Great post...n I agree with most of your points...
This Star Plus n Sony characters n actors have got mixed up...
The actors on Star Plus were far far better but the portrayal on Sony is much more apt.
For example: Pooja was the ideal face of Draupadi...She looked like her...walked n talked like her...
Her charm...her aura...her dignity was very much like Draupadi.And yes...there were some brilliant scenes as well in Star Plus. However...the portrayal was very very rough...
She was too harsh at times...even going to the extent of kicking out her husband for marrying again and even insulting her elders...We NEVER see Draupadi in the epic doing that...
Not to mention 'Bhoot-Pisach'...I have written many many long comments expressing my utter hatred for the makers for making Draupadi speak like that...just to invoke sympathy for Karna
However in Sony...her portrayal is better...Atleast Draupadi in Sony is not unneccesarily insulting people...But at the same time I feel Pankhuri is too naive to play Draupadi. Pankhuri is beautiful...n a great actor...but she lacks the regal pride of Draupadi. I hate the arrogant portrayal but the pride must be there.
Maybe Pooja Sharma with her aura as Sony Draupadi and the correct portrayal would have been the perfect combination.
Coming to Karna...same problem.
Star Karna was too soft...which the epic Karna wasnt. Epic Karna had an integrity but he was nowhere a softie...he was quite proud n harsh too...In that regard...Sony Karna is better...
But again Aham Sharma was brilliant. And Gautam Rode is equally unsuitable as Karna...and his screaming is so irritating. His curse to Draupadi, though quite meaningful and heartwrenching, was very very unmanly and unlike the epic Karna...If epic Karna goes around cursing women for not marrying him...then half his charm is lost...Just my opinion. Not meant to hurt anyone. The epic Karna is somewhere between Star Plus' Karna n Sony Karna...
Maybe Aham Sharma as Sony Karna with this proud portrayal yet Aham's classic dignified aura would have been a perfect combination.
Coming to Arjun...I have to admit...Shaheer LOOKED amazing as Arjun.
He is the best-looking Arjun ever...but his acting was not impressive...neither was the portrayal.
Arjun was a very detached character...n the constant tears n 'Mujhe Kshama Kardo Panchali' irritated even an ardent Ardi fan like me...
As for Ardi...I dont know y u hate ShaJa so much...maybe fan outrage...
But I feel ShaJa were the best Ardi for me...or maybe actors dont really bother my love for a character or pair...
Yes...PanNavi also look promising let's see...
Pooja and Aham probably would have made a great pair but being an opposer of K-D I never imagined them in one frame...May be in some other show...they will rock...😳
I actually liked the K-D scene in Suryaputra Karna...maybe bcoz it was devoid of any kind of romance...
I actually liked Gautam Rode n Pankhuri's scene...but I cannot imagine them as lovers...
I liked their scene...just like a scene between two humans...