Mahakumbh 5-8: Tangled skeins - Page 2

Thank you so much, my dear Sidra. I am always reassured when a new reader takes to my long posts and really likes them!

Shyamala

Originally posted by: Sidra86

Thank you for the PM Shyamalaji...😊

Fantastic Post 😊

Thanks a million, my dear. It is I who should thank you for staying with a long and demanding piece and then liking it so much. That you did so says as much about you as about the post itself.


Shyamala B.Cowsik

Originally posted by: ddsoaps

Thank you for the PM Shyamalaji...

It is such a pleasure reading you. What a fabulous in-depth analysis this is.👏👏.

Loved every bit of it.

Adiana my dear,

This is not a common garden variety thriller, but a part mythical tale, and in the myths, the hero has to walk on water!

Rudra is a Chosen One, and I was only pleased that his special powers are introduced in a fairly low key manner, without OTT flourishes. It has already been established that he is physically very strong, so his carrying Udiya Baba out singlehandedly did not come as any great surprise.

So I see no reason for such pessimism. Another point I liked was that the instances where I initially felt the script had goofed up were sorted out in the later episodes. Such as why Udiya Baba makes off with Rudra in such a cavalier fashion. The Bishu backstory explains why he yields to that impulse, and for all that it was irresponsible of him, it is at least understandable.

By the way, what is KB?

Shyamala

Originally posted by: adiana12

Hi Shyamala, thanks for the pm. Yes I did watch all the epis last week but I also saw the shift from the previous week - The story is slowly biting the dust - I just have one lament - 'why, o why do we need our heroes to be perfect and walk on water?' - becoz that entire Ramayana sequence was just that - I honestly now wish that another KB rises for our television and film industry soon - atleast the story once again will become the hero, as it should

Shyamala I forgot to add another "Benaam Rishta" to your list that you may have missed out on:

shyamal another great analysis yet again! i m watching the show in bits and parts..in ff mode! i love this little boy siddhart but i know gautam will be as good..so lets see what happens with his entry!

Beautifully written. Thank you so much for the PM. Really appreciate it..Looking forward for more.

I am anxiously waiting to watch tomorrows episode as its the entry of GR..

Shyamala even in a mytho the hero does not need to be one who walks on water - yes as the Chosen one he would be the ultimate leader - I dont know if you have read Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series based on the Greek Gods mytho - though Percy is the Chosen one and a demigod as well and a part of every adventure he definitely is not one who knows everything and walks on water - there are other equally endowed characters who if needed could have been made into the Chosen on as well - and that is where the story becomes strong and plot-centric instead of character-centric - as for KB, that is K. Balachander.

Very true, my dear, I missed out on that, and it is a very strong one. It would fit neatly into the "quarrelsome but caring siblings" slot, don't you think?

That is the strength of this tale, the relationships. I am only glad that Maimuyi will surely be there till the end. And how I wish there could have had a Rudra Sr and his younger brother so that we could have had Siddharth too till the end! I am surely going to have withdrawal symptoms after his exit.

And if I had had a Take 6, I would have added the scene where Maimuyi makes fun of Udiya Baba's ancient coat, and Rudra jumps into the breach to salve his bruised feelings with praise. Udiya Baba's face then was like an acting lesson.


Shyamala

Originally posted by: Coolpree

Shyamala I forgot to add another "Benaam Rishta" to your list that you may have missed out on:

Maimuyi and Udiya Baba. Obviously platonic but very very effective I think .

Oh yes, when he and Kamalahaasan got together, it was always manna from Heaven! I am afraid I have not read the Percy Jackson series, but I will try to do so if you recommend it.

I had better stop before I go completely off topic and get into trouble, but I do still feel that Rudra is not overdone here. See, Superman could lift that car even as a baby, and there was no one else there who could have been Superman.

But let us call a truce here, and I shall go back to mourning the imminent departure of the young Rudra!

Shyamala

Originally posted by: adiana12

Shyamala even in a mytho the hero does not need to be one who walks on water - yes as the Chosen one he would be the ultimate leader - I dont know if you have read Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series based on the Greek Gods mytho - though Percy is the Chosen one and a demigod as well and a part of every adventure he definitely is not one who knows everything and walks on water - there are other equally endowed characters who if needed could have been made into the Chosen on as well - and that is where the story becomes strong and plot-centric instead of character-centric - as for KB, that is K. Balachander.