Chandra Nandini 21-22: Plot on a gallop! - Page 10

Aunty i thought helena was going to give him some yunani kaada but alas nothing like that happened ,but i must say she doesnt waste time atall,she knows what she wants ,yeh naari bahot bhari hai

Sandhya, you think the cat will do its work or we need to find some other ways to evade the Kashayam? For a change, I am going to try some self spilling Kashayam voodoo I specially learnt from Rani Charumitra, the Voodoo Queen of CAS, to escape from our punishment.

Originally posted by: Sandhya.A

<font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Hope Anji's cat topples Aunty's kaada container like we asked her to AND that Aunty doesn't spot us till then.😔</font>

hi aunty! hope all is well! finally caught up with the show again and i must say whilst im fairly impressed with the war sequences, chandra and helena's one dimensional relationship has made me really annoyed- especially how they kept on cutting to nandini throughout the marriage sequence...we get it, she'll be his true lubh the title kind of says it all. what is the need for all this cliched divine connection? now coming to helena and chandra's relationship- i actually saw some very genuine sparks there- the chemistry between two co-conspirator who shared an amusing secret, someone who chandra was fascinated by, there was a playful undertone to their serious relationship where i was sure that nandini may control his heart but helena will control the mind. but alas! strong women are inherently seen by other women as selfish and destructive. helena is simply the caricture that reflects that but i still wish they'd explored her further. this is like 360 BC, a man can have a his unique equation with each wife- it'd make the story a lot more interesting rather than the cliched villain route they're making helena take. sad to see that potential squandered into a crazed person, just to essentially glorify nandini in the future- major yawn. now coming to the more practical matters- i burst out laughing when the voiceover was like- chandra didnt have any expectations from this marriage cos it was vyapar and not pyaar...uhhh...sooo...will he be marrying nandini for pyaar? i thought that will be a samjhauta as well so y this rather wasted bhashan? and which king has ever married arbitrarily for love? it was almost always arranged and they found their equation through that. so i really didnt understand that at all. the second practical matter- the suhagraat of chandra helena that they spent strategizing...are they serious? chandra is to be a raja; they are at war. surely the value of an heir is quite apparent to them all no? chanakya cant have foreseen that chandra will 100% make it through this war long enough to impregnate an indian woman. surely a half greek heir would be better than none? shouldnt that have been their first strategy in bed? that scene was really unrealistic, now nandini- idk whats missing. the actress is not bad but everytime shes on screen i feel a sharp poke in my neck. shes such a hindi serial FL types loud mouthed and self righteous. i just cant connect. wanted to but i fail.

Originally posted by: shailusri1983

Shailu peeping back to inform that reverse sequencing and Chandra marrying Helena is also not a complete fiction either. There seems to be a historical version which backs it and it also has influential takers like Jawaharlal Nehru who seem to have backed it. Munni_Rajatfan has shared these details in her thread. So looks like we can all keep quiet on the reverse sequencing as well! Ekta seems to have done some extraordinary deal of research to find historical theories which will fit into her story this time round in CN.

actually I ha e a feel how durdhara fits the bill.
See they're tracing chandra lineage.as per Promo nandini calls him chandragupta.
So I think may be durdharas dad dies or he's killed by nandas.she has nowhere to go she's cousin of chandra. So he might marry her before he's the king.
I think it will be an hushed affair too we'll get a regal wedding only with nandini
Chanakya as evident from promos would be the one to solemnly decide nandini s alliance too

There are three theories or rather four theories of why Chandra will marry Durdhara.

1. Durdhara is being forcibly married off by her father to a wife-beater, drunkard of a husband. Chandra gets bitten by the Sir Galahad bug of chivalry and of course decides to save her by marrying her himself.

2. Durdhara is ditched at the Mandap by the groom she is about to marry for the sake of dowry. She cries buckets, her father cries buckets, Chandra's mother cries enough to fill an empty well, and Chandra decides he has had enough of all this nonsense and fills Durdhara's Mang suddenly with Jai Durga Jai Durga Jai Durga playing in the background blasting off all our ears.

3. Durdhara's groom is killed by Padmanand and his men by mistake instead of Chandra who is also attending this marriage because she is his cousin. Everyone begins blaming and reproaching Chandra from all sides full inquisition style. In the meantime, Durdhara madam has gone missing because she is thinking of committing suicide. Everyone one starts searching for her loudly calling her name for one full episode.

Meena Kumari and Anjali Devi rolled into one, Durdhara will be sitting near a flowing river thinking for hours together if the water will be too cold for suicide and what if she catches a nasty cold. At the last minute, Chandra will make a hero entry and stop her from taking her life. She will ask, "Ab main kiskeliye Zinda rahoon? Koi nahin hai ab mere liye...Mujh jaisa abhagan Ladki seh kaun Vivah Karega?"

And tha da, Chandra blurts out, "Main hoon Na! Main tumse Vivah karunga!" Chandra gets booked like this in his over enthusiasm to do good. Durdhara shocked to the core. There are revolving camera shots of her shocked expressions before she collapses in Chandra's arms and he catches her from falling. Episode ends!

4. A pretty ordinary theory, and not a tear jerker and TRP booster by any standards, Chanakya himself asks Chandra to marry Durdhara also for the sake of an Indian heir. He has his suspicions and reservations against a child born out of Indian and Macedonian union.

Originally posted by: pakhiv.

actually I ha e a feel how durdhara fits the bill.
See they're tracing chandra lineage.as per Promo nandini calls him chandragupta.
So I think may be durdharas dad dies or he's killed by nandas.she has nowhere to go she's cousin of chandra. So he might marry her before he's the king.
I think it will be an hushed affair too we'll get a regal wedding only with nandini
Chanakya as evident from promos would be the one to solemnly decide nandini s alliance too

Well, seeing what happened to Charumitra in the end, any voodoo charm she teaches you is bound to backfire! So lay off that idea, Shailaja!

OK, kids, since I was so amused by this picture of my Gang of Four peeping from behind a tree, I will absolve you of the kaada dose for now. But it is only a conditional reprieve, mind!😉

The condition being that I do not want any more of these cough medicine jokes. I am all for fun and games, and I love all of you mischievous creatures, but there is a limit to everything and the limit for me is here. I no longer find this entertaining. So think of something else, will you?

I am sure that will do your grey cells some good as well. If you soak them daily in this cough medicine stuff, they will soon atrophy!

So be good girls now!🤗

Shyamala Periyamma/Aunty

Originally posted by: shailusri1983

Sandhya, you think the cat will do its work or we need to find some other ways to evade the Kashayam? For a change, I am going to try some self spilling Kashayam voodoo I specially learnt from Rani Charumitra, the Voodoo Queen of CAS, to escape from our punishment.

Shailaja, tum US mein kya kar rahi ho? You are clearly meant to be a TV CV!

That bit about Durdhara checking out the water temperature before jumping in is priceless 👏- it should be jeevit, not zinda, but never mind. However, that might be your sole disqualification for this new career. TV CVs cannot afford to have a sense of humour.😆

No.2 is exactly like Ashoka the film, so no brownie points for that.

The real reason is of course No.4, which is the one used in CAS for disqualifying Helena's son Justin, elder to Bindusara, from becoming Chandragupta's heir. It seemed to have gone down pretty well there, undoubtedly due to the latent anti-foreigner sentiment among the viewers!

Shyamala Aunty

PS: If you peep back while running away from me, you will run full tilt into the fence, or fall into a ditch!😉

Originally posted by: shailusri1983

There are three theories or rather four theories of why Chandra will marry Durdhara.

1. Durdhara is being forcibly married off by her father to a wife-beater, drunkard of a husband. Chandra gets bitten by the Sir Galahad bug of chivalry and of course decides to save her by marrying her himself.

2. Durdhara is ditched at the Mandap by the groom she is about to marry for the sake of dowry. She cries buckets, her father cries buckets, Chandra's mother cries enough to fill an empty well, and Chandra decides he has had enough of all this nonsense and fills Durdhara's Mang suddenly with Jai Durga Jai Durga Jai Durga playing in the background blasting off all our ears.

3. Durdhara's groom is killed by Padmanand and his men by mistake instead of Chandra who is also attending this marriage because she is his cousin. Everyone begins blaming and reproaching Chandra from all sides full inquisition style. In the meantime, Durdhara madam has gone missing because she is thinking of committing suicide. Everyone one starts searching for her loudly calling her name for one full episode.

Meena Kumari and Anjali Devi rolled into one, Durdhara will be sitting near a flowing river thinking for hours together if the water will be too cold for suicide and what if she catches a nasty cold. At the last minute, Chandra will make a hero entry and stop her from taking her life. She will ask, "Ab main kiskeliye Zinda rahoon? Koi nahin hai ab mere liye...Mujh jaisa abhagan Ladki seh kaun Vivah Karega?"

And tha da, Chandra blurts out, "Main hoon Na! Main tumse Vivah karunga!" Chandra gets booked like this in his over enthusiasm to do good. Durdhara shocked to the core. There are revolving camera shots of her shocked expressions before she collapses in Chandra's arms and he catches her from falling. Episode ends!

4. A pretty ordinary theory, and not a tear jerker and TRP booster by any standards, Chanakya himself asks Chandra to marry Durdhara also for the sake of an Indian heir. He has his suspicions and reservations against a child born out of Indian and Macedonian union.

My dears,

A lot of the documentation and material that might have helped unravel the details of the history of this period was lost when Bakhtiyar Khilji destroyed the great library at Nalanda University in the 13th century AD, and slaughtered all the monks there. The same happened at Takshashila when these barbarian hordes invaded our land. And all but a few dozen of the over 84000 Ashokan pillar and rock edicts have been destroyed as well.

So there is no way of deciding between all these various theories. One can cherry pick what one wants, which is what Ekta's CVs are doing.

But what has been shown in the Episode 11 of Bharat ek Khoj is not what Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru wrote in his The Discovery of India. I really cannot understand why a director of the eminence of Shyam Benegal opted for this version in a series meant to be based on the book.

There, he has stated clearly that Chandragupta first ejected the Macedonians from Takshashila, then marched across the north of India, with the allies he had gathered by then, to Magadha. He defeated the Nandas, and became the King of Magadha. This was in 321 BC, two years after the death of Alexander.

It was later, when Seleucus crossed the Indus and tried to regain the areas earlier controlled by Alexander that Chandragupta met him head on and defeated him. He then married Helena, as an insurance against any replay by the Macedonians.

Not that Panditji was a great historian, nor would the Arthashastra have concerned itself with the order in which Chandragupta's marriages took place! But he is basing himself on the accounts of Megasthenes, the ambassador of Seleucus to Chandragupta Maurya.

Though I had watched Bharat ek Khoj when it was aired, I had forgotten one important point about this episode. Chandragupta is quite commonplace, but the Alexander here is stunning. An A class matinee idol in the old Hollywood template!😉😉 Pity he vanished so soon!

Shyamala Aunty

Originally posted by: shailusri1983

Shailu peeping back to inform that reverse sequencing and Chandra marrying Helena is also not a complete fiction either. There seems to be a historical version which backs it and it also has influential takers like Jawaharlal Nehru who seem to have backed it. Munni_Rajatfan has shared these details in her thread. So looks like we can all keep quiet on the reverse sequencing as well! Ekta seems to have done some extraordinary deal of research to find historical theories which will fit into her story this time round in CN.

That scene was marvellous! I was in stitches watching her crooking her finger and calling Chandra to her and he came, like Mary's little lamb!😆

Shyamala Aunty

Originally posted by: amina1

Aunty i thought helena was going to give him some yunani kaada but alas nothing like that happened ,but i must say she doesnt waste time atall,she knows what she wants ,yeh naari bahot bhari hai