Sorry sorry, forgot to put up this post until the last minute! Not to worry, it is here now.
Jodha-Akbar! Swoony, romantic, surprisingly historical accurate! And on Netflix!
Hit “play” when I tell you to in the comments, and then just keep commenting along.
“Dear God, please let me have sex”
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So, are we supposed to believe in the superiority of Hinduism because her prayers worked?
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I think just the power of a good woman’s pure love,a nd desire to have sex
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We were not supposed to believe in the superiority of Islam during the exquisitely shot Khwaja Mere Khwaja sequence.Then why this weird doubt about Hinduism and superiority?It was about Jodhaa desperately wishing for her husband’s safety,and a wife’s love reigns supreme.If the message was unclear,it wasn’t Gowarikar’s fault but the unfamiliarity to the tropes of Hindi film where “praying” can restore eyesight.
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He’s gonna pull through! He’s going to get some!
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Yes!!!! That was totally what their eye exchange was about!
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Also, accurate. Akbar was illiterate.
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Historically accurate! Akbar was illiterate, although his court was the most literate place on earth at the time. Guess of historians is ADHD with dyslexia, very good for battles and quick decisions and stuff, not for reading.
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Oh, the flirt is so smooth with these two! Also, when he gets vulnerable I just want to hug Akbar so much.
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HOW can a royal not be educated to read & write?
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When his country is at war literally his whole childhood and he is in hiding with some random loyal soldier’s family off on the frontier. And then becomes king and has to lead a million battles.
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I forgot about dyslexia, I guess it has always been around. My bad.
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I think it is why his court was so literate, Akbar had enormous respect for the power of the written word because it was beyond him. Gave tons of support to poets and historians and all kinds of people like that who could write.
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Yes. Apparently there were many attempts to teach him to read and write but they all failed. As Margaret said, he was speculated to be dyslexic. However, he was also speculated to have excellent (eidectic) memory, which is why even though he could not read or write, he listened keenly to everything that was read to him and remembered all the details.
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I just got goosebumbs!!! Why is this movie so ridiculously sexy?!
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I CANNOT EVEN
I CANNOT
THIS
His heart eyes at her, her heart eyes at him, the scroll with his Fancy New Name on it
I CANNOT
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TOO PURE FOR THIS WORLD THIS MOMENT!!!
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OH, and now is the longest sex scene EVER starting?!?
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Hey, he’s The Great! He has amazing control and abilities!
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Control is easier when you hardly touch, and instead turnaround, sit down, get up, and turn around again and again and again.
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It’s just classy foreplay
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Maybe I’ll force my spouse to watch this with me tonight and we’ll sit and stand and turn with them… Or maybe I’ll stay married.
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These two are still newlyweds…they need the time and not just jump into it
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And are just barely recovered from a life threatening injury
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I am smiling like an idiot at these two beautiful love-struck people! Take your time indeed…
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I know we are a couple scenes past, but real quick, did you catch taht she refused to read out the scroll? And it’s because a proper Hindu wife cannot say her husband’s name?
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Yupp. She says so explicitly. Not sure if it was in the subtitles.
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I re-enacted this scene with my children’s dolls to describe a Bollywood love scene for my book club.
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My friend sent me a video of her two year old acting out a different Hindi love scene with her dolls. They just invite doll-version performances.
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Oh man, this part is so beautiful to me. Someone who can never just be himself, can never express his emotions, is out of touch with poetry and beauty although he appreciates it, giving this enormous gift of openness to her, being human for once instead of Emporer.
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And now they are going to conceive Salim, who will grow up to be whiney Dilip Kumar and be a huge hassle and a lot of heart ache to his poor parents.
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But he marries Mehrunissa from the series Siyaasat, and she is AMAZING!!!! Seriously my absolutely favorite royal wife!!!
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Oh, she’s the one I’m gonna have played by Tabu opposite Shahrukh in my period big budget drama!!!!! Two older experienced folks falling in love and also respecting their mutual intelligence.
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Why in the world is Karan not making a movie about Salim and Mehrunissa (instead of stupid Thakt which is going to have a stupid sad ending)?!?!? Oooh maybe Asutosh should do it as a sequel to JA! It would make me so so so happy! Someone make this movie, please!!!
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Trilogy! J-A, MEA, and then Salim and Mehrunissa to close us out!
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Also, what an epic love story it would be. They met when they were young, she got married to someone else, and had a child with someone else. She also had multiple miscarriages and is likely never going to get pregnant again. Years later, he continues to love her and finds a way to marry her eventually. Once married, she is his chief counselor. Any law is only enacted if she approves it. She changes the law on female infanticide. He loves and respects her throughout his life and never marries again.
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I like the version where they fell in love later, meaning after her husband died, he brought her to his palace just because it was the right thing to do for a widow, and only later learned to love her.
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I can see that but to me, I love that he loved her forever and nothing could change that. The fact that she married someone else, had a child with him, and could never produce an heir didn’t mean anything. He also respected the heck out of her intelligence and trusted her judgement more than his. She was just such a bad a$$ and never tried to change anything about her. In fact, he loved her because of it.
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But, that would mean he didn’t really love Madhubala! Thereby making MEA no longer relevant to my mental Mughal trilogy. And I loooooove what they did with adult Jodha-Akbar in that, so I can’t let go of it.
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The slight hurt that flicks across his face when she gets up (to get on the bed) like–I thought–but– and then realizing that IT IS ON-THE-BED-TIME and instead of being leering or anything he almost just *melts* because now she trusts him!
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Yes! And how she gets back into the same “bride” posture on the bed, like rewinding to that moment and starting their marriage over again for real
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I like the brother/cousin actor, whereas I wasn’t a fan of the angry yelling dude.
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“So my husband is going to kill my brother (your husband) and your brother. So you know…I think we should stop them.”
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I am trying, but I just don’t care about anything that happens in the movie now that they have had sex. Genevieve is right, it’s all about the foreplay.
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They had sex once, do they really need to have it twice?
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THat punch SUCKED. So much detail to battle scenes and dancing, surely they could have just reshot that singular obvious punch?
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Tents! They are just a wall of doors if you have a sword!
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I think him riding in with all the arrows in his back is pretty cool. Not as great as sexual tension, but an amazing plot twist and beautiful heartbreaking scene.
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Maybe there is a reading where Sujamal and Akbar are parelal? Both lost their king fathers at a young age, but while Akbar was lucky enough to win his battles and become ruler, Sujamal had no one with him and so fell lower and lower while Akbar rose higher and higher?
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The people who were supposed to sponsor Sujamal through life didn’t do that–no general, no guard, not even his own uncle. Meanwhile, Akbar was sponsored by Bairam Khan, plus the prime minister, plus his foster mom–at every turn someone helped him, defended him, championed him.
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And on the other hand, Akbar learned never to wait for help. Sujamal ran around looking for allies, waiting on their advice. Akbar was raised strong enough to stand up and turn down all those who had previously protected him.
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Poor Sonu 😦 😦 😦
Don’t worry, you’ll be able to come back as Full Rambo in Happy New Year ❤ (Full Rambo is my sister's name for him in that movie, she refuses to believe he's in this one)
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But he doesn’t get love! Ever! He’s always just the brother type.
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I wish he could have a film where he does, he’d be great!
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Doesn’t he work in multiple languages? Surely he is a hero somewhere?
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Well, there’s Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap, but that’s really an Amitabh movie. And htere’s some Rajshri film I’ve never seen but Angie adores.
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Talk talk, I’m sitting here thinking about what I want for dinner. Ramen or chickpeas or fish?
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I was wondering if I should start the water boiling for the frozen meatballs!
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Well, I’ve lost interest…GET BACK TO THE SEXYTIMES!!!
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I suppose this fight could be homoerotic? But somehow it’s just not
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I was just thinking that.
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I swear Filmikhudi our mental link is so strong sometimes it freaks me out 🙂
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Let’s have a good old Desert Fistfight
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Cowboys in chainmail.
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YES
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Also I just noticed Akbar’s sister is wearing mostly white, like she knows she’s going to be mourning SOMEONE in the next 20 minutes 😦
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This is actually a very well choreographed one on one fight, it hasn’t gotten boring. slow motion and music help.
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I agree, it’s really solid and a ton of the hits look incredibly real. It’s also nice that it’s choreographed so you can see everything that is happening the whole time. It isn’t frenetic and hard to follow/dizzying like everything that Hollywood has made post-the Bourne Identity
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I think I’ve decided, I’m leaning chickpeas
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It is earlier here, I think I’m gonna take a quick bike ride before I start the cheater meatball meal. My kids are watching season 31 of the Simpsons, they can live without me for half an hour.
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I was hoping sex would fix Aish’s eyebrows, but they are still messed up
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Mecca time!!!!
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Finally, it’s over!
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This movie is so friggin long, thank you for letting us watch it though ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
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“Have fun with the bandits between here & Mecca my dude”
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History: Akbar became more and more open minded his whole life, but he was starting from a pretty open place already, religiously. The Mughals were Sunni, but had loads of trusted Shia advisors. And they were open to the Sufi Muslim flavor too. Akbar went on to embrace Hinduism and basically everything, even had some Orthodox Priests, and a Rabbi in his court. Eventually he created his own religion, with the idea that to rule fairly, he should be part of a new religion, not allied to any particular faith of one group. And even on his death bed, he refused to give up his new religion in favor of regular Sunni Muslim.
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Ooooo, that was so nice! Next week, Bang Bang! And maybe the week after that, War again? Keep this Hrithik fest going?
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October could be Hrithik Month!
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That was fun. I’m so glad I got to see that sword fight with all of you. Maybe I will get my husband to re-enact that love scene with, and maybe it won’t lead to divorce, who knows? Thank you Margaret!
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Watching the end titles for the music alone. Thank you for this choice Filmikhudi!! Thank you, Margaret! It has been so lovely to spend this long movie with you all! 😀
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This was SO GREAT! I loved watching this movie with my DCIB friends! Thank you so much, Margaret! Hope everyone has a great weekend!
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Thank you Margaret!!!
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