One more factual error

Dronacharaya didn't go to Drupad's court with his wife and son.. he promised his wife that he will come with Drupad's cow so that they can have some milk for their son.. But Drupad didn't give him a cow and offended him in the court... Because of this, Dronacharaya didn't go back to his home and left his wife and son alone... he went to home only after Pandvas defeated Drupad and he captured a cow from Drupad's cowshed... By showing Kripi (his wife) with him at the time of guru dakhsina, Ekta has degraded the character of Dronacharya...

that's right..Dronacharya didn't return to Kripi for many years because they were very poor..They didn't have milk for their son Ashvathama..Drona went to Paanchal because Drupad had promised him half of his kingdom during their gurukul days..but Drupad insulted him..Drona came back to Kripi only when he got a cow from Paanchal..

KHMK is definitely not following the book line by line... there is no doubt that things have been changed by the scriptwriters of this show.

Originally posted by: RaviMalhotra69

KHMK is definitely not following the book line by line... there is no doubt that things have been changed by the scriptwriters of this show.

But like I've said in another topic, has there ever been a Mahabharat TV production that has been totally accurate?

I'm not at all defending the deviations from the Book by Balaji Telefilms, because I would personally have wanted the KHMK to follow the Book as accurately as possible... all I'm saying is that no Mahabharat TV production has been worthy of being labelled as totally accurate.

God bless.

You're absolutely right, there has not been a screen adaptation of Mahabharat that has totally followed the book, but B.R. Chopra's adaptation was about 90% accurate. Even the movie Mahabharat, made in the 1960's was way more accurate than Balaji's serial.

The biggest difference between Balaji's version and the other two adaptations are that things were changed in the latter or left out because of budget and time whereas Ekta seems to be changing the story just to suit her own personal vision.

I'm sure there are some people will disagree and that's fine, but these are my two cents.

Can you please tell me which version of the Mahabharata you are basing your info on? Because the story as I read it in the text is a bit different.

Here I will quote from the P Lal translation of the relevant verses from Adivparva > Sabhaparva

(the P Lal translation, is probably the most complete shloka-by-shloka translation of the text since he has used as many versions as possible including both the Critical Edition and the Southern Recension; hence it is a very useful resource for this kind of discussion)

I do not have the Critical Edition or Southern Recension Sanskrit original texts with me at the moment. I will try to get a hold of them and check. 😊

MB 1:133:1-2

[quote]In Hastinapura, Drona, excellent son of Bharadvaja, lived secretly in the house of Gotama's son Krpa. (In the intervals of his discipleship under Krpa, Asvatthaman instructed the Pandavas in the use of arms. None guessed Asvatthaman's prowess.)[/quote]

Following this is the ball and string event. Then we have this:

MB 1:133:24

[quote]Bhishma, brilliant arms-expert, went to Drona, respectfully greeted him, escorted him to the palace and enquired what brought Drona to the city and Hastinapura. Drona replied:[/quote]

Drona recounts his life story. I will jump directly to the verses in question:

MB 1:133:44-46

[quote]I got a grip on myself and I began to think: The Brahmins reject me, and make fun of me. Let them! I will be no one's servant, no, not for the world's wealth! So I made up my mind, and remembering my old friendship with Drupada, thinking myself lucky, I went to him. Accompanying me were my wife and my beloved son.[/quote]

And after the insult:

MB 1:133:59

[quote]With my wife and son, I left. And I made a vow - that vow I am determind to fulfil without delay[/quote]

Also check the Ganguli translation available on-line: http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01134.htm (this is not as reliable as the P Lal text since Ganguli took liberty with the text at various points eg leaving out a verse here or embelling/altering the meaning of another verse there etc)

And I agree with Ravi. No adaptation of the epic, on tv or film or stage, has followed the source with 100% accuracy. So really, there is no use expecting a tv series or movie or play or whatever to be completely accurate, let alone a Balaji production. 😆 It is always better to go back to the text if you really want accuracy. Some day perhaps, someone will make a really accurate adaptation. 😉

Thank you Kal EI, for correcting me.. I apologize for this post..