodha remains shockingly, un-affected ☺️.. But then is she really? I doubt it.
All of Jalal's motives can be wrapped up in His Majesty & honour & duty as an Emperor & son-in-law but they essentially hide the main agendum that he harbours quietly-His agendum to buy time. To somehow make certain that Jodha truly wants to leave. Therefore the anger, confusion, barbed remarks .. And then this lovely, straightforward(the most that he can be with her given the circumstances & her perennial Ghrina chant!!) "Wrapped in this balm of Love, this wound of hatred". That one tiny bit charmed me & ensnared me like nothing else in this episode no 72!
After this how could Jodha be left behind? So she shoots off another very meaningful line "Har baat Kahin nahin, samjhi jaanti hain." And I was left thinking, par Hum to samajh Gaye Jodha jee, par Aapke pati jab samjhenge! That one line made it clear that Jodha was hurting more from the insult of the "do Din ke mehmaan" line that Jalal threw her way rather than her actual need to return to Amer.
And Jalal biding time implies that he somewhere, he does understand this. Or at the least, he doesn't want Jodha to leave without being sure (or as sure as he can be about this Amer ki tedhi mirchi 😆) before she embarks for her pyaara desh, Amer.
Th next best scene- The easy end the CVs gave to the whole humshakal nonsense which isn't rubbish anymore! For Ashwini as Laakhi was as brill as she is as Maham Anga! I loved the entire scene & Maham Anga in particular! That sheen of affectionate tears couldn't be missed, neither could that choked tone when she tells Adham (who was sounding like an affection deprived young boy instead of his tall, strapping Self. He really is quite a child at heart 😆) "Par Laakhi thi hi is laayak Adham" .
Maham breaking into that Rajasthani banjaara song felt like her own personal, fierce tribute to the woman who in her mind, was the closest thing to a soul-mate! Quite moving! And very un-like Maham! To my mind Maham isn't someone who values loyalty or even particularly appreciates it unless it is a Resham-like figure or even the young Emperor she professes to love & care deeply about but in private, his blind loyalty amuses her !) To me it seemed like a re-affirmation of the Rajput code of Honour that she had heard a lot about but hadn't witnessed personally till then, or maybe her marvel at the simplicity yet tremendous sacrifice that for her, characterised Laakhi.
After-all, to borrow heavily from the simple albeit very profound Kahlil Gibran, what is Evil but Goodness, thirsty? 😊
Edited by Mallika-E-Bhais - 11 years ago
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