What is It with the story..?? - Page 3

@Suchi

I see your POV and probably partly agree with it. But this is not the first time that Mahadev is doing overwork in this show. He does overwork even when Narayan in around!

I know when a show is made on a particular deity it is all about him/her and others are sidelined. But at least shows like Vishnu Puran didn't show Lord Vishnu taking various "unheard of" avatars and playing parts in stories that were clearly about Lord Shiva the way DKDM has been putting Mahadev in every frame no matter what! They've invented even those avatars which no one has ever heard about.

DKDM has a mythology of its own.

Originally posted by: .Vrish.

Shruti

I couldn't agree w/ you more - you summed up pretty much everything I wanted to say.

For something like the Puranas, which are a variety of works - not just Shiva Purana but also things like the Skanda Purana, the Kanda Purana and so on, I'm happy that they're using a collection of stories. I'm slightly less thrilled with them taking fringe stories like Asoka Sundari and running them like they are major - and the thing I wonder there is, if AsokaSundari, why not Manasa Devi? Similarly, I'm also less than thrilled about Andhak being left out so far - his was a pretty good story as well.

The fisherman story was actually in the ACK - Tales of Shiva - I recalled that when I read it recently, and remembered them showing it in DkDM. The Tales of Shiva had 3 stories - Markandeya, the fisherman story and then Kirat vs Arjun. Of these, they showed Markandeya in flashback, and the fisherman story; what's left is the Kirat story, which should happen in the Mahabharat track.

But you're totally right about Parvati & Kartikeya - if the CVs can show Ganesh properly, why not Parvati & Kartikeya? In fact, instead of Ramayan, had they shown the JJMD stories, in their entirety - of Ma Durga's wars w/ Durgam and Mahishashur, as well as the killing of not just Dhoomralochan & Raktabheej but also Chanda, Munda, Nishumbha & Shumbha, they'd have done fine: Ma Durga/Mahakali, as Mahadev's wife, would have achieved all that, thereby making him look good as well, and those stories, unlike the Ramayan, wouldn't have looked out of place in this serial.

Similarly, Kartikeya's single greatest achievement was the killing of Tarakasura. Had they planned it right from the beginning, they could have instead used the South Indian version and made Surapadman the leader, and shown the story of how Kartikeya got his peacock. There was no need to show Mahadev helping him, and then, as if to compensate, show him fighting fictional battles w/ Taare & Vritra. I also hated how they showed him as petulant - something that I haven't read about anywhere at all. They could have used a lot of the stories from the South about Kartikeya too.

In fact, that is my sore point of this serial: the thing that bothers me most about it is that to show the greatness of Mahadev, they have to overshadow the greatness of Parvati, Kartikeya and others around Mahadev. 😡 But if Mahadev needs everyone else to be belittled in order to look great, why show Ganesh properly either? Or are the CVs just catering to the Mumbai crowd, and pretending that the rest of the country is like them? My theory is that Mahadev's greatness is enhanced when all the people around him - Parvati, Kartikeya, Ganesh, Nandi, the ganas & prets - are all shown properly.

After so many serials on Ramayan & Krishna, I was longing for one that celebrated Mahadev, Ma Durga, Kartikeya & Ganesh, and those in Kailash. DkDM fulfilled that some when it came to Mahadev, but disappointed badly w/ the others. It's upsetting to watch, especially given the great job they had done casting.

how to thank you vrish i have this(marked in blue)thought whenever Ganesh got to do all n Kartikeya most of the time stand like anyother third person in crowd.as it is DKDM its strictly about Shiv even others duty will be carried forward to him in all possible n impossible ways.about showing South tales its a Hindi daily so expectation from the people who dont even want to consider them is like banging my head even after knowing it wil hurt me😆

According to me DKDM has most of the ingredients to appeal various mindsets & those watching it without any preset mind too. Those who watch without any expexctations will find it quite appealing & the other category will try to look for what they know in it, may be left disappointed at times. Everyone watches a Mytho for the lessons, messages they give. But when they are not found in the show, then the comparison between the Purana's story or the known story & this show's story starts. Since it involves characters that represent our faith, our appreciations are in abundance & disappointment is high too.

Firstly since we are highlighting the stories I would like to point out from the audience perspective there are certain things that are good, permissible and totally unacceptable.

Being a fan of the show from day one and having followed it.
The good part though completely fictitious the Sati era the romance shown was good thought it was over dramatic and given that filmi effect it was beautiful and we all loved the falling in love phase of Shiv and Sati.
We even accepted Tarakasur in that era and fictional characters of Madanike and Vijaya because it was not really hampering the story lines and the added drama kept the whole thing engaging.

Totally unacceptable was the humanized version of Sati, she crying all the time and though she was not a reformed version like Parvati but she was Adishakti and the Das Mahavidyas was supposed to have happened during the time of Sati which was completely ignored in DKDM.

Now coming to the later part when Mahadev becomes the householder, him engaging in family activities, being the loving husband and caring father was what made me love Mahadev and which I felt was explored nicely in Mahadev.

Ganesh and Karthikeya calling Vishnu mammaji though one would say is more humanized is permissible because it connects you to the characters more.

But distorting story lines, making everything Mahadev centric, butchering characters mainly that of Adishakti reducing her to being just a housewife, no clue of surrounding around her, falling on the feet of Mahadev, even her various avatars shown in DKDM was very bad glorifying Mahadev at every stage at the rate of even bringing down Ma Shakti which was deplorable, Karthikeya, Vishnu, Lakshmi all these characters are shown in poor light, Nandi reduced to a cry baby though Kumar has given a fab performance but Nandi had varied roles to play and not just cry at the drop of a hat.

Now Ramayan you see Mahadev interfering in everything related to Ram it is deplorable.
I am not a Vaishnavite neither a Shivaite but it hurts when stories are distorted so baldy for the sake of showing Mahadev in full glory.

The only good thing is Mohit gets to explore his acting to the fullest but ultimately as viewer it gives me a bad feeling when I see the Gods I revere reduced to sham on screen.

Originally posted by: mnx12

On a lighter note, since the lead is playing Mahadev. Does anyone offer flowers, diya, dhoop in front of his pic? 🤣

Mohit does look the closest to what we imagine Lord Shiva to be