), and I would love it if you all also leave your inputs on the respective episodes. I hope we will have great fun in this thread and cultivate some rich, lively discussion.
But other than that, I also enjoyed that story, especially when Shukdev explains the merits of listening to Krishna Katha and how submitting oneself to Lord Krishna can bring ultimate happiness. Really beautiful explanation.
), but later on in the show when he had to act all frightened and mental whenever he saw Seshnaag or Lord Vishnu, he did that well. My dad commented that the actor who played Vasudev had a very soft, calming countenance, and my mom said Paulommi made a very pretty and innocent looking Devaki. The wedding and Vidaai sequences were well done, and when Kans acted so caring and concerned for Devaki during her Vidaai, my mom and I wondered how a brother who loved his sister so much could go so...wrong, but then we reckoned that if there was one thing Kans loved even more than Devaki, it was his life. 
The pain of Vasudev and Devaki was so well portrayed, and the way in which Kans returned the baby only to kill him later on was just so...sadistic in the evilest possible way!
I can never watch that scene without feeling chills run down my spine, especially during Devaki's bloodcurdling scream. And the words of the ensuing song, Vidhna Tere Khel Niraale, are so powerful and only make the scene all the more painful to watch. And it was so cute how Vasudev and Devaki feel hopeful about the sixth child because of the glow surrounding Devaki's womb, and Kans's mental reaction with all those "I saw a snake!" incidents were both hilarious and annoying because I just wanted the story to move instead of focusing so much on his face.
Leaving that aside, I esp liked watching Rohini's very natural reaction to suddenly finding herself pregnant out of thin air, and then Maharishi Garg and Rishi Shandilya's conversation about Balram's divine origin. When we learnt that Rohini was the incarnation of Kashyapa Prajapati's third wife Kadru, my dad was so interested by the story that he looked up Kashyapa, Aditi, Diti, Kadru, and the rest of his wives online for background information. Anyhow, Devaki and Vasudev's despair when they think Devaki had a miscarriage was sooo heartwrenching.
And the way in which Vasudev swallowed his own pain to comfort Devaki made me cry even further. Anyhow, that's it for this entry...now on to DVD #3.
Baby Balram was just adorable and I loved the background song, "Jai Sankarshan, Jai Balram" that Naradji sang. Though it was short, the tune was so lilting and sounded like one of those Aarti songs we all are familiar with. And the part which cracked me up was when the midwife told Yashoda and Nandraiji that Rohini gave birth to a boy, and an excited Nand hurries into the chamber as if the baby is his own, but Yashoda quickly stops him by keeping protocol in mind. The way Nandji blushes (or perhaps I imagined that) with embarrassment was just soooo cute. Sorry, just had to get that out before hurrying on to the next scene. Yogmaya casting a spell over Vasudev, the guards falling asleep, the shackles coming undone, and then Vasudev crossing Yamuna with baby Krishna was also very well done. Only thing I was put off with in this episode was the actress who played Yamuna Devi. I felt she kind of overdid it with the expressions, and the background song was also way too long and repetitive with Yamuna's attempt to touch Krishna's feet and then Krishna pulling them out of her reach. They showed that for at least 10 full minutes before Krishna let her touch her feet, and it made my family lose their attention span sometime inbetween and begin to wonder whether Vasudev would ever reach Gokul by the end of the episode. I think I remember Lola mentioning a short time back that the song they showed in the DVD was a new one and that the original, shorter version was replaced during the editing . If that is so, dunno why they did it. The song was not that great either.
Yogmaya's escape from Kans's clutches soon after, her mocking words that Kans's killer has already been born and is safely away from him, and Kans turning into Godzilla were all also shown well to the point. Anyhow, the cute susequent scene where baby Balram cries to welcome Krishna, and the way in which baby Krishna places his feet on Baldau's head as the latter bows down in obeisance....that entire scene was just SO cute that I could see it over and over. And how in the world did the Sagars manage to make the babies go along with the scene and act that way?
It must not have been easy.
When the men of Gokul refuse the order of Kans's men to enter their village and kick them out, I really liked how RS chose fitting actors for those men. They may have been 5 min characters, but whoever the actors were, their dialogue was powerful and well portrayed by them. In either serials or movies, it really puts me off whenever watching actors who seem bored of their roles or not really into them, even if they are small roles, but these actors did really well in showing the outrage of Gokul's men. Often times, we applaud the actors who play the main roles, and accidentally forget the others who work equally hard, so that is why I wanted to put in a word (or a paragraph in my case) for these actors who played Gokul's loyal residents. Leaving that aside, the short but sweet scene with Nandraiji, Akrur, Vasudev, and Devaki in their chamber was also enjoyable. I esp love how Nandraiji tells Devaki Mata that Rohini told him to tell her that she is bringing up Balram as the latter's son and not her own. Devaki's emotional reply that Balram is rightfully Rohini's son, and her heartfelt request that her name never be uttered near him incase it causes him trouble from Kans, was very tear worthy.)... the whole series is available to watch on dailymotion and most of it (the uploader is still in progress) is also on youtube, so you too can join her on the journey and tell us your thoughts along the way... here's the first part, the rest are on the same channel:
Really enjoying your entries, even though it's technically my 2nd time reading them after our convos from the dailymotion epis you pulled out all sorts of new observations... you smart cookie, you 
Lets take Friday's entry point by point: Glad you enjoyed the speech he gave on the importance of the Krishna Katha and yes, it was straight out of the Bhaagvat... as was this gem of a deleted scene between Ved Vyas and Narad in which the latter inspires the former to write the Bhaagvat: One of the most meaningful mytho dialogues of all, here are its translations: https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/topic/1311014?pn=119 Enjoy, and can't wait for more from you 
