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After watching DKDM version of J, it's difficult to trust them to show the perfect Ravan. 😆Since they have chosen him, they might stick to the original Ramayan, which all pf us are aware of.
Actually, the biggest howler here is how the depict the relationship b/w Ravan & Vibheeshan. Vibheeshan was one of Ravan's lifelong critics, but in DkDM purana, he's about as much a bhakt of Ravan as Ravan is of Shiva. Nothing betrays the contrived aspect of this story more than this.
A few things that surprised me over the week. I enjoyed Nandi laughing @ Ravan's plane crash 🤣 but one thing just struck me as impossible. Let's assume the DkDM purana to be original & authentic. How does Nandi, who's just cursed Ravan, try and advise him on how to placate Shiva? And why would Ravan, who can't distinguish b/w bulls & vanaras (somehow, zoology doesn't seem to have been one of his subjects in his gurukul), listen to someone he considers a vanar, rather than trust his own judgement?
The chandrahaas scimitar - Shiva gave that to him unconditionally. IIRC, Ravan used it to kill Jatayu, and later, after Meghnad's death, was on the verge of going out to kill Sita w/ that weapon. So had Shiva put any conditions on its use, that weapon would very quickly have returned to him. Incidentally, anything anywhere that says that Mahadev got it back after Ravan's death?
Also, was it Shiva who named Dashanand Ravan? I thought that he had that name from the get go.
So they made Ravan a celebrity @ Kashi? It was funny watching the exchange b/w Ravan & Sumali, who he seems to enjoy pissing off 😆 (a variation on the Ramayan, where his verbal skirmishes are w/ Malyavan). But what took the cake was Vibheeshan presenting Ravan w/ a Veena flag, which Ravan then adapted as the emblem of the Rakshashas. There is a lot more love b/w these 2, according to this serial.
An evil side of me wishes that they make Vedavati & Sita real vamps 😈
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
