Watch the Mahaepisode as well as yesterday's that I missed and since we're all on the Mahaepisode today, I'll keep my review to that.
The Dharma-Charu scene was fabulous. Charu sneaking into Dharma's room, Dharma welcoming her and doing her hair, those snotty remarks from Charu, and the applaud-winning replies of Dharma... these were just too good.
Then Bindusar enters and he once again shuns away Charu for Dharma. We get it ... Dharma is love, Dharma is life, Dharma is the essence in spice ... but still, this characterization of Bindusar is getting pretty old. Subrasi is no longer even a minor character in this show.
One thing that really bothers me are the types of competitions that are being done. When everyone here was mentioning how Kaurvaki won the horse riding challenge, I was perplexed thinking I had missed that episode. Turns out, there wasn't really a challenge at all. It was just getting on a horse and riding it. That being said, I think the goal was to ride the horse and then hold onto it for dear life and then fall off it. Either that or they are just giving Kaurvaki first place because someone sabotaged her seat. Which brings me to the cooking competition. Okay, so Siamak ends up poisoning the dish. So what exactly are the royal food tasters doing? Shouldn't they be tasting the food BEFORE the princes eat, you know ... like they did before? Or is it because it's a competition with royal princesses that these food tasting rules don't apply, in which case, how do we know these princesses are friends or enemies in disguise?
In terms of the princesses, I'm drawn towards Chanda. She's the most real out of the other princesses. Next comes that girl who came because her mom forced her. I can't stand the eater, the obsessed one, and the obsessed two.
Devi - as the never dying AshWaki shipper - is pointless. Her character is being used in a silly way and is under utilized. Kajal is a great actress from what I've seen thus far, and this current Devi is a huge hit on Kajal's talents.
Also, in a food tasting competition, why exactly are none of the princes eating anything? They skip over the first two (one burned the roti, the other ate all the ingredients -- ever so classy CVs, ever so classy). And Chanda's food isn't eaten because of the Tulsi. Basically, this is a cooking competition where no prince is willing to try the food. Yeah, that's smart.
And finally, the self-pep-talk scenes. To describe in two words -- puke festival. Both Ashok and Kaurvaki's double appearance as they conversed with themselves was sad, boring, and cringing.
While Kaurvaki talked, I found myself thinking .. 'what's more worse than one Kaurvaki on the screen, two Kaurvakis.' ... sigh.
Overall, the Mahaepisode is watchable and decent. I'd give it a solid B.
Jhanak
