Originally posted by: Krishnpriya
Zalak is a good actress but lacks royal charisma. Her make-up and costumes are more of a drag-queen inspiration and less a divine princess.
Jarasandh guy is downright horrible and clearly not made for mythos. But boi can fight ! He really matched up against Arpit and Basant ! Probably that's why they chose him though there are still better actors than him.
Rukmi guy with his one-shoulder blouse and pesudo-gayish (No offense to Gay folks ) mannerisms is simply intolerable.
Shishu guy has this 21 century mannerless sadakchhap tapori attitude and that's it !
Ugrasen uncle though a veteran but surely lacking that kingly personality. His dialogue delivery oozes anxiety ! Even akrur outshines him.🤪
And and and........ They gave a more expensive and better looking throne room to Shishupal than Ugrasen,Kukudmi and Bhishmak put together.🤪
Yes akrur is way better than all of these royals combined because he is one of the old casts. The old casting of this show is one of the best casting in itv. All the krishna castings ( the babies and sumedh) are adorable and spot on. So are all the Radhas. The parents, the friends, the villains, the parallels, the smallest roles -----everyone from the old cast is great ! And that makes the whole new cast so unfit and unbearable.
I hated the fight between kans and jara because I didn't like bare bodied sweating jarasandh. Look, mytho or not, this is afterall a tv show. It's meant to soothe the eyes. Acting is a glamour industry. If it weren't, sumedh, basant, everyone wouldn't have waxed their chests. If half of it is pleasurable to eyes, then other half should be matching or else things fall apart and at times cringy. Kans and Ravan both had hot and fit bodies. Then why not jara ? I am really scared about the Pandavas casting.
Zalal could have looked better if it weren't for the make up. Her wig is hideous ( looks like it's a jatila wig gone wrong ). Her looks can change a lot just by only managing her forehead make up and hairstyle.