Star Plus' Mahabharat Appreciation/Discussion Thread #1 - Page 11

Originally posted by: -ShrNi-

this show is for a fixed 6 months with a max of 128 episodes

its a high budgeted show-i dont see a chance for them dragging it

Shakuni is cool-i actually liked Satyavati being showed A lil grey...

and the fact that every character if getting a seperate promo-its only fair cos all the characters are important!😊

hope we get a Krishna promo on Janmashtami

That's great! I have a good feeling this MB will be a major hit. 😃

Reduce Geeta to one episode? What... the......🤬?

No, they've not decided that. But I was thinking - how does one reduce the Mahabharata to 128 episodes? There are a lot of things that happened, which would have to be skipped in order to keep it that low.

I agree with you. Another thing i would like them to do,or not to do- Don't insert 21st century ideology in the Dwapara Yuga.

Oh, absolutely!!! Although in the original Mahabharata, when Krishna meets the Pandavas the first time during their exile, he tells Draupadi of how he'd have stopped that game or discouraged the gambling, blah blah blah.

the Mahabharat is sqeezed into one teenie tiny 3 hour movie too

Thanks for sharing the promos, Devraniji 🤗

Aesthetically speaking, the promos look fantastic. The throwing of the dice at the end of the Shakuni promo, the whole small fish/big fish symbolism in the Satyavati promo, and especially the little shot of Arjun receiving divyastras from Shivji in the Arjun promo were gorgeous. Even the costumes and jewelry look good so far. If they maintain that quality of visuals instead of showing shiny trailers like DKDM and then not really delivering/squeezing all the effects into like 30 seconds of airtime, that alone will be a reason to watch.

In terms of casting, Satyavati seems like a perfect fit. Thought she was Drashti for a sec until she opened her mouth. But yeah, she looks the part and her pronunciation and overall dialogue delivery seem great; even Shakuni sounds good though they'll be better off taming his appearance so that he doesn't turn into a caricature. Gandhari looks too young and glamorous, so idk that the makeup department is going to be able to age her convincingly as her children grow up; I fear she'll be yet another new mytho mom who eventually ends up looking younger than her kids. Arjun sounds kind of hammy in his promo, so of everyone we've seen so far I'm least confident in him, which ain't good because we'll be seeing more of him than the others. Hopefully the show proves me wrong.

I changed the title of the thread since we've been discussing far more than that first article. 😆 This thread can remain a place of discussion about the show until and even after its forum is open.