jodhaa akbar slander will not be tolerated.

like have you guys even seen that scene? how can ya'll just reduce to that scene to akbar saying "i'll not rape you?" you took the whole subtext out of that scene to sound fake-woke.

first of all, the movie by large is a historical-fiction. i don't know what the real-life akbar did. this is about the film (a fictional story) by itself.

i feel like the wedding-night scene is one of the first instances of setting up akbar's beliefs in islam and secularism. especially in regards to women. it's no coincidence that in the previous scene we see him dancing to khwaja, a beautiful song of devotion.

i feel like people often reduce this scene to physical intimacy. how akbar didn't force himself on her. when it's so much more than that. he mentions how jodhaa has every right to dissolve this entire marriage. (again, mentions islam) cont.

he expresses his disappointment in her being displeased with this marriage. not because she's not allowing him to touch her.

and this is probably the most pivotal point in this scene. how jodhaa disagrees when he mentions divorce. for her, this marriage is for 7 lifetimes. they're both right in their own way. this perfectly sets up their relationship for the entirety of the film.

for the time that it was set in, this is a pretty big deal. it shows us into akbar's mind, how he handles rejection, how secular he is in his thinking. how his power doesn't rely on brute force, but in empathizing with others

screw you if you reduce this scene to "a guy doing the bare minimum". like honestly screw you. it's beautiful scene that touched on some really important topics, and added considerable amount of depth to these characters.

thanks for coming to my ted-talk.