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Angie, I agree. I much preferred Manish 'Chanakya' Wadhwa as Ravan, at that time, he was easy to appreciate. It's unfortunate that he left - they put too big a break b/w his building that palace for Parvati and then him trying to uproot Kailash. They should have had the entire Ravan track after Jalandhar's.
By now, I think any garden variety bhakt could have eclipsed Ravan in terms of being a greater bhakt, as per this serial 😆 Although more seriously, I never bought the claim that Ravan was Mahadev's greatest bhakt.
Vrish, Manish Wadhwa is a theatre actor and he made his Raavan look complex whereas this new Raavan seems like a Ramleela type of character to me. OF course that time, they made Kuber more villanious and Raavan like a great soul. But Manish got a better role in Spheres Origin new show. But at least they could have gotten a better Raavan as he is the main antagonist of Ramayan.
I would say that Raavan respected Shiv, but was not his great devotee by any means. He was an opportunist. He became Shiv's devotee only when he realized that Shiv is very powerful and pressed him under Kailash for his audacity. Also his making friends with Baali and Sahastrarjun after getting defeated by them shows that he would make friends with anybody whom he considered more powerful than him.
I can partially like what they showed today if only Raavan was played by a better actor. I have read in few versions that Raavan too went for Swayamvar. But this Raavan is turning me off this Ramayan.
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