Aunty I for one was not in any great hurry to see Rajat in this episode itself. One or two more weeks with younger Chandra in Taxilla under Chanakya's wings would have made a fantastic story. Chandra adjusting into the new set up, Chanakya helping out, being outcaste and discriminated in the beginning for his humble origins, gradually winning over some life- long friends and well-wishers among his school cronies and other teachers, making a few enemies and rivals as well, etc I felt that the whole Taxilla university set up was very ill-conceived.
I did not see any other teachers in that prestigious ancient university apart from Chanakya. A group of students in a rundown hut-like structure with one single professor parading back and forth does not make a university. Chanakya was only a professor there. There should have been a principal and other professors training and teaching the students. Political theory and war strategy (theory) were Chanakya's forte.
In this episode, I saw Chanakya himself teaching sword fighting to Chandra which makes no sense to me because if he had been the one training him as was shown in the episode, there was no way Chandra was going to make that wheel jhala out of bhalas. Yesterday I was vigorously defending Chanakya for his moment of fear and panic before the wild boar using the human stress adaptation mechanism and what not.
Today it all goes down the drain! If the man could walk over or train his students to walk over lotus leaves on water in a single attempt, Chandra being an Eka Santhagrahi (one who learns and masters something in a single attempt) notwithstanding, there was no way he was going to be scared of a simple uncomplicated wild boar in that forest scene. He would have flicked it like that with his little finger.
The Chanakya-Chandra scene overlooking Magadh from the hill top was good as were the lines spoken by both of them. My only problem with the scene was that it looked very crowded and rushed with heavy duty dialogues. Chanakya's brainwashing against love and the other softer emotions and his insistence that he work only towards his goal which is gaining the throne of Magadh was working simply because his student himself was disinclined and disillusioned towards love.
I further did not find Chandra's displeasure with Nand and his rule as justification enough or motivation enough for him to think of dethroning him and becoming the king himself. Chanakya has a grudge not Chandra. Even Chanakya buying him and thus saving his foster mother from the abuse of her brutish husband was not enough grounds for me to secure Chandra's unquestioned loyalties and faith. Why should Chandra subscribe to Chanakya's agenda?
There should have been some scenes showing Chandra's reluctance to fall in line with Chanakya's thoughts. If Chandra had known his equation with Moora or his real identity, then it would be an entirely different scenario. But it is not! Moreover, it hardly adds anything to Chanakya's persuasive skills, effective use of systematic brainwashing, or propaganda when his student was so willing.
I would have preferred to see how Chanakya could work upon even an unwilling and reluctant subject and yet turn him around to produce the appropriate and remarkable results. That does not happen leaving us with the single hill top conversation. The subject of this conversation could have been spread and interspersed over two or three episodes instead of just a five minute conversation between Chanakya and Chandra.
I was hardly impressed by the Nand ki Putri and Bakri entry of SBP. But this was not a scene anybody could excel. So I am reserving my opinion for some time more. The point most effectively made is that she is a polar opposite of Chandra.
As regards Rajat's entry, I was reminded of the Bodhidarma fight scene of Surya in the movie Seventh Sense. For a moment I even thought that I was seeing Surya instead of Rajat. I even went back and watched the original scene on YouTube and realized to my very great relief that it was not an exact copy but just an inspirational lift off. I guess Rajat's style of dressing resembled a lot with this character, the only difference being that Rajat sports open and loose hair here and there Surya has his hair securely tied. Moreover in the movie it was a stick fight and there was no bhalon ka jhala at the end.
Malayaketu and his cronies acted as eye irritants. Malay must have bunked and failed in every class for three to five years at least to still remain at Taxilla University despite his age bar as Chandra's co-scholar.
Edited by shailusri1983 - 8 years ago
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