Mahabharat Retelecast Discussion Thread - Page 27

Originally posted by: .Lonewalker.

Yeah.... even I disliked few things about it....but I guess we can't overlook the fact that it was a television drama & it has to appeal to today's viewers to make it run and many things in the original epic are....not very relatable to us since our moral values & mindsets have changed significantly from the time Mahabharat was originally created. SP tried to spin the events in ways so that we, 21st century viewers, can relate them. They succeeded in few, failed in few. I personally found few incidents in SP Mahabharat portrayed better than the original story. And to be fair to them, they do run a disclaimer that this show has been "based on" mythological stories & its purpose is to entertain the viewers & so there are dramatization & exaggeration. They do not claim to follow the mythology strictly. So yeah.....I am not taking it as The Mahabharat, I am taking it as a retelling of Mahabharat & they did a good job with that. The basic essence of Mahabharat have been kept intact yet the story has been presented in a more relatable way. It's not like the few things they changed...made any impact on the base story. Apart from Karn's character.🤔

I really hate how they portrayed Karn & spread this misconception among viewers that Karn was superior than Arjun. They removed all the fights where Arjun triumphed over Karn & exaggerated the Kurukshetra fight & even put a seal of approval on Karn's capability by Shri Krishna himself. And in Karn's Deathbed they even made Arjun agree that Karn was better than him. Lol 😆😆 This was beyond retelling, this was totally remodelling & rewriting 😆😆 I don't understand what was the problem if Karn was depicted as how he really was? Why this whitewashing was necessary? If it was anyone from the Pandav camp, I would have understood that they were the heroes, so they can't be shown wrong or weak ....but Karn was on Adharm's side, this whitewashing was not even necessary 😆😆

couldn't agree more on anything.😆

IMHO,

Before the Pandavas grew up, all of what was show was less destorted than and very well done.

1. The actors - all were fantastic especially SRJ, Pooja, Praneet Bhatt, Anoop, Arpit Ranka, Aham, Rohit Bharadwaj, Shafaq.

2. The songs - no explanation needed the songs were very beautiful. I still listen to them.

3. Dialogues - almost all Krishna dialogues were beautiful. But I just love few dialogues by others. One by Arjun goes hum shraap se praapt karte hai, aur prem se tyaag karte hai. Daan nahi dete hai, aur nahi lete hai.

4. Now coming to what Star Bharat showed correctly-

Firstly, Dhrit's character in initial episodes. It makes sense to portray him that way. I know Shakuni of the epic was not with a limb and all, but I loved the portrayal of Shakuni here as a good political strategist. Yudhishthir was well portrayed and they did point out that is overobsession with dharma is his weak point. They also pointed out Bheem's anger being his weak point. The child Arjuna was perfectly portrayed. Krishna's lessons were beautiful. Loved the whole Parth Madhav bond.

In all, yes I do love the show for giving us such a memorable cast.

I really hoped they were more true to the story.

Originally posted by: Autumn_Rose

You should watch Surya Putra Karn and Karan Sagini next🤣

I would give the show 4/5. ESP for extra one point for casting SRJ as Lord Krishna

Gosh. Those two serials are such big tortures. 🤣

What I absolutely detest in this show-

1. Whitewashing Karna. Terribly whitewashed, extremely shallow. They just crossed all limits.

2. Arjun being portrayed as a crybaby

3. Arjun's romance with Subhadra and Draupadi both. Absolutely distorted, wrong and awfully shallow.

4. Krishna was made into a complete God which I do not agree with, his political nature, his shrewd tendencies, his strategies were not focused on. However I do understand this because well not portraying him as God would offend many.

5. Subhadra- what a turn off!

6. Draupadi's portrayal as a rude, bloodthirsty woman is wrong. She was a phenomenal lady, and she deserves more to her character.

7. Dyut Sabha was extremely distorted. Neither was Yudhi's gambler nature shown, nor the actual rules of the game followed.

Originally posted by: Armu4eva

Bheem has an adorable bond in the show with all his younger brothers especially Nakul & Arjun and of course Draupadi

TBH, I loved Bheem and Panchali bond more as compared to Arjun and Panchali🤔,Idk whyyy!!

I can't say that because I liked Arjun- Subhadra because on the other hand I completely admired Bheem-Hidimba too,they were cute yet funny❤️.

I loved Bheem- Panchali more because he used to support her and make her laugh with his crazy antiques. He used to make efforts for her and cared for her,although all five did but I loved his way more. Only he was the one who genuinely fought the war for Draupadi out of those five. Because the rest four was more inclined towards taking their Rajya back and establishing Dharm apart from fighting those sinner in order to take Draupadi's revenge.

Someone on Quora mentioned that all Kshatriyas had to make a secret vow, and Yudhishter’s vow was that he would never say no to a game of dice. Not sure how true it is.

Originally posted by: CaptainSpark

Gosh. Those two serials are such big tortures. 🤣

Have you watched them? 😲😲

Originally posted by: Autumn_Rose

Someone on Quora mentioned that all Kshatriyas had to make a secret vow, and Yudhishter’s vow was that he would never say no to a game of dice. Not sure how true it is.

I have also read it. Apparently Arjun's secret vow was he will kill anyone who insults his Gandiv 😆😆

Originally posted by: CaptainSpark

What I absolutely detest in this show-

1. Whitewashing Karna. Terribly whitewashed, extremely shallow. They just crossed all limits.

2. Arjun being portrayed as a crybaby

3. Arjun's romance with Subhadra and Draupadi both. Absolutely distorted, wrong and awfully shallow.

4. Krishna was made into a complete God which I do not agree with, his political nature, his shrewd tendencies, his strategies were not focused on. However I do understand this because well not portraying him as God would offend many.

5. Subhadra- what a turn off!

6. Draupadi's portrayal as a rude, bloodthirsty woman is wrong. She was a phenomenal lady, and she deserves more to her character.

7. Dyut Sabha was extremely distorted. Neither was Yudhi's gambler nature shown, nor the actual rules of the game followed.

About the sixth point i don't think they potrayed her as blood thirsty woman that was brc. Infact star did potrayed other sides of her character her hold in ip politics and that she wanted to establish a just a system. Also her compassionate side. And star drau was anything but rude

Originally posted by: CaptainSpark

What I absolutely detest in this show-

1. Whitewashing Karna. Terribly whitewashed, extremely shallow. They just crossed all limits.

2. Arjun being portrayed as a crybaby

3. Arjun's romance with Subhadra and Draupadi both. Absolutely distorted, wrong and awfully shallow.

4. Krishna was made into a complete God which I do not agree with, his political nature, his shrewd tendencies, his strategies were not focused on. However I do understand this because well not portraying him as God would offend many.

5. Subhadra- what a turn off!

6. Draupadi's portrayal as a rude, bloodthirsty woman is wrong. She was a phenomenal lady, and she deserves more to her character.

7. Dyut Sabha was extremely distorted. Neither was Yudhi's gambler nature shown, nor the actual rules of the game followed.

While I agree with the most, I actually found SP's representation of the Dice game more sensible than the original story. I know originally Yudhistir didn't need this much manipulation or coercing to put on the stakes & he staked his brothers & wife after losing all his materialistic properties....but this very incident made me dislike Yudhistir as a character & I always thought that after this incident he can never be addressed as the "Dharm Raj". This one incident made him both Adharmi & a terrible King in my eyes. So SP's representation makes more sense if you wish to keep pretending that Yudhistir was the best Ruler for the whole Aryavart to ever have & the flagbearer of "Dharm". By twisting & spinning the Dyut Sabha part like that, I guess they were trying to salvage Yudhistir's character & keep him likeable.