Originally posted by: shruti.nil
In DKDM however there is something that comes before the episode-which in my opinion everyone should read it-
its says "this show is a dramatized version of Pauranic scriptures,created exclusively for the purpose of entertainment-not meant to hurt the sentiments of any group or religious section"
DKDM has been created for entertainment purposes and is based on the Pauranic scriptures...the disclaimer says everything,and in this way it some how explains that all the content of this show shouldnt too seriously!...
Actually, this is there in a lot of the serials, if not all. In AS Ramayan, they had it, particularly when they were showing Luv/Kush's swarna kamal adventures, which I'm sure was written by none other than Sagar Arts. DBSK had it pretty often, and other serials like JJJB too have had it.
In fact, both ASR & DBSK had an unbelievably incredulous statement, where they claimed that the story had been formatted to fit the electronic medium. So things like Luv-Kush's swarna kamal adventures, or Krishna's games w/ Paundrak Vasudeva that included Sudama as well were all due to the technological needs of whatever TV technology that the channels had
but the major problem is that no one is able to read,since it comes in such tiny print for barely 2 seconds...
Actually, it scrolls too fast across the screen before one notices it
but yes ill agree the one Part that seriously annoyed me was seeing tarkasur in Satis era-he was so damn out of place...grrr...i felt like whacking him each time i saw him,similarly when i see Dadhichi a part in my head goes"errr...Dadhichi arent you supposed to be dead??",atleast D showing rishi Markandey makes sense since he did live that long and also wrote scriptures like the Devi Puran,Durga Satashati etc
The question though becomes what exactly does such a disclaimer allow one to do? My impression was that when there are varying texts that give conflicting accounts of the same event - something (unfortunately IMO) too common in Hindu scriptures, it gives the PH the license to pick and choose at random from different sources, and coming up w/ a composite story. To me, that's an acceptable use of the disclaimer.
But what when the disclaimer is used to give the PH the license to play fast & loose w/ the story? Be it Tarakasura in Sati's era, Parvati growing up in Dadhichi's ashram, Mena being hostile to Parvati being devoted to Shiva, and so on? In the ASR, the swarna kamal episodes of Luv & Kush were pulled out of thin air - those who were there in that forum will recall how we used to joke about Hansel & Gretel being plucked out of Grimm and put in Treta Yuga Aryavarta. And DBSK - the last stretch of stories that they showed after the Pradhyumna track about Krishna supervising a tyranical lady and how she dealt w/ the daughter of a blind couple, and so on? Of course, by then, DBSK had lost all its viewers, and so they could show anything until Turner mercifully pulled the plug on the channel itself.
Or in DkDM itself - first day, the kidnapping of Parvati and the next day, attempt by Bahurupa to kill Parvati, the next day, Tarakasura's assailants going to hunt her, and so on. Taken right out of the stories of baby Pradhyumna, baby Krishna and then who knows what else
i have no problem in showing Shiva and Adi Shakits story as a love story-its a love story we look up to and admire,but something i have a serious problem is the fact that they are messing up the timelines,that almost changes the whole story,specially when they got Tarkasur in Satis era,which made no sense!
The love story itself, I don't mind. The criteria that I use is that it shouldn't contradict stuff that's in the scriptures. So if they want to show Shiva & Parvati playing dice (something that they did in RSSK) or Krishna & Jambavati watching TV (a regular on DBSK) or even Rama giving Sita a foot massage (shown in ASR, much to the chagrin of some viewers), I am happy to see it.
What I can't digest, however, is when they alter the story to fly in the face of what's written. In the original Ramayan, Rama asked Lakshman to leave Sita near Valmiki's ashram w/o telling her, and she got to know at the last moment, whereas in both the Ramayan serials, they showed Sita being the one to urge Rama to exile her In Shrimad Bhagvatam, it was Rukmini who was the main person entertaining Sudama when he visited: in DBSK, they showed Jambavati & Satyabhama do it instead.
Within DkDM itself, I'm disappointed that they sanitized the roles of everybody present in Daksha's yagna. In the original story, when Veerbhadra went there, he set about punishing everybody. Saraswati's nose was cut off, so was Vayu's teeth, Indra & Vishnu were knocked unconscious and just about everybody who had insulted Mahadev by attending that yagna in the first place was duly punished. Here, they showed everybody as being opposed to Daksha. [8=}}]
PS-i do hope they show some of Shivas independent stories too-even of it is in the flashback form of a Rishi telling Parvati a story of Shiva-he may be an ideal husband/lover,but ShivJi has many aspects to his character which people need to know!!
I'm desperately hoping for that as well. The events around Bhashmasura, Shiva's involvement in the samudra manthan, his dealings w/ Ravana, and so on. In fact, I'm even hoping (maybe against hope) that we see Shiva & Mohini give birth to Ayappa. If that happens, it should happen after Durga kills Mahishashur, since that was what caused it in the first place. As an aside, it would be funny to see both Parvati and Lakshmi sadly conversing amongst themselves while their husbands are conceiving a child to kill the rakshashi. 😈😆
nice post sweety
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