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What on earth are yall praising? Just watched the episode, and it was as ghastly as the rest!!! Today, in addition to Drupada & Dhrishtadyumna, they managed to malign Krishna as well! Congratulations, Starjuna CVs.
First of all, Krishna going b4 Draupadi and accusing her of stealing Kampilya clothes & jewelry, and claiming it all his. Then he drives his own chariot towards Kampilya.
I thought that in Starjuna, Drona's dream was to make Ashwatthama a king. In which case, why would he bother offering to return the kingdom Ashwatthama was ruling, when in fact, the real Drona did nothing of the sort? And then Drupada asking Dhrishtadyumna to kill him then & there?
Krishna saving Drona from Dhrishtadyumna reminds me of an episode in KHMK where Krishna saved Duryodhan from getting killed. But except for Sishupala, Krishna is never known to have spared anyone who went on to become a bigger menace later on. So if Drona or Duryodhan could have been killed early, Krishna would more likely than not have let it happen. Similarly, why would Krishna wipe out Drupada's army, which would be the main fighting force for the Pandavas in the war years later?
Also, this serial seems to believe a lot in asymmetric warfare. With Rukmi, Krishna used his sudarshan, while here, Krishna has introduced his Koumadaki. Incidentally, Krishna's Koumadaki looks a lot similar to Bhima's new mace. (Personally, I liked Bhima's original yellow diamond mace, and hope that at some point, he gets it back.) He uses it to knock of Dhrishtadyumna's sword, and suck in like a vacuum cleaner all the weapons of the soldiers. Shikhandini raises her sword to defend her father, but that too flies off. Finally, the mace heads towards Drupada, and Draupadi steps in front of him.
Can't Krishna use a normal bow/arrow against Drupada, and use arrows to knock off the swords of Dhrsihtadyumna & Shikhandini?
Well, Draupadi never put family ahead of dharam - which is why she was unrelenting in her hostility to Dushashan & Duryodhan. So why would she suddenly defend her father, modern bahu style, when her father was doing adharm to Shikhandini, aside from herself?
Krishna too - when on earth did he ever try to tell Drupada that what he did or was doing was wrong? Krishna knew that Drona was committed to the Kauravas, and so decided to give Drupada's unethical conduct towards Drona a pass, since the Pandavas needed all the support they could get. Similarly, Krishna & Dhrishtadyumna were on good terms - or else, why would Dhrishtadyumna send Draupadi's sons to Dwarka to be raised by Subhadra instead of by himself? Similarly, Dhrishtadyumna wasn't a monster - there was a reason that Krishna suggested that he be made the senapati of the Pandava army.
So no, the episodes of this week all deserved an 'A' - as in atrocious, and last night's was no exception. If anything, it makes a mockery of Krishna as well, rivaling DBSK in doing a caricature of him.
P.S. Language blooper, for those tracking this - if you were put off by Roopa Ganguli's Draupadi addressing her husbands as 'tum', Pooja Sharma's Draupadi does the same, but this time to Krishna, who she has met for the first time ever. 😕 Way to go, Starjuna!!!
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