Anjali my poppet,
It is my opinion too.
Any show,to hold one'e attention, needs some glamour quotient as well. In Maharana Pratap, the sets were truly good, and you had some not just very competent but handsome actors, such as Rana Udai Singh, and especially the Lady Macbeth like Queen Dheerbaiji. One needs something striking to look at!
Besides, even with substandard material, Rajat is a master at extracting something that enchants and delights you, of course when he is not indulging in OTT glaring! Manish Wadhwa is immensely competent, but he is not inspired. That is the difference. But yes, Sandhya dear, I do wish he would get better shows, though not necessarily the likes of Bajirao.
I do not know what the adult Bajirao will look like and how he will perform. I hope they do not end up with a wooden faced hunk. I do not think Rajat would fit into these so-called realistic historicals. He is larger than life when he gets going, and is in the tradition of the Hollywood matinee idols of old.
Whereas, in shows like Bajirao, the characters are subordinated to a script that deliberately eschews stars and glamour. It is then the side characters who stand out, like Aurangzeb and Radha Bai. The snippet where she struggles to suppress her panic at the prospect of her husband leaving at once on a dangerous mission, and gets set to bid him godspeed was lovely.
I liked tonight's Chandra Nandini episode a lot: the gift fiasco was quickly and neatly resolved despite Nandini's exasperating goongi gudiya act, and Mura's hysterics. Mura is really bad looking in such weepfests. I would have preferred it if Chandra had sorted the thing out on his own, but chalta hai, it was not bad. I presume he is saving up his grey cells for the unmasking of Roopa.😉😆
The scene with the diyas on the terrace was just perfect. Another of my bubble moments.
Shyamala Aunty
Originally posted by: harrybird
Sandy, Peshwa Bhajirao is the most expensive historical show on Indian Television with budget >100 crores.Sphere origins produce not more than 2 serial at a time unlike BT which launches new show every fortnight.
Yes, I agree the royal etiquette is completely missing in Chandra Nandni & director should be blamed mainly for these things.
As far as casting is concerned, Chandra Nandni team has got a talented bunch of actors like chanakya, mahapadmanand, malayketu, helana, durdhara, moora, sunanda or avantika. Shweta who had a shaky start, is going great off late. I don't remember any other serial with this many good actors...Oops...How can I forget Apama😆
One can't enjoy the serial if we keep comparing always. Every show has its own pluses & minuses. Peshwa may turn out be a damn good historical...but it can never match with CN in one thing & that is...😳
Just My Opinion😃
Edited by sashashyam - 8 years ago
