@Anku,
Dudeee, I don't want to fight with you as you're one of my closest and oldest friends on IF😭 , so let's just agree to disagree. Anyway, I don't disagree with everything you're saying because you are definitely justified in your point as I am in mine. I am not against Ramayan shows being made in general, just by the same production house. At least with Zee Tv's Ramayan, I hope the Sagars stop remaking the same show. If another production house makes it I have no problem, as the EPIC Ramayan itself belongs to everyone, but the Sagars shows all show the same thing. They have the same method of storytelling so we don't really learn anything new, whereas another production house may show us something we do not know. You get what I mean, right? Another thing with the Sagars is that I'm losing my respect for them more and more nowadays, because they show such kichdi in the name of mythos. Their fame has gotten to their head and they don't really give utmost importance to spirituality anymore. It's why I'm against Zee's new Ramayn. I don't want to see my favorite epic being made into a mockery, especially since I have absolutely NO trust in Sagar Pictures. Their shows have all bombed so how can I trust them to do justice to Ramayan, which is very close to my heart?
Anyway, I agree that JSK was not true most of the time, but I think the older Krishna stories were better than the bal krishna ones. At least they had some truth to them. But yeah, in general I agree with what you said. About Dkdm, you yourself said you don't judge shows without watching them, right? You also said you don't watch Dkdm, so I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by what you see now. The stories they show of Devi Parvathi are so much better than the Sati phase. You should give it a try.
About Gurmeet fans, I'm not justifying what they're saying, but I've seen this before too. When NDTV Ramayan was just coming out, so many people bashed Gurmeet by saying they accepted Arun Govil in the role, and that Arun Govil is the face of Ram for them. How could they accept another actor? I myself was guilty of this before actually watching the show and becoming a fan of Gurmina as Ram and Sita. People in general are like this. Once they like someone they find it hard to like someone else, but such fans even now exist for old and new Ramayan. And to an extent, I don't think it's totally wrong for people to "accept" an actor as God. I know it sounds shocking, but as long as people don't worship actors I don't think it's wrong to see their face in God. Think about it. We all are humans. We do not know how God looks, and it's hard for some people to understand God without creating a face for him. If people see Arun/Deepika or Gurmeet/Debina as Ram and Sita, and it helps them connect to the Gods and become closer to them, is it totally wrong.?I don't think so. Like I said, as long as their obsession does not make them worship the actors with incence sticks and flowers, I find it human to see God in these actors.
Edited by JanakiRaghunath - 13 years ago
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