@ Debi di - I knew you would agree with me on the besuri aawaz during Sharanagat Vatsal, aur koi nahin to aap to saath dengi hi on a music issue ๐ The Dharti Maa actress is definitely different from the one in the dirt eating scene, I think that one was the same lady who was in the original Yamuna-touches-Krishna's-feet song but because of all the underwater effects it's hard to tell.
And ๐๐๐๐๐ at the in-depth analysis of Radha so Shyam; that they were able to convey such a deep truth with such simple technology was indeed a remarkable feat ๐ That "Shyam tripti, Radhe abhilasha" line you quoted reminds me of the RSR Swayamvar discussion we had, Sita Maa's deep longing that could only find fulfillment in Shri Ram and thus her manaao'ing of Gauri-Ganesh.
As for Shahnawaz as Shursen confusion, I'm still in the same boat as bhaiya, 50-50 ๐ It's really really hard to tell with the stark white beard, but both have those gentle eyes so it could totally be possible... if it's true, hats off to his talent ๐
Next sequence coming right up ๐
@ Janu - glad we agree on the early exposure to Kans's true nature, as well as the dubbing voice confusion ๐
And even more in our love for Dave as Narad... will open a poll in a few days that I had long ago opened on Orkut, so we can discuss all the wonderful scenes in which he got a lesson firsthand from Shri Krishna.
Later SK did not have SDB's real voice, that dubbing artist with the lowww mellow voice was the one they used on Mukul Nag in Saibaba and Gurmeet during his Vishnu scenes in ASR.
As for the confusion regarding Vasudev's family, I think bhaiya already addressed it but just to restate: he had an elder brother named Devbhaag who had more scenes in unedited SK than the new dvds, and Devbhaag was Uddhav's father. However, neither of them inherited a throne because this whole family belonged to Mathura which was jointly ruled by several factions of the Yadav dynasty, and out of respect for an old boon bestowed on the Bhoj faction to which Ugrasen, Kans, Devak, and Devaki belonged, it was a member of that family who always sat on the throne. Why Ugrasen and not the elder Devak, I don't know, unless SK messed up and made Devak older but he was actually younger. Then it would make perfect sense.
Anddd... good point about the parallel VD-Narad flower scenes, the freakiness of flowers falling indoors is certainly... freaky ๐ I guess y'all have convinced me then, it wasn't a personality difference in their reactions but just circumstantial.
@ Daau - idk if that particular video had the Brihaspati scene but this one certainly does, henceforth I will be linking the vids from this uploader because he's putting up the original dvds in longer segments and higher quality so yayyy for that:
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GJNGGqJwtY[/YOUTUBE]
And sachchi baat kahi about Narad's vardaan... firsthand audience of these divine leelas and also, the opportunity to get an explanation of the confusing ones from the Leeladhar Himself whenever needed! BONUS!!!
And as usual in agreement on the unresolved Shahnawaz issue... unhi se poochna padega ke bhai, aapne aakhir kitne roles kiye SK mein?! Talented man ๐
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