Same! I actually did not watch this show when it aired back in 2013/2014? and TBT I was the most skeptical when it came to casting of Draupadi. Pooja did not fit my imagination of Draupadi in the promo scenes and I thought Rupa Ganguly did pretty well look wise and acting wise (she did have a strong bengali accent in some scenes).
However, I started watching this sometime back on Hotstar and boy was I blown away by Pooja Sharma or what! She really improved during the course of the show..(there were some slip ups here and there in the starting episodes of hers as Draupadi) but OMG I could rewatch the cheerharan sequence for the extremely powerful and effective performance by Pooja again and again. Her dialogue delivery is amazing, but the way she emotes through eyes - fire, pain, helplessness, humiliation, resolve, anger OMG! the part of her breaking when she hears the word "Saiyyam" is just! IDK I get goosebumps every single time and get moved to tears!
Eventually I even came around to accepting Shaheer as Arjun..which again in my opinion was a miscast..but he did well too..but the breathtaking performances from this show will be Pooja, Sourabh and Praneet's. They just were terrific in their respective roles.
Also I love the Krishna Gyaan and Sakha Sakhi bonding scenes the most - pure, precious, compassionate and so beautiful and soothing to watch!
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