Pandavas & Krishna Families Admiration Thread # 1/DT's Nt pg 147 - Page 55

Originally posted by: JanakiRaghunath

I am really missing the child Pandavas! Not to say that the adult ones are not doing justice, but the characterization of the adult Pandavas is so faulty. 😔 I am hating how Bhima is being portrayed, and the Pandavas seem so rude and uncouth! They had their faults, but in the original epic they are much more cultured and respectable in their manner of talking. Even the Kauravas were more mannered than they are shown here, including Karna.

So far, the only character who is written somewhat accurately is Yudhisthir, but even he has become a boring secondary character compared to Arjun, who is clearly being shown as the leader of the Pandavas. They might as well make him King of Indraprastha. 😆 It would be the least of all their distortions.

Originally posted by: Proud-India

Is in original MB...Is there any incident narrated about Arjun washing Karna's legs? 😲

Originally posted by: .Vrish.

Is Shikha Singh Shikhandini or Shikhandi? Do the CVs even know that the 2 are different?

Yeah, Amba was reborn to Drupada as Shikandini, but Drupada was told by Mahadev himself that this girl was destined to become a man. Drupada therefore brought her up as one, sending her to gurukul in male attire, having her raised as a man, and ultimately, when it was time for marriage, got her married to the daughter of king Hiranyavarma. That bride discovered that her husband was a woman, and gave that news to her father, who threatened war on Drupada. Shikhandini felt guilty about being the cause of her father's troubles, and went away to end her life. However, she came across a yaksha, w/ whom she swapped genders, and returned to the kingdom as a man - Shikhandi. His wife then reported to her father that all was well, and Hiranyavarma called off the war. Shikhandi later had a son Kshatravarma, who in the war was killed either by Drona or by Duryodhan's son Lakshman - the text says 2 things in 2 different places.

Anyway, Shikandi was not a woman, so I don't see how Shikha Singh gets to play him. Had he been a woman, not just Bheeshma, even the Pandavas would have refused to put him in their army. But he was one of the 7 commanders, and fought several battles w/ several Kauravas, not just Bheeshma.

Bad casting. She'd have been okay as Shikhandini, but not as Shikhandi

Originally posted by: Smita_R

@22Pundhirabhi... thanx. Shika singh looks appropriate for the role of shikhandi. I believe she's got a strong voice too. Looking forward to the entry of Draupadi