Mahakumbh 25-28: A tale of two tables - Page 3

Thank you so much, my dear Ranou, for being so good for my morale every time!

I am very pleased to know that Rudra's mother is to resurface soon. She is, I understand, a very well know TV actress, and so I could not believe that she would have come on board without having something substantive to do.

Shyamala

Originally posted by: RANOU

i will just say awesome dear shyamala since i dont have time to write all about your post, so quickly will say liked reading it as always. looking forward to Rudra-real Maa meeting, shruti ulfat said on tweeter "Waiting for my role to arrive properly in Mahakumbh now" really waiting for this scene, however will comment when i get time. have a great week ahead

Thanks a lot, my dear Sneha, and I will make sure you are alerted to my future posts here as well.

Shyamala B.Cowsik

Originally posted by: snehalovegurti

beatifully written analysis of MK

thnks for pm 😳

My dear Preethi,

Thanks a million!

What would I do without you to like my own favourite passages as much as I do, or perhaps more? Sometimes, a line comes out just right, and you feel content about it. But what makes it special is when someone else feels the same. I still remember that you were the only one to spot my reference to Pallas Athena wrt Katharine (that was before we saw her!😉), but here, methinks you have some company!

I tweeted Utkarsh to tell him that after watching this exquisite scene, I had half forgiven him (for killing off Maimuyi so abruptly), and he replied that the conception and the writing of the whole scene was done by Aniruddh Pathak (they seem to call him Asian Pathak, for some reason).

Incidentally, I have just learnt that besides Utkarsh, Pathak and Gautam, one Zachary Coffin, who plays Greyerson ( I have been misspelling that name as Grierson, going by the way it sounded onscreen) is also following me on Twitter. Obviously not for anything about China or Pakistan, but only for my Mahakumbh post alerts!😉

Shyamala

Originally posted by: Coolpree

Brilliant analysis of an eventful week .

The crowning glory of the week for me was the scene between Mai Mui and Rudra. It just doesn't get any better than this. The acting was superb and I was awestruck with the misty backdrop, the faint lights on the banks of the Triveni.

Perhaps even better were your words describing the scene:

" and then by the smoky blue ambience and the stretches of bare, dull yellow sand at the Sangam, the perfect interface between the world of mortals and the world of those who have passed on."... Just beautiful Shyamala

PS. If the writers give us such scenes with Seema a few more times through this serial then I can accept her seemingly hasteful death in this show. For I think her visiting and guiding Rudra from the afterlife will be very effective and brilliant move by the writers.

W

Originally posted by: sashashyam

My dear Preethi,

Thanks a million!

What would I do without you to like my own favourite passages as much as I do, or perhaps more? Sometimes, a line comes out just right, and you feel content about it. But what makes it special is when someone else feels the same. I still remember that you were the only one to spot my reference to Pallas Athena wrt Katharine (that was before we saw her!😉), but here, methinks you have some company!

I tweeted Utkarsh to tell him that after watching this exquisite scene, I had half forgiven him (for killing off Maimuyi so abruptly), and he replied that the conception and the writing of the whole scene was done by Aniruddh Pathak (they seem to call him Asian Pathak, for some reason).

Incidentally, I have just learnt that besides Utkarsh, Pathak and Gautam, one Zachary Coffin, who plays Greyerson ( I have been misspelling that name as Grierson, going by the way it sounded onscreen) is also following me on Twitter. Obviously not for anything about China or Pakistan, but only for my Mahakumbh post alerts!😉

Shyamala

Very clever, my dear, and decidedly flattering!😉😉

But you know, they follow me because Utkarsh, who fell in love with my daily posts, on his FB page, about one particular track in his DKD Mahadev, called the Jalandhar track, in May-June 2013 (for just 5 weeks) , has told them I am writing about Mahakumbh now.

They are all artists, and they can never have enough of genuine and well-reasoned praise of their baby. I got to know Ashutosh Gowariker the same way after I wrote to him about his Jodhaa Akbar, and Neeraj Pandey after I told him why I loved his A Wednesday, a splendid film in case you have not seen it yet. He is a very bright young man, and he even sent me the film DVD with his compliments. Very sweet . I was glad to see that his latest. Baby, has had very good reviews.

Shyamala

Originally posted by: Coolpree

Wow! That's one impressive Twitter following! And why not? It's not everyday that we get to read the penmanship of a nuclear physics major, former ambassador to the Netherlands, with an intimate knowledge of English and indian classic literature now do we?

W

My dear Shruthi,

Thank you, my dear. I am pleased that you liked this one.

You would have seen my comment on your Maya thread, for I saw your response, with which I agree. There has to be a pretty drastic change in Maya's characterisation, otherwise she will be a total drag on Rudra and his mission. So it stands to reason that she will change.

My comments here are in italics.

Shyamala Di

Originally posted by: shruthiravi

Very well analyzed Shymaladi. I guess my intrapration of Maya I have already given in another short thread. Same is the case with Maimui's discussion with Rudra. Since you have already discussed this scene in very detail in your post I am not going into it as I completely agree to your analysis

My key takeaways in last week are this

- Pandey death. You can call me a saddist. But to be frank I was happy the way Pandey died a very painful and tortured death.He deserved every bit of it for the deaths he gave to Udiya Baba and Maimui. Something like proving Karma does come back. I would say it was really a break from normal TV serials where the villians always gets easy punishment and it only the hero-heroine who suffers.

Hardly a sadist, my dear, and I do not think he would have suffered anything like as much as he deserved. I would have liked to have him subjected to ALL the ghastly punishments periodically listed by Thappadiya Mai. He, and the 'Veshes, all of them, for each is worse than the other. If you are a Harry Potter fan, do see my response above to Sandhya, which covers this point.

- Tapadiya Mai - Well hats of to Ketaki Dave because she stole the scene where she talks about how she has been abused by her son and DIL. Yes it was good to know she took revenge. I would say another breakaway from TV shows. Usually good characters forgive even if they are trampled saying mera beta, mera bahu or reverese mere saas, mere pati of course which side is goodness. After all they portrayed a human being who feels, who reacts when treated badly. Mai was a human who took revenge and her heart is able to see the goodness in Rudra, and the affection craving Maya. I am loving her characterization.

I agree completely, and I wish she had set fire to their house while she was about it!

- Coming to weak Garudas. Yes Rudra and Charles are weak. I mean not physically but if you look Rudra is emotionally torn between his mission and his relations. Promo clearly says what is my purpose . is it to save Amrit or is it to save my loved ones. Charles woh to Maya mein dhooba hain. I mean physical pleasures attract him, money, women and wine. He is lost in worldly pleasures. Both these Garud's have to overcome their weakness. One emotional and other physical. I guess the story line will mostly revolve around how these 2 Garud's overcome their weakness. Because unless they do, there is no hope.

I have a different take on this one, Shruti. For one thing, Charles does not seem to have any real weakness for women or wine. He is only fooling around, not getting enmeshed in these vices. In fact both these have always been on his NO list. Secondly, I doubt if Rudra is emotionally weak, though he is emotional. Every saviour faces one dilemma or the other, but if it comes to a crunch, he will choose the mission, I feel, and will grieve for the loss of Maya, but he will try his best save both her and the amrit.

Greison-Balivesh- Well these people will double cross at one point or other.

Katherine- I strongly believe this girl knows more than what she shows herself to be. She is not the starry eyed foreingner. She behaves like it to ensure attention does not come to her.I agree

Frankly the actors do not act as well as you write abt their acting...👏...I agree with you that Maya could be an illusion only...just to tempt Rudra or to place hurdles in his way but then why she is going to tell reality of her Nanu and Baliwesh on monday as per precap..Is not she making it easy for Rudra to find out evil ppl?

Shymaladi what I meant for Charles was he is more a playboy type. I mean he doesn't take anything seriously. No questions asked as long as his basic needs are met. Money and good life he is interested to do anything. His way.

My dear Ela,

You could never disappoint me, and if you are switching off Mahakumbh, so be it. It is a pity as far as I am concerned, and surely Maimuyi & Daadi would continue to be excellent, but I would not want you to spend time on something that bores you just because I write pages and pages about it! But still even when your mind is not on it, see what a neat crack you have made about Charles and Maya! Delightful.

Well, Kuba may have been a Catholic 12 years ago and might still be one, but they can surely find some rationale for getting him to Prayag. He could be a journalist writing a series of articles about the Mahakumbh, or a research assistant to Dan Brown for his next thriller! And once he is here, the ancient secret will suck him in and he will become a full blown rakshak. Howzzat?😉

I expect that you will be watching Asoka on Colours from tonight, if only for Siddharth as the young Asoka. So will I, but I will NOT be doing any posts on it. Doing weekly analyses here is as much as I can manage with my kaput knee!😉

Shyamala

Originally posted by: elasingh

Frankly the actors do not act as well as you write abt their acting...👏...I agree with you that Maya could be an illusion only...just to tempt Rudra or to place hurdles in his way but then why she is going to tell reality of her Nanu and Baliwesh on monday as per precap..Is not she making it easy for Rudra to find out evil ppl?

Anyway Kuba being a rakshak is excellent point but do you think he has any role left since Shivanand has come back to India and most probably Rudra will find him...Kuba is christian so why would he come for Kumbh?

I find Charles and Maya very boring...They should have been paired together...Thapaddiya mata is very interesting and I too think she might be a rakshak...I am learning so much about religious tales as I have never been interested in them...

I am sorry but I am not really involved with serial at all and find it very difficult to write anything abt it...I am sorry to disappiont you Shyamala...