19th Aug 2011 : - Krishna Ji marries Satyabhama. - Page 3

Originally posted by: _Vrish_

Even Balarama plays a major role in Krishna's childhood (not part of this serial), but aside from the wars w/ Jarasandha and the abduction of Rukmini, he too has mainly cameo roles, like during the marriage of Subhadra, the rescue of Samba and his confrontation w/ Bhima after the latter struck Duryodhan on his thighs. Arjun doesn't surface until Draupadi's swayamvar, and is prominent during Yudhisthir's reign in Indraprastha even b4 his exile. He helped Krishna get 3 of his major wives, married Subhadra on Krishna's request and was apparently a mentor to Pradhyumna & Satyaki.

So the Sagars would have done this by having as much of the casting done in advance, and then alerting each actor about the duration of their roles. Some, like Jarasandha, Sishupala, Shalva are really short, and once those characters are killed, the actors would be released. Others, like Rukmini, would come and go. So the way to do it would be to advise such actors who are likely to have long idle periods when they would be needed back, and allow them to play other roles in other serials. That would have allowed for a better casting, while neither idling actors while they're being paid, nor losing them altogether if they didn't want to afford them during the idling time.

But that also leaves open the sore issue of costumes, which has also been woeful in this serial. Just the different dress styles b/w Rukmini, Jambavati & Satyabhama is revealing: wouldn't the kul-vadhus of the Vrishnis be expected to follow the same styles?

Originally posted by: JanakiRaghunath

I agree with you Vrish...the present day Sagars do not seem to get Krishna's life story right in any serial. RS's SK was the only Krishna serial to ever show his entire life after BRC's MB.

Originally posted by: _Vrish_

Honestly, if SP were unprepared and hadn't thought this whole plot thru, they shouldn't have come up w/ it in the first place. This being a mytho story spanning several years i.e. episodes, it's bound to have almost everybody except Krishna himself play cameo roles. For instance, Rukmini features mainly in the time she was abducted and married, then the Tulabharam incident and the birth of Pradhyumna. After that, she's pretty much forgotten, except @ the end. Satyabhama too has a few episodes where she plays a major role, but other than that, by & large forgotten.

Even Balarama plays a major role in Krishna's childhood (not part of this serial), but aside from the wars w/ Jarasandha and the abduction of Rukmini, he too has mainly cameo roles, like during the marriage of Subhadra, the rescue of Samba and his confrontation w/ Bhima after the latter struck Duryodhan on his thighs. Arjun doesn't surface until Draupadi's swayamvar, and is prominent during Yudhisthir's reign in Indraprastha even b4 his exile. He helped Krishna get 3 of his major wives, married Subhadra on Krishna's request and was apparently a mentor to Pradhyumna & Satyaki.

So the Sagars would have done this by having as much of the casting done in advance, and then alerting each actor about the duration of their roles. Some, like Jarasandha, Sishupala, Shalva are really short, and once those characters are killed, the actors would be released. Others, like Rukmini, would come and go. So the way to do it would be to advise such actors who are likely to have long idle periods when they would be needed back, and allow them to play other roles in other serials. That would have allowed for a better casting, while neither idling actors while they're being paid, nor losing them altogether if they didn't want to afford them during the idling time.

But that also leaves open the sore issue of costumes, which has also been woeful in this serial. Just the different dress styles b/w Rukmini, Jambavati & Satyabhama is revealing: wouldn't the kul-vadhus of the Vrishnis be expected to follow the same styles? I honestly never thought the Sagars were up to doing a complete serial on Krishna, and JSR alone proved it, let alone DBSK.

Originally posted by: _Vrish_

And even they got it badly wrong, and competed w/ BRC for mangling the story. Some examples - Nakul killing Shakuni (instead of Sahadev), Dushashan getting killed b/w Shakuni & Duryodhan (as opposed to b4 Karna), Ghatotkacha marrying a demon princess of Pragjyotisha (who Krishna defeated) and she giving birth to Barbaryk (this shown after the war i.e. Ghatotkacha was already dead), Dhritarashtra, Gandhari, Kunti & Vidura leaving after Yudhisthir's coronation (they stayed on for 15 years). I heard that this part (where Sarvadaman played Krishna) was done after Ramanand Sagar had left the production of the show, and it showed.

Like we suggested in the Mytho forum, the best serial for any of these TRP crazy channels would be an episodic serial, like MSDK, rather than an epic story that's likely to take some years to run even if done right. Another thing - in the past, I didn't think that actors had to be knowledgable of mythology, but after seeing a bunch of performances, particularly Priya's, I do.

Originally posted by: _Vrish_

And even they got it badly wrong, and competed w/ BRC for mangling the story. Some examples - Nakul killing Shakuni (instead of Sahadev), Dushashan getting killed b/w Shakuni & Duryodhan (as opposed to b4 Karna), Ghatotkacha marrying a demon princess of Pragjyotisha (who Krishna defeated) and she giving birth to Barbaryk (this shown after the war i.e. Ghatotkacha was already dead), Dhritarashtra, Gandhari, Kunti & Vidura leaving after Yudhisthir's coronation (they stayed on for 15 years). I heard that this part (where Sarvadaman played Krishna) was done after Ramanand Sagar had left the production of the show, and it showed.

Like we suggested in the Mytho forum, the best serial for any of these TRP crazy channels would be an episodic serial, like MSDK, rather than an epic story that's likely to take some years to run even if done right. Another thing - in the past, I didn't think that actors had to be knowledgable of mythology, but after seeing a bunch of performances, particularly Priya's, I do.