Impressive - Page 8

Originally posted by: Angie12

The second episode was even better. Siddharth (young Rudra) is doing an amazing job - with almost no lines and conveying all the expressions through his eyes. Just loved that scene between him and Sanyasi when Sanyasi left him at the river bank or when Rudra returned back to the boat. But the best scenes were between Siddharth and Mai when she gave an anguished look at seeing his chains. Very well chosen cast and great chemistry among the three.

Sanyasi, Mai and Rudra have become a family attached through their emotions though they are all detached in their own way. I don't know the name of actor who is playing the sanyasi but he just fits the part so well. A very natural actor.

Also the script is very tight with no unnecessary lines that are so prevalent in Hindi drama. The lines given to Mai were also very minimal where they would just cut the scene rather than lingering on and showing excessive emotions or extra dialogues.

Now looking forward to seeing Shivanand tomorrow as Manish is another great actor. My main reason for watching the show was because of him. But the show turned out to be so much better. Quite a different show in a long time.

Originally posted by: ayushimehra

Ela i watched,

Acting wise Good episode, not know which concept based serial,But Boy bravery, i liked.

Originally posted by: sp108

Absolutely...this kid hardly has spoken any lines so far but his eyes, his body language expresses the anguish in Rudra so well! And his athleticism in how he handled the escape sequence were a treat to watch 😊

And the pace of the show is very good...not too fast and not too slow...just right!

Originally posted by: ghalibmirza

ela, seema biswas has won my heart..superb actress👏..i cried with her every expression!

Originally posted by: chembi

Hi ela action seq are really good and it luks promising and i'm highly confused regarding the time frame and kid's age!!!!

Originally posted by: sashashyam

My dear Ela,

I am nowhere near normalcy as yet, but I loved the first 2 episodes of Mahakumbh as much as you did, so I thought I would use my 15 minutes daily laptop quota to add this to your thread.

I was delighted to see that my favourite writer from DKDM, Utkarsh Naithani, has, once that was wound up, embarked on this Dan Brownish mytho-historical thriller, Mahakumbh. Right down to the Polish opening scenes, complete with a cold-eyed Bishop in a black cassock and a red sash (if he had been a Cardinal, he would of course have had a scarlet cape), and the Governing Board of the secret society with representation from every continent, Nice,very nice.

I simply revelled in the first two episodes, and plan to be glued to it till the end. The pacing and the script are both superb, which comes as no surprise given the writer and the production house. The direction is spare and striking, and the lines are the more telling for their being so minimal.

So are the actors, and the casting director seems inspired. Not only in the choice of Saraswatichandra to play the adult Rudra, and the very competent Seema Biswas, but also in the real discovery - the teenage Rudra. With his eloquent eyes and his silences that speak more than words, his sombre, brooding persona, like a young Heathcliff out of Wuthering Heights, and his spectacular athleticism. I have never seen such a thrilling rooftop chase as the one where he outruns his pursuers and ends up back with his initial rescuer. No wonder he is, I learnt here, going to play the young Asoka.

I loved the hidden similes in Rudra's escape from captivity- with Samson when he pulls down the pillars in his prison, with the infant Krishna when he drags the broken pillars after him, just as Krishna dragged the mortar to which Yashoda had chained him.

All in all, Mahakumbh is clearly going to be a rare treat for weeks and months to come.

One little carping doubt. The child Rudra looks about 6. 12 years have passed. Then how come the teenage Rudra is no more than 14, if not less? Chronologically, he should have been a much more grown up 18. I can see that the writer was stuck with the 12 year leaps and could do nothing about them. I also see that if the child Rudra had been 2 years old, they could not have shown him remembering what happened to his father on that pontoon in 1989. But there could have been a way out of that for such a clever and resourceful young man like Utkarsh. As it is , the teenage Rudra look 4/5 years too young.

Bar that, he is, to borrow Gen X lingo, mindblowing.

A little footnote about the Amritmanthan. As far as I know, and as the most familiar tradition goes, the halahala vish was swallowed in its entirety by Mahadev, for no one else could have survived it. It was Parvati who placed her hand on his throat and prevented it from descending any further. Whence his blue throat and the name Neelakanta.

As for the amrit, Lord Vishnu as Mohini tried to keep all of it for the Devas, except for Rahu, who disguised himself as a Deva and drank a portion of it. He had his head cut off as a punishment, but he was already immortal, and so we have Rahu, the head, and Ketu, the rest of him, in perpetuity.

Shyamala

Originally posted by: mishtidoi

Hello Ela...so we meet here too 😊

MK truly is very impressive... Simply love this simple family.
Siddhartha agility is to die for...I loved his debut shot, his dive into Ganges from atop Malviya bridge and yesterday's rooftop somersault .

Well I think there are two gangs chasing the mystery, one Polish Priest and other one is the Indian Priest ...they are rivals methinks .

As for 12 years , I think Kumbh happens once every twelve years, against Ardhkumbh, which is 6 yearly fest.

Originally posted by: elasingh

Screen play and direction are also good...Why are you confused dear? Kid has been with mai for few years..He will soon mature into a fine young man..