Disclaimer:- This is a opinion based post with no bashing what-so-ever. Please don't proceed if constructive criticism can't be dealt with. Any views are welcome but I expect no bashing here. There are certain things I can't ignore no matter what I do.
Before going to the heading, I would highlight the praise-worthy factors of the show, which are-
1. The background music score- It's absolute delight to listen to that be it Anusuya's track, Puru-Lachi track or Alexander's tract. Alexander's track reminds me of the Van Helsing movie track which has some similar beats. The music is not only soothing but always a pleasure to ears.
2. Cinematography- No doubt about the Dasyu land scenes. They are indeed beautiful. Puru-Lachi chemistry is cute & innocent too.
Now coming to the parts which have hugely disappointed me.
1. Distortion of Alexander-Olympia portrayal- I hate Olympia mentioning India again & again. Olympia was undoubtedly ambitious but she wanted Alexander as next king. She was not mad about Alexander capturing India. Alexander did begin his innings with Persia but then he discovered India much later to conquer. Besides the dialogue "Mukaddar Ka Sikanadar"- seriously. Why do makers have to take the audience for fool.
2. Cold Portrayal of Alexander- I can't imagine this Alexander ever asking a king about how he should be treated after defeating a king. He was the conqueror, ambitious but not this cruel to have tortured a king in this way. Makers shouldn't even spoil the basic character trait of Alexander which has too many authentic accounts. Alexander was never a narcissist in nature as shown here.
3. Too much focus on fictionalized story of Puru & completely missing Alexander for episodes- If Alexander is another central character of this show, then why has he been missed. They completely ruled out his story for most of the episodes. They are so hell bent on showing the Indian hero that they forgot the main hero because of whom this Indian hero got recognition in the Indian & world history in the first place. I hope they don't show Puru actually defeating Alexander because I want to go with facts even if they are one-sided from Greek accounts. Those accounts don't dis-respect Puru at all rather praise him for his valor in the Battle of Hydaspes in fighting Alexander.
4. Rati's portrayal as Devasena- Now I won't compare the exact storyline but the entire Puru birth & Anusuya being captured & wretched, Puru growing up with tribals, Kanishka mis-treating Anusuya, Puru coming to Anusuya's rescue is copy-cat baahubali. Why Indian history soap makers are so obsessed with showing televised version of Baahubali in every story ever since that movie has released. Chandra-nandini showed exactly the same thing. Do they not understand the difference between fictional characters & real characters having completely fictional accounts. Or is it they only care for making a show anyhow with anything from here & there.
Although I am happy that Rati is back. Her falling from the mountains made me sad & I couldn't believe that Anusuya would die that soon.
From the Anusuya's portrayal in precap where Kanishka comes to take Anusuya, I seems that Bamni already knows about Anusuya being alive & wretched but he hates her so much & doesn't give a damn to the fact she lives or dies. Otherwise how would a prince be after a lady prisoner for no obvious reasons. But Rati was phenomenal in the precap indeed.
Distortion with history of real life characters is a very dangerous thing for a civilization & culture especially on the name of history which is seen as a something that defines our present. With the way show is progressing, I can clearly see that makers are going to do a hell lot of distortion to all the central characters.
Why is difficult to stick to the history. Make less episodes but make them with approximate accuracy. It's no Baahubali or Game of Thrones where the entire setup is fictional but is inspired from multiple historical accounts. These are real-life characters who one walked & breathed on this earth & were significant in changing the pace of many things. Historical-mythological shows are actually getting much worse day-by-day. Surreal cinematography, good costumes & awesome background scores won't make up for poor & distorted portrayal of legendary personalities of the ancient world. The makers did it with Razia Sultan, Shani & now this.
That's it from my side. Any views are more than welcome.