Mahakumbh 13-16: The plot thickens - Page 6

Originally posted by: elasingh

Great analysis Shyamala

The story is definitely getting interesting...I think Maya is also a Rakshak...One of those seven..

Originally posted by: Bamonforever

Or , black mail vi ho sakti hai, hai na ?? 🤔 Like in the first Wolverine movie , Silver fox was ??

But I read your post taking 15 minutes to reread it 2 times , n I watched all the episodes too. N yes, you're right I'm again having Jodha syndrome , gang ho over Maya , some thing about her enchants me. 🤣 You know me so well. 🤣

Especially that moment when after Rudra's very 1st encounter with Prapuu Yadav Rudra left fuming... n then Maya came n when Rudra left the spot, Maya said she'll talk to him n when she turns some thing in her face shifts n she looked pretty mysterious to me. 🤔

Your analysis is beautiful, but I agree with some parts n some parts I've to disagree. I'd have loved to discuss them at length with you but I'm knee deep in my pracs , last one will be on 15th n then I'm free, phew ! 🤢

Originally posted by: -Swetha-

^ Fabulous take on last week's episode of Mahakumbh by u, Shyamala Aunty! 👏

Originally posted by: minnie2308

Somehow, I am never able to enjoy Maya. is it with the actress. Not sure. But she isn't able to sizzle the screen. But perhaps that is the plan? For Maya to not sizzle the screen.

How awesome was Seema? The affectionate smiles, the worry lines and her clutching a child-like but grown Rudra. I was thankful to the director for allowing me to watch her on small screen👏

Gautam Rode is always better in the more restrained scenes.

Aww.. Aunty I am as much a fan of dhishum dhishum as any true blue Bollywood masala movie fan.

And I enjoy the solah ka dola, chayalis ki chati look of Rudra

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Oh Lord, my dearest Mandy, what a lukewarm take on the show! But thanks a ton for your generous words about this post.

Mandy, most shows do not have even a couple of average actors, and the very lucky ones, like our favourite till recently, have one superlative one and that is it. Two of the superb actors in Mahakumbh, Robin Das and, much more, Seema Biswas, have departed, which is bound to leave a huge void that this Maya cannot fill, far from it. That leaves the remaining Rakshaks, and Rudra's Dadi, the redoubtable Surekha Sikri, who is another powerhouse performer.

Since when have you started depending on feedback from others before deciding to watch this or any other show properly?

Plus there is no point in watching Mahakumbh in bits and pieces. You might as well drop it, for this way, you will invariably miss the scattered gems, like the deep and meaningful conversation between Shivanand and the Cardinal. Both are big men with big ideas, however twisted the Cardinal's might be, so they talk to each other as intellectual equals, whereas Grierson is just a flunkey.

Affectionately,

Shyamala

Originally posted by: Arshics

100% agree with you, esp about Maya! She doesn't fit in with the characteristics her name depict - that of someone mysteriously enchanting and someone irresistibly alluring, who entrances Rudra!

And the elders disappoint, both punnu and Charles. They do not have the punch their child actors had.

The swami and the bishop being hand in glove has a message - religious leaders all over the world are seeking self power, and use their positions to further their own ambitions, so their being hand in glove - not surprising!

Originally posted by: sashashyam

My dear Sri,

This is all very well, but how can you allow yourself to miss out on the Maimuyi-Rudra scenes and pretend that my posts are an adequate replacement? They are no such thing.

Seema Biswas' Maimuyi is a treat for the mind and the heart alike, and you are depriving yourself of something amazingly beautiful and moving. Do go to the Star Plus website and watch the first 18 episodes that have been telecast til Tuesday last without fail, for after Episode 18, Maimuyi becomes a memory, no more. I lambasted Utkarsh Naithani, the writer, for this, whom I know very well, and he has carefully ducked answering to my irate message!

Oh, as I wrote to Shreya on my last thread, I like instant retribution, and not only to those harassing the heroine, but also to lowlife thugs oppressing anyone weak and helpless. But the fake gunda bashing you have referred to happens quite often in the movies, and at times, the beating up becomes too real and the gunda - in the case when he is hired for the job and is not an unfortunate friend!😉- demands extra payment!😉

Shyamala Akka

Originally posted by: sashashyam

My dear Adiana,

That is an intriguing parallel, but Nandi has now been abruptly and very unpleasantly cashiered, and the ambiguous Maya does not seem to be anyone's idea of Gauri. I am however waiting to see which way that cat on the wall jumps - devious deceiver or innocent deceived?

Shyamala