VikI never really liked the BRC serial due to the liberties they took w/ the story, making it Mahabhashana, and making things up as eggregious as some of the ones in JSK and DBSK. Having said that, one thing strange about BRC was that they included in the serial Krishna's birth & childhood, which is
not there in Mahabharata, but they ended the serial @ a very strange place - Bheeshma's death, and so the end of Krishna & the Pandavas, which
was part of the Mahabharat, was never shown. In this serial, I wonder whether they'll end it when Krishna is shot by Jara and taken to Vaikuntha, or whether they'll also show the Pandavas last journey and Yudhisthir's parikshas in Yamalok.
You're right that the Mahabharata was about the Kurus, but there were so few players in the serial, as opposed to the original story, that Krishna dominated proceedings on the Pandava side, while we were subjected to endless bhashans from Shakuni, Vidura, Dhritarashtra, Gandhari, Bheeshma and to a lesser extent Drona & Kripa.
On Vinod Kapoor (Dushashan in BRC and Vibhishan in ASR), I think that since he played the role of a Kaurava prince previously, this time, a role such as that of Drona or Kripa would be appropriate - particularly Drona. Or maybe Vidura.
I hope Sagar Pictures use a composite of texts in SB and MB, and not past serials, be it either BRCM or RSSK. Both were very flawed serials.
SitaI thought it was Arjun, not Yudhisthir, that they showed. So far, they showed Kunti, Arjun and on the Kaurava side, Dhritarashtra, Gandhari & Shakuni. I'll post the promo once it's up on Imagine's YouTube channel.
I think it will probably be months b4 we get to the Gita part - there will be Draupadi's swayamvara, the establishment of Indraprastha, Arjun & Subhadra's marriage & birth of the Pandava-putras, the game of dice and Draupadi's humiliation, the Pandava exile, where Krishna is supposed to be w/ them on at least 3 occasions, the upbringing of Abhimanyu (I doubt they'll show Draupadi's kids, even though they too were brought up by ummm, Rukmini as well as Subhadra and Krishna's wives.), Abhimanyu's marriage to Uttara, Krishna's mission to Hastinapur and his meeting w/ Karna, Duryodhan & Arjun soliciting his support, all of this will happen b4 it gets to the war.
Now, there are peripheral stories about Krishna and the Kurus, which I hope gets shown in its proper chronological perspective. One would be Samba abducting Lakshmanaa and Balarama rescuing him from the Kauravas, another would be Satyabhama's meeting w/ Draupadi during the Pandava exile, then there is also Krishna & his clan visiting Vrindavan and meeting all major rulers, as well as the Kurus. This last part would happen after the success of Yudhisthir's Rajasuya yagna & death of Sishupala, but b4 the game of dice.
I also hope that Satyaki, who's normally routinely been ignored in all serials about Krishna and the Mahabharata, gets his fair coverage here. He was the 2nd most important chariot warrior in the Pandava army after Arjun (in fact superior in archery even over Bhima), contributed majorly in the Pandava victories, was a companion to Krishna and a shishya to Arjun, fought alongside Krishna in the war against Banasura, and finally, was the immediate cause of the fratricide that destroyed the Yadavas. A good actor should be selected for him, and he should be Krishna's companion in all his dealings w/ the Pandavas.
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