Posted:
Originally posted by: RoseWine
I am trying to figure out when they are going to show "Kaali Tatva" and not the Sati and Parvati Track. She is Parvati already self realized. ( Don't think the makers of the show get that)😕
The rakshash/demons are more comical than anthing else. They don't have anything to fear in them. Pooja definately is carrying this alone. I disagree that she lacks the character persona. She is behaving more like a "Sati- Wanna -be" rather than Parvati. She was instructed by the directors to do so... Let Mata have mercy on their soul!😵 I am sure she is just as confused as we all are!🤪 ( spoken figuratively no defamation intented)Maybe they shoud have just let her play Kaali Ma and someone else Parvati.I would like to see more devotion in this show. That seems to lack the most out of anything. Where is the Bhakti???
@bold :
I didn't say she didn't fit the character.
She is a right fit for the character of Maa AdiShakti.
It is just that her character is too weak and I don't think an actor likes to play an extremely weak character for long
It just looked to me that she was bored with her character
And her performance is also a bit off in yesterday's episode, but still, I would give her a leeway since actors aren't really superhumans who would give a superb performance everytime.
It Is possible even for the best actors to give a loose performance sometimes.
Maybe, while shooting, she had some personal problems which distracted her sometimes.
And if Pooja 'S Parvati is equivalent to DKDM 'S Sati, then I must say, Mouni had got a far interesting character to play.
Throughout the duration of the last episode , Pooja was made to either only cry Or breath heavily like an air bellow.
It was quite weird and painful to see the Mother Goddess behaving like that.
DKDM sati, despite being unaware of her divine origins, seemed to have a much stronger personality, like going against her dad to marry the hermit Shiva.
Well, despite having a horde of mythological dramas premiering every now and then, the Indian TV scenario always lacked a female centric mythological drama.
This mythological and historical drama scenario is dominated by primarily men and it has been long time that the viewers have been waiting for the female POV in a mytho show.
That's why Mahakali became one of the most eagerly awaited shows of 2017
Because apart from the superb promos , people were expecting to see a show where Maa AdiShakti will be held in the highest regard and the viewers will get to see many Shakti stories that were shown in DKDM but in a female viewpoint and also the ones which was not covered in DKDM.
Overall, the producers had quite a large opportunity to present the unseen female viewpoint in a mythological drama in a completely different way from whatever shown in DKDM.
But the core narrative of Mahakali, which Shows that Maa Parvati being helped by Mahadev to get hold of her divine status, definitely punctures a hole into the balloon of hope of the people who were expecting for the long ignored female POV In a mythological drama.
Well, even DKDM covered both Shiva and Sati's POV in the beginning.
But that was necessary because that was a show being fronted by a male protagonist.
And rarely TRP audience (mostly comprised of females) would want to see a show (even a mytho drama, If it is not connected to Ramayana and Mahabharata) with a male lead so it was important to hook in the initial audience with equal importance to Sati 'S character.
Especially when it was launching on a new channel called Life OK.
But, the thing that Mahakali misses is the Female viewpoint.
I know, Maa Parvati sometimes cries all alone and talks about her misery, but do those scenes really take the viewers closer towards Maa Parvati and her emotions?
No.
It is like we are still seeing Maa Parvati suffering due to her being unaware of her divine origins through Mahadev 'S eyes.
Maybe, it's due to the excessive running commentary of Lord Shiva regarding every situation Parvati faces.
But for the section of viewers who always rued the fervent lack of a female Oriented Mytho drama, sorry but Mahakali fails to fill in this void.
It looks like instead of studying the mythology properly, the Mahakali creative team used DKDM episodes as their research material.
I remember that a similar sequence in DKDM where Maa Parvati had the dream of Maa Kali destroying the demons and then getting encouraged by Mahadev to face her fears when she was unsure if she will be able to beat all the demons when it became known that Sumbh and Nishumbh can only be killed by a woman.
But, this particular sequence in DKDM was more tastefully done as Maa Parvati wasn't unaware of her divinity, just that she was unsure if she would be able to go to the battlefield.
Correct me if I've gone wrong in this part.
And I vividly remember this particular sequence from DKDM and showing Maa Parvati essentially as Mahadev's consort as a whole in DKDM raised a major brouhaha where the fans bashed Utkarsh Naithani for making degrading Maa Parvati from being a manifestation of Adi Parashkati to simply being Shiva 'S wife and Kartikeya -Ganesha -AshokaSundari 'S mother.
That's one of the reasons why I waited for the arrival of Mahakali with excitement after seeing the promos because I wanted to see the story from Adi Shakti 'S viewpoint after DKDM made a mess out of her
Now, after seeing Mahakali , I can safely say that DKDM actually did a far better job in showcasing Maa Parvati's POV than this show.
Also the title of this show is pretty misleading.
Who opens the TV to watch a show named Mahakali, when all it shows Maa Parvati crying over and over again and Mahadev giving his endless stream of gyaans to her?!
This show is less about Maa Parvati and more about how the benevolent Mahadev made her "sadharan manushya " wife Parvati realise that she is a manifestation of Adi Parashakti.
Without obviously telling us HOW did they got married in the 1st place
That would have made a much more interesting tale than the crap that is going on now.
They would have done better if the show was renamed "Shiv Gyaan ". Because this show is less about Maa Parvati and more about Mahadev and his endless series of gyaans.
I have seen a mytho drama called Maa Durga on Colors Bangla and that made a better female answer to DKDM than this Mahakali.
At least they succeeded in showing the female POV that is much absent in Indian TV space (and the particular void Mahakali aimed to fill but couldn't).
But in Mahakali, nor we couldn't relate to the version of Maa Parvati shown here nor the show has taken care to let the viewers explore the universe through her.
Mahakali treats its female protagonist much worse than many daily soaps and even many male oriented shows.
The lack of female perspective has lead to the downfall of many TV shows in India like the much hyped 24.
And for a show which is named Mahakali, the headache increases by thousand times as the show claims to have a female perspective and is named after a female character, but has failed miserably in showing the exact female POV they were claiming to show in the promotional period.
Also, Mahadev is known to talk less and perform more.
But Mahadev of this show is just the opposite as he talks more and do work less.
Oh, costumes and makeup is very important to mytho shows.
And this is where Mahakali falls flat in its face.
2 weeks and 4 episodes have passed and I haven't still come in terms with Mahadev 'S bearded look.
It just turns me off
Also, I hate to compare but the Gods' and Goddesses ' costumes look like they were sourced from some sci fi themed amateur fashion show instead of being worn by Divine beings.Also I personally think that Sonarika 'S costume was more suited to Parvati 'S personality than Pooja 'S off shoulder blouse costume.
It just takes away the divinity of Parvati from her character.
Ufff Yeh Love Hai Mushkil
Current Affairs
