In the eye of the Arrow : Episode 5 Page 4 Updated

Originally posted by: gemini54

Hi Gargi first a standing ovation for the quote from Homer 👏

One of my all time favorite . I collect quotes the way people collect stamps , in a diary of mine. I've 5 diaries full of endless quotes that ranges from spiritual to slang ! I;m glad you liked it. 😳

It is so wonderful to see familiar people on this forum people's writing which inspire me you being one of them. And of course how can I not mention Shyamala aunty.

Thank you so much . Humbled and honored.

I absolutely liked everything you wrote.

Thank you so much once again. 😳I royally suck at taking compliments gracefully. 😆

My take about Arjun getting equal space now shows that a heart wants what it wants . Uruvi could have got the greatest archer of all time but wants the archer who intrigues her, one who is yet to pierce her soul but has come teasingly close.

Arjun the warrior who has people swooning over him women included but is friend zoned by the person who he feels attracted to.

Karna what can I say about the character a really tragic hero who could never get a break in life and maybe this is one beautiful break in the form of Uruvi.

Great post keep it coming

I've no problem with Arjun getting screen space , since Arjun is , no one can dispute , crucial part of Karn's life story . He can not be avoided or kept away and nor he should be. Arjun was , not the greatest , but surely one of the greatest Archer of all time , same as Karn and Bhishma.

But he should be shown with others and not with Uruvi , and specifically not when viewers are just getting introduced to our lead couples.

If at all they should be shown as strictly friends , with no romantic friction. Here they're making Arjun -Uruvi angle pretty obvious and the entire Pukeya was shipping Arjun-Uruvi , including Kunti. 😕 Makes me squirmy.

Uruvi didn't friendzone Arjun , she realized that they're better off as friends . That's how they're meant to be . I'm glad that she did , if she had led him on or some thing things would've been really messy once she fell for Karn , becoz Arjun is already hopeful as it is. Some one of his caliber and stature did not deserve the sense of betrayal that's inevitable the way the stone of fate is rolling

Would love to know what you think about the review of 1st episode as posted below. 😳

Originally posted by: Carmilla

:The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again. | Homer, Iliad:

Hi fellow Karnsanginians , I'm Gargi . * Waves * 😳 I suck at introductions , and I rock in skipping parts where I suck ! 😆

So, introduction over ! 😃Sidhe mudde pe aate hai ! 😉

Kanasangini : Finally I got time out of my hectic schedule to catch up with the episodes properly and I've to say , I did so with great trepidation in the beginning . I'm not a Karna fan , I've objection to the word fan , seems kind of superficial to me in comparison to what I feel for Suryaputra . I worship him. From childhood. 😳

I understand exactly what you mean. 😳

So with this kind of personal emotional attachment , you also become jittery and anxious related to every thing associated with him, no matter if it's even a tv show it has his name associated with it . My Aradhya's name , my Arya's name . I can not keep calm , I confess . I felt like some one extremely dear to me is giving a test. I feel involved.

We find infinite excuses to evade anxiety inducing situations , "triggers" as long as feasible. I did just that . People ran away from sugar tests and evade going to the doctor all the time. Ostrich technique.

Aashim , Kingshuk and Tejasswi looked very promising in the promo . But I still couldn't bring myself to watch the show without hearing a little bit of feedbacks from my sister and fellow forum members first. It was very positive , which encouraged me to watch the show marathon fashion.

Already people gifted with eloquence of expression and fluidity in words and observation have done a great job in pointing out very many nuanced aspects about the show , but when it comes to good things , more is less ! :D

The show :

I must say I'm very impressed with the show. It has great repeat value content wise. It can be and should be watched by general mytho loving viewers , heck, in fact any general tv viewer. It is capable of providing them the joy they deserve to enjoy for giving their time to the tv screen. I've already started recommending it to my friends proudly , secure and confident in the quality , presentation and compactness of the script and how well directed , well shot it is ! A visual joy ride . <33 👏

The casting : In a one week old show , it's simply not possible to do justice to all the characters introduced till now, since there are many characters and all of them are well known ones. 😳

But I'm very happy and really really impressed with the leads Aashim and Tejasswi our Karn -Uruvi , Arjun , Kunti , Duryadhan , Bhishma.

I need to see more of Karna's parents , Shakuni , Dushyashan , Gandhari , Bhishma etc. to give an opinion.

Aashim is not even trying to follow the previous versions of Karna . I'll give him that and I'll say Kudos 👏. He's carving out a fresh niche for himself. He's making it clear that he's not stepping into any one's shoes , but making new shoes for himself , from raw leather , then wearing it and strutting it . Great job for the first week , with some scenes rising above great to become exceptional , with little improvisations , subtle gestures , how much he brings to the table with his body language , his carriage and his eyes , which are piercing like arrows as one of the Uruvi's Saheliya so aptly put. He's full of restraint which is good because most actors tend to overkill it. We're in for paisa vasool and some more here , folks !

Yes, he's very nuanced in his portrayal of Karna. 👏 As I said earlier, he has a certain thehrav on his face which ties up with the whole characterisation of Karn & his voice modulation & expressive eyes are just the icing on the cake. 😳

Another actor , I'm pleasantly surprized how much I'm impressed with, is Kingshuk's Arjun , who's simply great I must say. 👏 I'm really happy ki sadak se koi chindi sa Arjun pakad ke nehi le aya .

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He's full of fresh sparkle , with great ease in a mythological role, and one that of Arjuna ! Effortless and gorgeous in each and every single frame . Carefree , proud , conservative , yet flirtatious and noble. Full marks to Kingshuk. 👏 He's easy on the eyes too. 😉

Kinshuk is really winning hearts. He is very well at portraying all the aspects of Arjun that are often whitewashed like his insecurity, jealousy, anger etc. Arjun is surprisingly a pleasure to watch because of this aspect i.e. he isn't unidimensional. There are layers to this Arjun which Kinshuk portrays effortlessly. 👏

It was expected from Tejasswi that she'll fit the bill perfectly as the feisty yet feminine Uruvi and she rose up to that expectation. A face that reminds you of fairy tales and historicals automatically , a face that holds both beauty and power and feminine grace , each in equal quantity and a maturity that is complimented by innocence , she takes on the titular role with easy confidence and determined vigor . Superb casting to say the least. Within 2 minutes flat , she's just Uruvi for me , Tejaswini forgotten and that is the best thing one can probably say about an actor.

I never had any doubts over her either. 😃

Kunti - Extremely glamorous ⭐️, almost too much so for a role that is of an widow for the 99 % part 😕, but Sayantani saved it with her natural acting . She's superb with gray roles , so I'm confused why the makers are so hell bent on white washing Kunti's character , after securing Sayantani for the role ! 😕Lost opportunity .

She looked stunning as maiden Kunti . You can expect her to pop out as gorgeous babies as her sons Karn-Arjun are !

Yes, totally agree. She would have looked striking in a plain avatar too, they need not have bedecked her akin to a Christmas tree. 🤢

Pace of the story is great for now , almost breathlessly so. You can't risk missing a scene , or you might miss some important dialogs or nuance . Script is compact like Oxford pocket dictionary. More importantly, it has twists and turns and is pleasingly unpredictable within a predictable set up.

Background score : Some of them are really good , as the flute tune that plays during Uruvi's banter with Jaya Vijaya or the one plays on Uruvi-Arjun, the lyric less tune that plays when Karn shoots arrows at special occasions , the sad tune when Kunti bid goodbye to an infant Karn , Uruvi introductory tune... so on.

Yes, most of the bg scores are really good but the 'suto va sut' one didn't impress as much as the others or maybe it will take a bit getting used to since the 'suto va sut' bg score of ⭐️bharat is still stuck in my head as the best one. 😆

Things I disliked after 1st week :

-: Too much of Arjun-Uruvi scenes . Call me possessive of Uruvi or call me conservative in this regard, or may be because she's going to be the soul mate or Atmasangini of Karn , it was extremely annoying to see so much of Uruvi with Arjun. At first I was ok with their friendship .I also enjoy any opposite gender platonic friendship in a Mytho set up. There are some lovely banters back and forth. Their personalities are some what similar , with Uruvi being more feisty or Arjun easy going charmer. Teju looks really good with Kingshuk in a cute kind of way ( not a patch on the live wire that Karn-Uruvi are though ) , so I enjoyed it until... the flirting started. It's obvious that there are undercurrents and Arjun is much too much fond of Uruvi . Cut down on that makers , or else I'll have an ulcer pretty soon.🤢 Show Arjun as much as you want. In any story that involves Karn , Arjun is important and vice versa , because K_A were arch rivals yet brothers. Their names are taken together many a times . We all understand that. Show Arjun with Karn , with his brothers , with Kunti , with Shon .. with horse .. with whoever however you want as long as it stays relevant to Karn. Keep him away from our Uruvi . She belongs to Karn only. "Dil ke sabse jyada kareeb " yikes ! No no no not done ! Delete ! No triangle needed or wanted . Thank you very much , but we reject and eject any such over closeness.

It is getting too much indeed. Seeing their growing emphasis on this triangle terrifies me to think what they are gonna do with that Draupadi angle from the book. 🤢 👎🏼 to any & all triangles and quadrangles.

-: Kunti's portrayal 😕. More in the episode pointers.

-:The blood promise 🤢. More in the episode pointers.

-: Language 😲. Full of bumpy Urdu words "iradein", "dost" ."Tasveer" 😕Which century is this again !

Apparently they wanna keep it simple. 🥱

"Sabr ki had" how difficult could "sabr ki sima" have been? 🤪

-: Gravity defying jump of Uruvi's chariot across the large abyss. Suspension of disbelief failed 🤔. Divya horses the kya ????😆 Maybe they're disciples of Rajnikant ! 😃

Yeah that was really OTT they could have avoided such rubbish. 👎🏼

I'm not going to do methodical episode reviews 😆, since I'm not in the head space to accomplish any such feat nowadays with a brutal job profile. But I'll endeavour to give some of the things from each episodes that I may observe , Sort of bullet points in a haphazard manner , regularly in this thread , for as long as I can continue or the show lasts. Simply hoping and requesting fellow members to join in and drive the chariot . More and more questions lead to the truth . More and more discussions lead to Disney land ! 😃

It's alright babe. Whatever you can manage will be enough for us. 😳

Will update the thread soon with episodes pointers over the weekend.

Uruvi did not do any elaborate gesture towards Arjun to welcome him , since he's her closest friend . But I will go different. Welcome my friends with open arms.🤗

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