It's been made on a colossal scale and the effort to recreate the history of Mahabharata is commendable. I agree Saubhaya, its the story that pulls me in above every thing else, its a story people like u n me r attach to and love.
I'm impressed by most of the acting so far esp. the likes of Gandhari, Shakuni, Bheeshma, Rajmata, Dhritarashtra,who respectively have really zoned well into their roles. Shakuni brings forth his own style away from the mold that was set up via the Br chopra Shakuni, Dhritarashtra arrogance is more pronounced, his bitter side takes the extreme such that all his fury consummates as flames erupt out of nowhere and although tending to the theatrical, a good imagery/analogy pointing out the origins of destruction, like a ever present existent entity, ominous like a shadow of things to come. Bheeshma is all grand and great, powerfully spoken, discreetly mimicking the image of Bheeshma as previously established by Mukesh Khanna but not too much that it abstracts from it. Naturally we will be comparing the 2 versions which cant be avoided even if one tried.