Three cheers for dialogue delivery!

Having just watched the first episode, this particular element of it impressed me so much that I thought I'd give it an appreciation thread of its own 😆 Far too often, contemporary mythos overlook the importance of dialogue delivery, perhaps thinking that if we have pretty faces chiseled bodies to look at, we'll be too distracted to care. However, they fail to realize that the audience is more intelligent than that, and if important messages are delivered in 5 syllable words like "mahatvakanksha", we'd like to hear them articulated with clarity and impact. No matter how lovely an actor/actress looks and how vivid their expressions are, in order for us to believe they're in character, I think it's important that they seem to know the meaning of what they're saying by not only pronouncing things correctly, but putting the right inflections in so they say each word with the intended emotions, too.

I had read that the makers of this show hired Rajit Kapur, THE Byomkesh Bakshi, to coach the cast in this area and was curious to see how effective he was. As of this episode, I can say it was a move that more than paid off because everyone from the main cast to the extras sounded like they were of that era rather than sent there via time machine. Special mention for Arav Chaudhary as Bhishma - people have all kinds of stereotypes about male models, but his performance in this episode is evidence enough to turn those misconceptions upside down. He spoke with a lot of conviction, differentiating between his delivery in a battle scene and a somber, emotional scene with incredible skill. So yeah, I am now confident that when important monologues/dialogues like Draupadi's questions in the dice hall and of course the Bhagavad Gita come along, it's going to be very easy to take them seriously because the coach was effective, and the cast put effort into absorbing it. Applause for both 👏

Agreed especially with the Bhishm part.When i initially saw whom they had casted as bhishm i wasnt happy i thought he can nver compare to Mukesh.I still cnat compare him to the way Mukesh played this role but even the new Bhishm was good excited to see his oath tomorrow