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Originally posted by: Sabhayata

@Rehanism:I dont have much issue with karna's potrayal yes i would have liked them to how him more fiercer but over its still ok till the rangbhoomi incident they did show him to be ambitious.

The only issue i have is showing pandavas giving so much respect to karna .like you said they always reffered to him as sutputra and looked down upoun him which is why Karna became more bitter towards them .This hanst been shown at all in this epic

Originally posted by: Manojie

I just watched today's episode.

I must say, even though the episode is stupid and fiction. I really enjoyed today's episode. I loved the Bheem and Hidimba scenes!!

Originally posted by: Sabhayata

@Manojie:Are you being serious or sarcastic

Originally posted by: Rehanism

Are you Manoj from DMG forum?😉

Originally posted by: Sabhayata

@spatel:i would like to add another i would really like to see how this arjuna behaves during the whole dice hall game when yudi stakes everything from his kingdom to his wife since certainly this arjuna who is the pillar of dharma cant remian quite during all this

Originally posted by: Rehanism

<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Something that I found intriguing is the portrayal of Karna. As far as I understand, Karna's knowledge of the fact that he was a discarded - possibly an illegitimate, bas***d - child that turned him into a cold and bitter youth. Also its due to this reason,I think, that he was obsessed with proving himself and outmatching Kshatriyas (esp Arjun, who was reputed to be the foremost warrior among Kshatriyas) so that no one ever dares to touch that weak spot of his. In this serial, neither is Karna aware of his adoption nor does he seem to be half as cold or ambitious. In fact he might well be the softest of all in the younger generation and often Yudhishtir appears to be more calculative and worldly wise before him. Nor does anyone, including his arch rival Arjun, ever derides him by calling him 'Sutputra' (perhaps to make Arjun appear more virtuous and less arrogant and casteist than he's supposed to be). That word has rarely been used so far. So I'm wondering how will they justify the central role Karna played in Draupadi's humiliation. Also Draupadi seems to be too saintly, ignorant of societal divisions and not someone who may start looking down upon lower castes in a matter of months. Either they have to show something drastic happening to his character between Draupadi's Swayamvar and the Dice game or they have to simply turn him into a helpless spectator to the events like Bhishma and Drona. Otherwise its absurd to think of Karna who's so teary eyed, polite and morally upright suddenly instigating a woman's molestation in public.

I think the adolescent Karna was closer to the character. The older one resembles Yudhishtir and Ram more than Karna.</font>

Originally posted by: Rehanism

Its ok if they want to portray Karna as much a morally upright figure as Yudhishtir, but that would also require them to make lots of modifications during those episodes where Karna acted quite uncharitably, otherwise it would look completely out of place. (Its of course understandable that Karna is today seen as a tragic hero and there are more Karna fans than those of Arjun - more people today name their kids Karan than Arjun or any other character from the epic - and the CVs are going with the public mood.)

So far they have set no ground for Karna's extreme hostility towards pandavas or his general bitter and sharp tongued behaviour with the elders. From the beginning they have shown him as a soft-spoken man with strong sense of righteousness who gets teary-eyed before Kunti. Even if they are relying upon Draupadi's insult (which itself is questionable looking at current trends) to churn out his grey side, was it so intense that it could drive him to abandoning all his principles and having her stripped in the court?