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Originally posted by: sashashyam

Gargi,

Aha, so this is called chane ke pedh par chadhana! You flatterer, do you really think I am going to believe even a fracton of all this makkhan that you have slathered on so liberally? 😉 But all the same, it feels good to read it !

😆

And then it is wonderful to be back with you, and your totally unpredictable statements. I still remember your skewering a comment of mine about Jodha with an excellent dissertation on the nature of courage. I was most impressed.

Aww Auntie thank you , you made me nostalgic ,coz it was our first encounter. Thank you for your sweet words on a post that I wrote ek dum dil se.

Now, your wanting to see more of me here is most pleasing, kid, but I would need advance immunity assurances from you for the kind of things I would be likely to write.😉 Not to speak of anticipatory bail from Warning Levels😉.

Auntie , jis din mein aur aap kisi visay pe puri tarha sehemat honge , us din Surya dev pashshim disha se niklenge 😉 So bring it on. 😛

See, I am not prepared to join you juveniles in gushing over this Karuruvi - howzzat for starters? If you will promise not to want to clobber me, I would say that this Karna is uni-expression, and terminally mournful looking, like an undertaker's assistant (who has to look more mournful than the undertaker😉). But who here would agree with me, and not jump down my throat in passionate defence of the chap?

I started watching Karnuruvi with a huge bias towards the previous Karna played by Aham, who knows that better than you. But Aashim won me over 😳. For me , he passed the fire test. I'll write a post in detail in the Main forum with scene mentioned and all , as to where and how I found his acting exceptional and how he's not trying to step into any one's shoes , but he's making his own shoes , from the leather , and then wearing it and strutting it.

I'll pm you the link of the thread , as soon as it's up , how about that ?? 😳 I'll value your raw unfiltered opinion . 😳

Whenever I look at him onscreen, I am mentally photoshopping Aham on to him (not that I know how to do that). Kya karoon, I can't help regretting that they did not sign the ultimate Karna for this show. He would have surely accepted it.

Is this Kunti the same actress as the Satyavati of the Mahabharata? I felt so at first, but the close ups have made me feel uncertain. In any case, Kunti was a widow at this time, and in those days, a widow would never have dressed up like this, with so many jewels. She would have been in white, with no ornaments at all.

Yup, of course she is. Sayantani Ghosh, a Bengali actress , therefore , being a Bong myself , I'm biased towards her . 😉 She's amazing in grey roles , so I'm clueless why the makers are hell bent on white painting an outright deep gray character like Kunti , after casting her for this role. Lost potential. 😕

And this Shakuni does not even limp! Praneet Bhatt would come instantly to mind, if it were not that comparisons are forbidden under the forum rules!

Ahh Auntie , apne kya socha ?? 😉 Aap mera test lenge aur mein pass nehi karungi ??😉 Mein fail ho jayungi to wo aap ki hi Amaryada hogi , keu ki fir ye lagega aapne ayogya pe itna pyar lutaya 😆

You and I both know well that Shakuni NEVER limped, he was absolutely fit and could run like a deer ( he did just that many times during the great battle ) . So, for once huge Kudos to the makers for showing authentic fact of Mahabharat in this regard.

It was just an improvisation done by BRC , an inaccuracy that other versions followed. Ironically BRC MB did show many such distortions , which were less glaringly obvious so they passed through the filter.

The only problem I'd with Praneey Bhatt's iconic Shakuni was his limping . 🤢 Distortion to aise hi hoga , lekin physical features to distort mat karo ! 😕 😡

It's a huge relief to finally see a Shakuni who doesn't limp. 😃 👏

My RA is as bad as ever, and at times worse. My fingers often flaunt their autonomy and start moving sideways. This is one of my good weeks, and I am sure bad times are round the corner. And I have discovered that one does not have to be an AA case to have a liver that is shot to pieces. It was due to the RA medication.

Have you consulted with your physicial , Auntie ?? Nowadays massive research is going on medical field and newer RA drugs are being discovered almost every day , which are less toxic and more potent. Though I must say RA is one of the areas like several other bone diseases where doctors are , I hate to admit , in a idiopathic condition ( it's a professional joke among us : Doctor is an idiot and patient's condition is pathetic. ) . Nothing seems too work after a certain degree of improvement and the drugs can be changed but never stopped.

Take care of your kidney too auntie . Regular check ups are absolutely mandatory ( I knowyou already know all these , but it's my love for you that makes me reinforce ) , since the kidneys are more affected than liver due to continuous drug intake.

The funniest part of that phase was that I once fainted, for all the world like a Victorian heroine, on my own doorstep. Those young ladies usually only fainted when there was a Prince Charming around to catch them as they collapsed artistically.😉 For me, apart from the fact that I was 70 and not 17, there was no Prince Charming but only the shocked gardener!!😆😆

I find nothing funny in that. It makes me feel worried. What was cause of the fainting ?? Was it an isolated event , or are you having fainting spells ?? 😕

OK, this is more than enough. I shall turn up from time to time if you are there.

Do please. It'll be a pleasure , since we don't get much chance to as they say- hang aroung. 😳

Take care, child.

Shyamala Aunty

Edited by Carmilla - 6 years ago

Originally posted by: sashashyam

I understand, my dear (your id is beautiful, but a tad long for typing each time, so I have left it out).

Thanks for your sweet words..and it's ok..btw I am Sneha(its absolutely alright if you forget the name)

I am Tamil, and thus not a Hindi speaker by birth, but my Hindi is good and so I could readily spot the jarring anachronisms. There are Urdu words in practically every sentence!

So we are neighbors..i am from Kerala.. I have never been to North and whatever little bit Hindi I know I learned it from Hindi soaps.

I agree with you about the casting. Shakuni is most unimpressive, he does not look at all scheming and cunning, but as flat as a pancake. As I noted earlier, he doesn't even limp! Dhritharashtra has not spoken a word till now. 😉 I like this Duryodhana, who looks more like a normal person that the usual snarling villain of the kind shown in both the Mahabharatas, the 1998 one and the recent one.

I didn't even knew Shakuni was handicapped before you mentioned it..I am not much interested in mythology, but has always admired Karna and Ekalavya.. watching this show only because of Karna and Tejasswi Prakash. i am loving how they are portraying Duryodhana..a normal grey shaded person.. and casting is good too.

Draupadi is of course yet to come. I don't know how they will fit her into this story.

Droupadi is an impactful character in Mahabharata and I wanted someone good in her role..i am happy they chose an A lister tv heroine for that role, and I have watched few clips of Siya ke ram and she seemed good..In Karnas wife book Droupadi had a solid role.

Shyamala Cowsik (Aunty? I am 70)

I am used to calling elder women as "Chechi" irrespective of their age..I have never used the word aunty and I hope you won't mind if I call you Didi.

Originally posted by: Ardhanarishwara

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Of course not, my dear Sneha (which is a very nice name too) , and in fact I would like it if you called me Chechi. I am called all sorts of things by my young friends here : Aunty, Periyamma, Di, Akka , and this would be a nice new addition to the list!

As for Shakuni's limping, it seems, from the translations of the Adi Parva that I have checked, that he was not crippled in this fashion in the original Mahabharata.

But he was shown as such in the last two TV Mahabharatas, the 1988 0ne and the more recent one. I think what they wanted to emphasise was that he was crooked both in mind and in body, and by now the TV audience, like me, would have started expecting him to limp! 😉

It is rather like Shakespeare's take on Richard III of England and his hunchback , in his play of that name, though it has now been found that he never had a hunchback at all!

As for this Shakuni, I am not sure as yet. When he is insisting on the Rakta Vachan, he does seem to be limping slightly.

Shyamala Chechi.