Monday, March 31, 2014

Where starmahabhrat got it right and wrong


I have been watching mahabharat on startv since a few days.They have a new concept of characters,different from brchopra mahabharat.My observation is that they are right in making Karna's character handsome,and righteous and not with grey shades like brcmb.Karna was a handome man and known for righteousness,and only fought for duryodhana becasue he helped him.He wanted yudhishtira or dharmaraja to win the war and become the king.That Bhishma favouring Arjuna from the begining is not there.Bhishma notices  karna's valour from the begining and asks his foster father adiratha to take him to magadha so that he could learn astravidya or archery.Drona who rejects Karna in his gurukul also has respect for Karna.
The karna Kunti angle has been well shown.As I have written earlier,kunti was always talking to karna as he grew up.The makers did their own research.
The makers distorted the division of hastinapura into two kingdoms.The entire creation of Indraprastha and Arjuna's piligrimage has been distorted.But it doesnt affect the main epic.The subhadra harana was distorted.They wanted to make it more dramtic.No need for this.
The slaying of jarasandha was done in a different way.Probably starmb makers did their own research.Unlike the prevailing stories that jarasandha invited karna for a fight,it could be that duryodhana wanted to defeat jarasandha,and karna defeated jarasandha.
The Rajasuya yaga was just ok.And they did create a reason for duryodhana to become angry at the pandavas.
They got one thing right in dice game.That kana was not sitting with duryodhana when the dice game was played.This was one most important research that makers had done.And even dushasana was not sitting with duryodhana.The dice game however was distorted.To make yudhishtira look good makers made some changes.Shakuni introduces some rules before the dice game begins and yudhishtira agrees.So he has to bet till end.This was not there in original mahabharat.And as  have written earler karna didnt say anything during the dice game.The makers are also going to show him in good way.There is more drama on the dice game.
Yudhishtira should have been shown as addicted to gambling.





















1 comment:

  1. Star Mahabharat saved Karna's image.Even BR Chopra saved his image and whitewashed him at several places.

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