Chandra Nandini 71-75: Turbulent Tides - Page 24

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Ranjana, you unregenerate little wretch,

How on earth do you pull off these sidesplitting asides with such airy ease? The one about Paavam Ranjana and the sofa had me rolling in the aisles, or rather it would have if our flat had run to aisles. No wonder you are a Plum addict!

As for your deadlines snarling at you, even if they were as ferocious as Cerberus, I am sure you would be more than a match for them! All the very best for the timely completion of the Kautilyan Labours. I am sure that to outdo Hercules, they must be numbering at least 13!

Affectionately,

Shyamala Aunty

Originally posted by: harrybird

Sri & Animal Lover , I will answer your question!

JA & CN may be from the same production house, but the sets were not erected by the same production house

Chandra Nandni set is erected by Balaji exclusively for this serial.

But for Jodha Akbar serial, they utilized the set already erected in 2008 for Ashutosh Gowarikar Movie Jodha Akbar staring Hrithik & Aishwarya. Ashutosh team was not able to shoot in Amer & Agra fort due to heavy tourist inflow during that time.So, they made a replica of Amer & Agra fort in ND studio, Karjat & the entire cost of the set was around 120 Million. ND studio is still making money by renting it out.

Thats why we saw MO (DJ Snake lean on) dancing in Jallu bed & hamam😆

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqeW9_5kURI[/YOUTUBE]

So, No comparison b/w a serial set & a movie set😆

PS : Wish Ashutosh had used the entire set effectively...we wud have got Hrithik-Aishwarya Hamam scene Neverthless, Santram Verma did it & as a result, we are still obsessed with Hamam Jallu😳

Originally posted by: Animal.Lover

Dear aunty, just now I replied to someone in the forum regarding an essential difference between the handling of JA and CN. I loved Rajat in Jodha Akbar, goes without saying. But I can't help but like him more in Chandra Nandini. Plus, this show has Shweta to double the fun 😳

However, there is one thing I have felt since the time Chandra became the king of Magadh. Wanted to share it with you so you can give me your take on the same...but only when your health permits aunty, please do take care...you are our dazzling written analysis ke hunar ki khaan ⭐️

So here goes. Somehow, to me, the JA mahal always looked better lit and bustling with characters and activities. Every time, without fail, there was someone to call out "baa-adab baa-mulahiza hoshiyaar...so and so tashreef la rahe hain". Surprisingly, nobody does that for Chandra and his queens...or mother...or Acharya! The CN palace looks stupendously luxurious, yet rather vacant and lifeless. I think it needs more daasis, guards, khwaja seras (don't know what they are called in Sanskrit), mantris, senapatis, etc. What do you think attributes to this core difference in treatment, given that both are under the same production? Am I missing something here?

Originally posted by: jayaks02

Remember Jalal's room - It was spacious, airy with all kinds of luxuries.

Here it looks very grand but the material is cheap, me thinks. And there are only a few rooms and a nice hallway and pool. Will tell you why !!

There was a small stool and some decoration element in Nandini's chota room when C comes and confronts her with the koshna patrika( the one Roopa gets done). After few days, I saw the same thing in Chandra's room when she moves in with him after Daadi drama. 😆 So they keep moving many articles into that one room where shooting will take place. 😉 Whereas in JA each room had a distinct feel. J Mata room had Kanha prominently. 😉

Originally posted by: jayaks02

And did you see the chitrakaar? I think they made one of the spot boys a make shift chitrakaar for the shooting - His body language hardly was of an artist. In those days, artists were respected a lot so you can imagine them to be carrying some amount of intellectual arrogance.

Originally posted by: shailusri1983

I have an excellent idea. Roopa and Sunanda could engage somebody to kidnap Nandini and then take her place instead. They believe that she is kidnapped by their man, but somebody else has done it.

They do not understand a single thing. They start suspecting everyone from Malayketu, Aapma, Helena,
Padmanand, and Chanakya. They start making a number of mistakes. A cat and mouse game begins between them and this mysterious kidnapper.

At the other end, Nandini finds herself kidnapped by a handsome and mysterious masked man. She tries to esacape from captivity once or twice. The kidnapper threatens Nandini of dire consequences if she tries to run away. But he surprisingly treats her gently and well.

At the end, the grand, shocking and surprising revelation is that the kidnapper is actually Chandra himself and he was doing all this to expose the entire scheme and its main players and also to protect Nandini. He was weaving circles all this while around Sunanda, Roopa and Aapma. Anybody is interested in seeing such a storyline on the show? Anybody thinks Chandra is capable, efficient and brainy enough to pull all this off?

Originally posted by: sashashyam

I hope that foster mother, who could testify in Nandini's favour, has not already left Pataliputra.

Originally posted by: harrybird

Sri & Animal Lover , I will answer your question!

JA & CN may be from the same production house, but the sets were not erected by the same production house

Chandra Nandni set is erected by Balaji exclusively for this serial.

But for Jodha Akbar serial, they utilized the set already erected in 2008 for Ashutosh Gowarikar Movie Jodha Akbar staring Hrithik & Aishwarya. Ashutosh team was not able to shoot in Amer & Agra fort due to heavy tourist inflow during that time.So, they made a replica of Amer & Agra fort in ND studio, Karjat & the entire cost of the set was around 120 Million. ND studio is still making money by renting it out.

So, No comparison b/w a serial set & a movie set😆

PS : Wish Ashutosh had used the entire set effectively...we wud have got Hrithik-Aishwarya Hamam scene Neverthless, Santram Verma did it & as a result, we are still obsessed with Hamam Jallu😳

Originally posted by: shailusri1983

I just caught up with the episode. Just a nagging doubt I am beginning to have. At first I thought it must have been pure coincidence. But now it is getting even stronger. Are there lift offs from my FF? First the Theej episode, now search your name in Nandini's Mehendi!

My only problem with the Roopa fiasco nowadays. Someone please kidnap and keep Nandini away from all this. The poor girl has been deluded that she is loony when she is not. She is on the line of fire from all sides. Everybody misunderstands and heaps misery on her. It would be best if she is just kept out till the entire confusion is sorted out.

I have an excellent idea. Roopa and Sunanda could engage somebody to kidnap Nandini and then take her place instead. They believe that she is kidnapped by their man, but somebody else has done it.

They do not understand a single thing. They start suspecting everyone from Malayketu, Aapma, Helena,
Padmanand, and Chanakya. They start making a number of mistakes. A cat and mouse game begins between them and this mysterious kidnapper.

At the other end, Nandini finds herself kidnapped by a handsome and mysterious masked man. She tries to esacape from captivity once or twice. The kidnapper threatens Nandini of dire consequences if she tries to run away. But he surprisingly treats her gently and well.

At the end, the grand, shocking and surprising revelation is that the kidnapper is actually Chandra himself and he was doing all this to expose the entire scheme and its main players and also to protect Nandini. He was weaving circles all this while around Sunanda, Roopa and Aapma. Anybody is interested in seeing such a storyline on the show? Anybody thinks Chandra is capable, efficient and brainy enough to pull all this off?

Originally posted by: Sandhya.A

Aunty, Ashutosh certainly lacks our imagination.😆 Had Anji been his assistant director...☺️...oh no, the Elder Wand looms large.😲

Anjali, certainly there is no comparison between a tv serial set and a movie set. But there is something like elegance which is completely absent in CN sets and costumes. They are all loud, garish and a pain to the eye. From the snankakshs to Chandra's brocade dupattas to the peeled off furniture to the rooms and dresses and jewelry, everything looks gaudy and plain cheap

Take the Peshwa Bajirao sets for example. Aurangzeb's apparel and tent looked impressive though not to the standards of film sets. Queen Tara looked like a queen from every angle. The silks were simple yet regal. The palace too looks like real and not flashy as in CN. The jewelry were all graceful too.

It is a pity that Rajat is not chosen for something like that and he invariably lands up in Ekta's kichdis and keeps weeping, admiring and counting his queen's hunars and running around them in his harem.