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^^^ IN Ramanand Sagar's SK, I definitely preferred YBA to those of either BRC or ⭐️B. But then again, YMMV. NSD were however abysmal.
But I don't agree that it was dragged: rather, the problem was the inaccuracies that crept into the narration. Like Karna did not use the Vaishnava astra against Arjun: Bhagadatta did. Similarly, Kunti & Krishna didn't approach Karna during the war: they approached him before the war started. Also, a lot of battles were skipped, like the battles b/w days 2-10, and then again, 11-12. Plus they had Shakuni killed before Shalya, when in fact, he was the last to die. However, they were I think the only serial that showed Ashwatthama's real power completely - like when he released the Narayan astra, his encounter w/ Krishna (shown in flashback) where he asks Krishna for his discus, and the episode of Arjun's chariot exploding. Or Arjun's stupid confrontation w/ Yudisthir b4 he killed KarnaBut I do prefer RS-SK to BRC b'cos some major things were shown accurately - like Kunti revealing to her sons Karna's secret after the war. BRC was too heavy on stupid bhashans from just about everybody - from Bheeshma down to the miners who dug the Varnavarta tunnel.
Who's YMMV and NSD?
Some tracks in the MB track were dragged, like Kunti's convo with Karna, which spanned nearly 3-4 long episodes, and also the Bhishma Vadh track, which like Starbharat focused too heavily on emotions and less on the battle itself, but I did like how they showed some battles which BRC skipped over. I guess between themselves, RSK and BRC each had their share of positive and negative points, but for me the soul of RSK was during the Gokul/Mathura phase, and a portion of the Dwaraka phase also. I liked the stories of Rukmini, Satyabhama and Jambavathi, but the political stuff was again dragged and distorted.
I actually really liked Yudhisthir and Bhima from Starbharat. Yudhisthir from BRC and RSK were expressionless. Bhima from BRC was good too, but I have a soft corner for our laddoo Bhima from Starbharat, lol. I would have liked Shaheer as Arjun if they did not portray him so much as a crybaby, so BRC's Arjun wins for me mainly for their portrayal. Starbharat's Nakul and Sahadev were liked mainly because they actually had a role in the show unlike the older ones, lol. The older serials tended to glaze over characters like Nakul, Sahadev and Shatrughan from Ramayan, so it's nice when the new serials give them importance.
BRC did have one too many lectures, especially during the war scenes, but they weren't all bad. Even RSK's Mahabharat had too much dialogue from characters like Krishna or Bhishma when all we wanted to see was some action. Starbharat on the other hand was just too damn emotional with many of the valiant characters being portrayed like crybabies, and I don't even want to start with how they butchered Arjun and Karna near the end with the "ek ma ki santaane" track. 🤬
I'm really not 100% satisfied with any Mahabharat-based show. There's positives and negatives from each one, that's all.
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