Glamour and Technology and Mahabharat/ DT's NT pg 8 - Page 4

Originally posted by: Sabhayata

Rasyafan

I absolutely respect your opinion all i said was that we cant speak on what majority audiences like it goes for both you and me

Sabhayata, Thank you for respecting my opinion. Anyone can talk in general terms there is no hard and fast rule and I said whatever based on that post and responses on this forum and this thread.

Originally posted by: varaali

Hastinapur may have been grand to look at, but waterfalls? Seriously, Hastinapur is somewhere in the plains- but which river causes water falls there?

And the only time Dhritarashtra displayed his strength was when he crushed the iron statue of Bhima after the war. There's absolutely no record of him having learnt any martial art whatsoever.

And Kunti / Madri were talking to Pandu as if they were 21st century wives. That was not the way women in Dwapara Yuga spoke.

Very True. Although I must say the royal ladies were a little better treated and had more freedom of thought and speech than the ordinary ones.

Originally posted by: rasyafan

Agreed

Even being what he was, Duryodhan would never dare to speak to his father the way he did and certainly not behave the way he did in front of Bheeshm, even I am sure Dhritrashtra was not so loud, larger then who he was
Women had more femininity but females of this MB are too masculine especially Amba and Satyawati, as for Ganga to me she was NRI model 😆 hindi bhi hinglish ki tarah sound karti thi 😆 and her posture was like a Model walking on a ramp 🤢

I was not sure whethe rI would find like minds here... But I am glad people do care for genunity

Originally posted by: rasyafan

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Actually women back then were more powerful especially when it came to their household they had a say in what went in their house and marital life they also made decisions and a husband would often consult with his wife to make some decision it is not new or unique.

I will give you an example, Mena Devi wife of Himawan did not want Shivji as her daughter's husband and even her husband was unable to bend her regarding that, and it was after she agreed and took decision that Parwati got marreid to Mahadev.

Yes, husbands were the heads of the family but women were also important and did hold some power in their marriage and family life. Atleast it happened in both Brahman and Kshatriya varn.

Well as I said, royal women certainly had a SAY in matters. And though the general woman was not really treated like a doormat, they were probably not as powerful as the Queens and princesses

Originally posted by: Sabhayata

Well i really dont think any one of us can say how hastinapur looked at that time becuase none of us were alive that time to see it .The CV's interpretation of hastinpaur some may like it some may not but certainly our opinions are not facts

May be sets are a little more glamourised but that is teh trend these days look at yash raj and karan johar movies this is the age of glamourised things.In any case i dont concentrate much on the sets i like the story they are showing content matters to me that is all

Same goes for characters people interpret MB characters in diffenret ways this is CV's interpretation not ours but certainly our interpretation is not a fact nor is CV's.

Yes sets look unreal to me as well at times.But i am not comparing it to Lord of the rings or Avtaar or Game of thrones i am comparing it to other serials on Indian TV and i think we should appreciate their effort that is all

MB is a grand Indian epic and they are trying to present it in a grand way.Not every one has to like it

Nice thought. I agree with you on the point WHY this MB is made to look unreal and too grand. But they could have done better by not OVERDOING it.

Originally posted by: snehalS

umm...yes technology someplaces is overused...but I can go with that...and appreciate the efforts put in by the entire team...I will watch the show till its last epi

Well, yes, I would watch it too. The effort is fine, definitely. Just, it could be a lot better, if they stay true to the content than botheringabout the sets to the level of fakeness.

Originally posted by: JanakiRaghunath

I actually like the technology of Mahabharat. It is the most attractive factor about the show. We must remember that the previous yugas did not look the same as now. Of course, I doubt Hastinapur looked as mystical and divine as the CVs are showing it, but the previous yugas did have mysticism and divinity in them, which is difficult for us to comprehend.

So what is "real" for us may not have been the case back then. Personally, I think the new mythological shows do a really good job showing the divinity of the astras and the royalty of the palalces. They look more "realistic" because the Mahabharat does describe Hastinapur as very grand and royal.

I think you represent the NOW generation for whom the team is making the serial look this grand. I respect that you like it. I was yet to meet anyone in person who genuinely and completely liked the look of the serial. Congratulations, you are the first one. And I am not being sarcastic at all. Just because you have a different opinion, does not mean I should disrespect. In fact, the topic is made for all round discussion. as long as we do not get offensive of anyone, all opinions are really welcome

Originally posted by: rasyafan

No no no no I was not criticizing you, I was just making a point Varali 😊
I know your knowledge is far ahead of me dear

And I totally agree with you in those days women were very very feminine not like the way they are showing in Mahabharat. Especially Amba was more masculine then feminine and I did not like the first scene of Satyawati 😆 the way she was presenting herself as most ambitious woman and anything for becoming a queen. Sorry I misunderstood you dear. 🤗

Satyavati was very ambitious, she actually was ready to do anything to become the queen. And she was shrewd too. She made Bheeshma take his wow of celebacy. And later she could have asked him to give up the wow for once and for the good of Hastinapur and impregnate her daughters in law, but she did not, neither did she invite any other KURU man, she invited Vyas, her own first born, from the Rishi Parashar. So like it or not, for the next generations, only the family name is Kuru. But it was Satyawati's lineage that ruled, by default!

Originally posted by: rasyafan

Sabhyata, I have said this before and I will say it again that I will say whatever I feel like saying in this forum and after reading comments of all the members here and people I know who are also criticizing this programme have I said whatever I did. As for TRPs who knows what is working behind those TRPs I never believe in these so called TRPs. I couldn't even careless. I am free to do so.

I know you are crazy about this show that is why whenever some negative comments are made against it, you start defending it. Good, extremely good but please you have to understand that not everyone is as crazy as you. There are some other people who are a little less crazy about this show.

Sabhyata, I have said this before and I will say it again and again, please ignore my comments since you do not like them just as I ignore your comments or those comments which I do not like just as rest of the members do.

Please stop telling me what I can post here and it is not as if I have abused the show or anything or character or member I have just responded to a post what I think we new age people want in a show in general terms since that post also mentioned in general terms. Please read and understand then comment.

Stop telling me what I can write or not. I am following rules I expect my fellow India Forum visitors to do the same.

Guys please let's not make this discussion a place for personal differences. As I said, as long as we don't become offensive / abusive of each other all opinions are welcome here.

Originally posted by: RuchaMulay

Satyavati was very ambitious, she actually was ready to do anything to become the queen. And she was shrewd too. She made Bheeshma take his wow of celebacy. And later she could have asked him to give up the wow for once and for the good of Hastinapur and impregnate her daughters in law, but she did not, neither did she invite any other KURU man, she invited Vyas, her own first born, from the Rishi Parashar. So like it or not, for the next generations, only the family name is Kuru. But it was Satyawati's lineage that ruled, by default!

Satywati's father had put that condition before Shantanu that only Satyawati's son would become the king after Shantanu and She had asked bheeshm to break his pratigya and provide an heir, but Bheeshm refused. And Vyas was her son as well as yogi therefore, for Niyog he was the best choice. Not Satyavati's lineage but Shantanu, in those days a king could acquire his heir to the throne by many ways such as Niyog with some yogi or sadhu, by adoption King Bharat adopted Rishi bhardwaj after he got him from yagya and made him kin rather then his own 9 sons, there are several other methods sorry forgot. But that son would be king's son only. Just as Pandav's janam data are some gods but till today we consider Pandu to be their father.

Women's lineage does not matter in patriarchal society.