Shakuntala - First Week Review!
Shakuntala, an ageless love story of Kalidasa is the first mythological show of Star One. Let's see how it fared in its first week...
Published: Sunday,Feb 08, 2009 14:31 PM GMT-07:00
Shakuntala, another mythological drama from Sagar Productions on Star One. Riding on the success of their previous periodic and mythological shows, Sagar Productions have tried their hands at the ageless Love story of King Dushyant and Shankuntala, daughter of Saint Vishwamitra and Celestial Apsara Menka. The show is based on Abhignana Shakuntala, Kalidasa's greatest Creations. Let's see how it fared in its first week and what promise it holds for future…
Story Adaptation: Shakuntala was the daughter of Vishwamitra and Menka. The story is of King Dushyanta, who was the founder of the Paurav Dynasty, and Shankuntala and how they meet in the forest and fall in love with each other. However, soon after their marriage, Dushyanta goes back to his kingdom as he has forgotten all about his wife due to the curse of Saint Durvasa, which happened when Shakuntala was dreaming of her husband. One day, Saint Durvasa made it to the ashram, but Shakuntala lost in her thoughts about Dushyanta, fails to greet him properly. Incensed by this, the Saint curses Shakuntala, saying that the person she was dreaming of, would forget about her altogether. But due to a royal ring given by King Dushyant to Shankuntala, she helps him remember their love story even after many years. Actors: The first week went in showing the birth of Shakuntala and how Saint Karnav saves her from Shatanand. Saint Shatanand is doing his job fantabulously well, his expressions, every dialogue is worth an applause. So is Saint Karnav who after a weekly show on Star Plus Lucky makes a comeback to small screen with a bang, and what's more, he is tailor-made for the role. Every actor is doing their bit giving the story a pretty picture. Child Shakuntala looks sweet and acts well too. Viewers are now awaiting Neha Mehta and Gautam Sharma to arrive on the scene.
On the whole, Shankuntala's success will depend hugely on the actors and how they will carry forward this tale of love. They are lagging behind in set and ambiance department as of now, and there will be a ray of hope if they pay attention to this! So watch Shakuntala as an ageless and timeless love story and forget which era it actually belonged to!
Soap Ratings : Lets see how many Soaps this show gets, as the show is based on an epic, so we are rating it as Story adaptation.
Story Adaptation Acting Set
*1 Soap Stinky one ,1-12/soaps -somewhere in between, 2 Soaps Slippery with no fragrance ,2,1/2 :with little fragrance,3 Soaps sandal wood with rose petals , 4 Soaps must use/watch
Concept and Author: Nishtha
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Concept and Author: Nishtha
Banner Credit: Shagun
Note: The views expressed in this article are solely of the author...
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Comments (13)
i loved this serial !!!! dushyant was amazing :) i miss shakuntala !!
12 years ago
Shakuntala''s foster father is Kanva rishi not saint Karnav , if the word rishi had been used instead of ''saint'' it would be appreciative
15 years ago
good shoe... atleast better than sas bahu n boring love stories
15 years ago
My husband watch it and he seems to like it
15 years ago
intresting love story! little shakuntala is so cute nd dushayant angry guy, always scolding shauntala :$! but still luv his role! thanks 4 th info
15 years ago
dint watched it after 1st week. found it boring may b coz i m use 2 dmg youth love story but will still watch shakuntla as i dnt know abt its story
15 years ago
I jus saww the promo lol and it caught my eye ==]] Btww where''s shakuntala forum?having trouble finding ittt. =(
15 years ago
owww i love it history ke panno par ghumna achha laga
15 years ago
I guess it''s hard to find or make the characters look as they would have in the bygone times...I just wondered how in Lord of the rings...the characters were made to look as if they belonged to another time...another land. Lavish costumes and lavish sets = unbelievable realism.
15 years ago
Good review. One can find such bloopers in every show of Sagars.DV was a story of 13th century yet d characters were quite modern. The first week of shakuntala was good,let''s see how sagars show d love story.
15 years ago