Not all decisions can be classified as right or wrong; sometimes there’s a lot of collateral damage involved in both cases
The last episode of Jodha Akbar saw Jalal’s army winning the war against Badksha. Jalal proposes to the defeated king that he could either live and help Jalal in his war against Iran or die. Where on one hand Jalal (Rajat Tokas), Murad (Sheezan K Mohd) and Salim are celebrating their victory, Jodha (Paridhi Sharma) on the other, is stuck in a very tricky situation.
We know that Jodha is in charge of the kingdom while Jalal is away. But what should she do when family and work cross paths. She had earlier questioned her mother-in-law when the latter had gone to meet the Irani Shah. To this Hamida had said she’ll answer these questions in front of everybody in the Deewan-e-Khas (the court). Now Jodha is torn between her responsibility as a Queen and that of as a daughter-in-law.
When in court, Hamida claims that she had gone to settle things with old friends who have turned foes because Jodha wouldn’t change her religion. Hamida blamed Jodha for this war and held her responsible for all the lives that will be lost during the war. Hamida begins to hyper ventilate while firing accusations at Jodha and eventually faints dropping to the floor.
In the upcoming episode, we’ll see Gul Badan blaming Jodha for Hamida’s condition. She will make Jodha realise that it wasn’t right on her part to question her mother-in-law like this. And that Hamida was so deeply hurt because she always thought of Jodha as her own daughter and never expected Jodha to go against her (Hamida).
The coming few episodes will see a lot more drama around Jodha and Hamida’s spoilt relations and that of Salim and Murad’s bitter equation. Though Salim is happy that Murad fought so well in his very first war, Murad is still holding a grudge against his brother and does not seem to be in any mood of forgiving him.
How the family sorts things out is something we’ll have to wait and watch. So stay tuned!