Is DP's Draupadi shelved? - Page 4

Originally posted by: Koviljika34

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Originally posted by: Stella_001

thank god for small miracles , Dp really isn’t that good of an actor to pull the role of Draupadi .. I mean we already saw her oh so great acting in padmavat and BM 🤣

DP doesn't have the beauty or the gravitas to play the Draupadi written by Vyasa. Beauty is still negotiable, because not too many women can meet the description of Draupadi in Mahabharata.

"Eye-ravishing Panchali, black and-half-smiling eyes, entrancing and radiant with rather haughty glow ... Soft eye-lashes; standing tall, with well formed swelling breasts; narrow waist like the middle of the sacred Vedi; plantain-stalk like smooth, round, firm shapely thighs; fingers and toes like champak petals; the new-born moon like shining coppery carved nails; palms and foot soles like fresh red lotuses; pearl like teeth; a playful smile that put the lightening to shame. Like an image sculpted by the world's most gifted artist, neither short nor tall, neither dark nor pale;with unblemished beauty of face and matching loveliness of graceful figure ; smooth-skinned fragrant like the lotus , with long wavy dark-blue hair of serpentine loveliness , like the waves of the oceanthat could imprison the breeze into stillness ; eyes like autumn-lotus leaves; ... Her unblemished beautiful sweat-bathed face is lovely, like the blue lotus, like the jasmine; ... She is extraordinarily accomplished, soft-spoken and gentle.... the intoxicating blue-lotus fragrance of her body delude even the bees. In her presence the tree leaves stilled for a moment; and, the fires flared but silently.She was a dream incarnated of gods and men alike." (Adi Parva 169.44-46; Sabha 65.33-37 )

But the gravitas... DP played Padmavati once and turned her into a weepy idiot. Vyasa's Draupadi was the finance minister of the empire and the citizen liaison. According to text, she knew to the last paisa how much money was in treasury, how much they were spending on each item. She worked morning to night in service of the empire.

Her knowledge of law was exemplary, and she managed to defeat the Kuru elders. Her philosophy was so ahead of the times that Yudhishtira even called her an atheist. Contrary to what fan fiction shows, she never, ever mooned after Arjuna. On the other hand, text has him mooning most of the time. Draupadi lectured Krishna on dharma, adharma. And he listened.

Her philosophy on the duties of the elite are shown throughout, but no book, no show ever portrays it properly. One exception was Aryavarta Chronicles, but she has less page space there. She spoke eloquently on the meaning of peace, on karma, on protection of the weak.

Seriously, Deepika Padukone would've been able to portray THIS woman?

Originally posted by: HearMeRoar

DP doesn't have the beauty or the gravitas to play the Draupadi written by Vyasa. Beauty is still negotiable, because not too many women can meet the description of Draupadi in Mahabharata.

"Eye-ravishing Panchali, black and-half-smiling eyes, entrancing and radiant with rather haughty glow ... Soft eye-lashes; standing tall, with well formed swelling breasts; narrow waist like the middle of the sacred Vedi; plantain-stalk like smooth, round, firm shapely thighs; fingers and toes like champak petals; the new-born moon like shining coppery carved nails; palms and foot soles like fresh red lotuses; pearl like teeth; a playful smile that put the lightening to shame. Like an image sculpted by the world's most gifted artist, neither short nor tall, neither dark nor pale;with unblemished beauty of face and matching loveliness of graceful figure ; smooth-skinned fragrant like the lotus , with long wavy dark-blue hair of serpentine loveliness , like the waves of the oceanthat could imprison the breeze into stillness ; eyes like autumn-lotus leaves; ... Her unblemished beautiful sweat-bathed face is lovely, like the blue lotus, like the jasmine; ... She is extraordinarily accomplished, soft-spoken and gentle.... the intoxicating blue-lotus fragrance of her body delude even the bees. In her presence the tree leaves stilled for a moment; and, the fires flared but silently.She was a dream incarnated of gods and men alike." (Adi Parva 169.44-46; Sabha 65.33-37 )

But the gravitas... DP played Padmavati once and turned her into a weepy idiot. Vyasa's Draupadi was the finance minister of the empire and the citizen liaison. According to text, she knew to the last paisa how much money was in treasury, how much they were spending on each item. She worked morning to night in service of the empire.

Her knowledge of law was exemplary, and she managed to defeat the Kuru elders. Her philosophy was so ahead of the times that Yudhishtira even called her an atheist. Contrary to what fan fiction shows, she never, ever mooned after Arjuna. On the other hand, text has him mooning most of the time. Draupadi lectured Krishna on dharma, adharma. And he listened.

Her philosophy on the duties of the elite are shown throughout, but no book, no show ever portrays it properly. One exception was Aryavarta Chronicles, but she has less page space there. She spoke eloquently on the meaning of peace, on karma, on protection of the weak.

Seriously, Deepika Padukone would've been able to portray THIS woman?

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