Originally posted by: Rehanism
For me its not distortions, but stupidity of the events that's more offensive. They spent so much time on silly acrobatics of hero hiralal Arjun that they forgot about killing Purochan and the other family whose remains would serve as a decoy for Duryodhan and his spies. How else would Duryodhan be fooled to complacency?
Personally I'm not really fussy about interpolations and liberties, because I believe that its important for literature to be fluid and open to individual interpretations. Ultra-conservatism and purist rigidity often ends up killing a work of literature. I don't know how many of you had watched Sir Peter Brook's Mahabharata - an immensely popular work in Western cinema. Brook too took many liberties, for instance characters of Vidur and Jayadrath were completely removed from the story, as was Sanjay. The events were instead narrated by Vyasa himself to a boy who was most probably Parikshit or one of his descendents, o perhaps a personification of humanity in general. Further he deliberately refrained from use of technology to make it appear like a stage drama. But not even for a moment did his script or narration falter. Brilliant acting, well researched costumes (unlike the similar bulky, flashy costumes worn by characters coming from all parts of the subcontinent, in Indian serials), apt and soothing music, and an ensemble cast made his narrative successful. The thing that sets Western film makers apart from Indian ones is that they take their work seriously, they actually rack their heads and work on details of script, while ours is basically a glamour based industry with little regard for intelligence.
BTW, is there anyone here who dislikes the Krishna in the series? I find him cheesy, superficial, too tall, boyish and immature and trying hard to look smart. Actually Nitish Bharadwaj has set the benchmark so high that it has never been possible for me to like any Krishna in any other series.
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