Originally posted by: Moonks
Has Ekta Kapoor really destroyed the Mahabharata?
⚠️ Probably, a long answer ahead. 😅
Keeping up with the pretty pointless lockdown-special discussions on random Indian serials, the next one on our list is “Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki”.

I repeat (read as, copy-paste) - Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki!
‘a’ Count - 13! With double “A” in Mahaabhaarat! Maybe Ekta Didi forgot that it was supposed to be the name of a serial and not a remote ka battery. 😳 And, not to miss - Kyuki K hona to zaroori hai! 🙏🏻
Had I not been just 3 when it telecasted, I would have surely wondered why didn’t Ekta Didi prefer the name “Kahaanii Kaauraavon Kii” because triple K would have worked better, right?
Now that you’ve been reminded, don’t tell me that 12 years have passed since then, because “It’s never too late!” 😜
The reason for Ekta Didi choosing Mahabharat over Ramayan seems legit because after all, she could have Kkurukshetra, Kkrishna, Kkunti, Kkarna, Kkripacharya… and a lot more!
However, to those, who aren’t even aware of it’s existence, I bestow my utmost respect unto you, and just so you know - KHMK is bound to be the kringiest kult klassic ever kreated by anyone on Earth. But, konsidering it not humanly possible to kontinue the k-obsession like this, let me get back to my senses. (Out of context though, but is my answer kringe × 100 now?) 😬
Okay, beshrew these eyes of mine for committing this sin of the highest order but, yes! I watched the WHOLE first episode of KHMK. (Braggart alert! I didn’t, or rather, couldn’t complete it fully.) 😅
Though I washed my eyes with Gangajal later but, this is what provided salvation to those poor souls. 😅

12k is a huge number but yeah 18k is bigger, isn’t it? 😬 Bas, now enjoy! After the completion of the answer, though! ✋🏻
Guess the event that the first episode starts with? No brainer - with King Bharat or maybe King Pratipa or even King Shantanu? Nah, it begins with the vastraharan sequence! 🤯 A ‘good’ attempt to notch TRP that failed miserably as this cleared the doubts people had regarding KHMK, with a loud, really loud screech from someone, who was a namesake “Devi Draupadi”. 🙄
But, the picturization was ULTIMATE, ngl! 😒
The Dyut Sabha is organized under the open sky, with thunder and lightning getting on your nerves every second. Shakuni, an important mastermind of the epic, is reduced to an overgrown child with a terrible case of bad teeth. Beware of the shrieky laugh that escapes his mouth, that might ruin your hearing ability.

Duryodhan, wearing an apparent Superman cape, manages to peep through his eyelids and lets out a weird smirk.

Kings, who are supposed to wear crowns are moving about, flaunting their well-toned bodies, with capes and forehead-jewellery pieces, as if some bodybuilding competition is going on. 😕
Pandavs are just vignetted mannequins, and Bhim, even as a shadow, appears more like a villain, with straightened hair, dyed with L’oreal Paris. And, interestingly, his glistening back shines more than my future. 🤪
Ekta’s Draupadi is introduced as a Nagin-type song runs in the background. In the typical Indian serial style, she is applying sindoor on her head when Dushasan makes an entry and no points for guessing, the sindoor falls down. Oh shit, apshagun! 😱
Beware again! Dushasan’s dramatic kohl - lined eyes might pop your own eyes out, and Draupadi’s screams, as she is being dragged to the ‘Sabha’ can possibly render you deaf.
The pre-stitched, red Manish Malhotra saree is flowing in the iconic Kasautii Zindagii Kay style, as the long flowing black tresses of Maharani Draupadi are reduced to a layered college-haircut. The cherry on top is her ear-drum piercing scream - “Chupppp” and “Duryodhannnnn”. 😖

A confession! Since my ears could no longer bear the torture done by Ekta’s Draupadi who seemed liked a “sweet mistress in distress”, and the highly disturbing number of zoom-ins and zoom-outs, I quit watching, even before I was halfway through.
Interestingly though, there exists NO Vidur, Karn, Drona or Kripacharya throughout and the only other glimpses you can get are the blinking kohl-lined eyes of Dhritarashtra and the clenched fists of Pitamah Bhishm. 🙄
But, throughout the whole episode, I felt really sad that people had bashed Ekta for putting a tattoo on Draupadi’s shoulder. Arre, there were tattoos on Yudhisthir, Duryodhan, Bhishm and Satyawati too! Why do we forget them? Why discriminate? #WeNeedJustice! 😬
(P.S: KHMK’s Yudhisthir was such a big-time slow learner that he had to get the Gayatri Mantra tattooed on him!!) 😵

Dunno what happened later but, I guess there would or should have been a Komolika-type imaginary sister of the Pandavs and a rebooted version of Ramola as Kunti who would exist only to harass Draupadi. Also, a cat-fight between Subhadra and Draupadi and the reaction of every warrior after each arrow's release, would have been a treat to watch na? 😳

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