Deepika can never pull off Draupadi the way Pooja Sharma did! - Page 7

Originally posted by: capricornrcks

Star Mahabharat was a travesty to the original. Compared to it the Chopra version better.I admit I only watched a few episodes of the Star Mbt here and there.I was fine with some liberties being taken.But the amount of glorification done to deify the main characters is unbelievable.The beauty of Mahabharat is that all characters have shades of gray.I kind of lost it when Draupadi was asked to marry the 5 Pandavas and she gets along with it meekly.Really ? A woman being asked something that controversial and she never voices any dissent? No need for Vyasa to come along with his version of Draupadi's previous birth and Shiva's boon and convince her.

A nice adaptation of Mahabharat would be Ramesh Menon's 'The Mahabharata: A Modern Rendering'. It's free on Kindle unlimited.

I agree the glorification in Star flattened the characters, rendering them impactless. Everyone was glorified with Duryodhan, Dusshassan, their father, and Shakuni portrayed as the only evil ones among the main lot. Poor Duryodhan pretty much took the fall for everything.

Actually, Panchali, too, took some blame. In order to justify Karna, they gave her idiotic lines to insult him at the swayamvara. Then pre dice hall, they gave her more stupidities to justify Karna's part in the sexual assault.

BRC actually wasn't much better in that respect. It glorified Karna by putting down Arjuna and Panchali through Krishna's mouth which wasn't there in epic. It was basically an Amar Chitra Katha rendition which used the andhe ka putr and sutaputr comments which didn't happen in text. Neither series showed Arjuna actually broke the brotherly unity in the dice hall to speak up against Yudhishtira. BRC didn't show the parts where Kunti called Yudhishtira a coward and lectures Krishna on right and wrong. They didn't show the argument between Yudhishtira and Arjuna. They also used the silly vow about hair Panchali never made.

The wedding scene in Star was long and drawn out, right? 🤔 Panchali never said anything about polyandry in the texts, with her brother and father being the ones who needed to be convinced. The whole scene is weird in the text with Vyasa officiating the wedding between Yudhishtira and Panchali and leaving. The next sentence is the brothers made her their wife. After all the arguments Vyasa made, why didn't he do the priest role for all five? Who WAS the priest for the other four? Strange scene altogether. I think there's been some interpolations down the line.

Ramesh Menon's rendition cuts Panchali from crucial scenes like Khandava. Not sure why he felt the need to insert Satyabhama there instead of Panchali when Krishna's wife had nothing to do with the story. Plus, that book brings in Radha who was an imaginary character written in 14th century by Jayadeva.

Originally posted by: Poorabhforever

The woman who destroyed mastani and padmavat with her pathetic acting will be able to pull of drapaudi how ??? Are you trolling ??

In YOUR opinion, she was pathetic in Padmavat & BM, but asper most critics & viewers, they loved it, hence both movies were hits.

Originally posted by: Maaya_Memsaab

In YOUR opinion, she was pathetic in Padmavat & BM, but asper most critics & viewers, they loved it, hence both movies were hits.

Both movies were hit because of deepika right 😆

Originally posted by: Anjalika01

This might be a very unpopular opinion...but I think Pooja was a terrible choice! She neither matched the character by her looks or her acting. The whole presentation of Draupadi and various important scenes of her was messed up in that Star Plus Mahabharat... the original was much better

Agreed. I don't get the hype that surrounds her. Maybe it's due to the fact that others were awfully miscast as well and she appeared better in contrast.

Worst casting in SPMB has to be SS as Arjuna.

Originally posted by: Maroonporsche

Seems like garbage 🤣

I Wonder the percentage of warning level u have! 🤔Want to get banned?😆

Originally posted by: Wistfulness

Agreed. I don't get the hype that surrounds her. Maybe it's due to the fact that others were awfully miscast as well and she appeared better in contrast.

Worst casting in SPMB has to be SS as Arjuna.

Yes! The older generation and Kauravas casting was decent but they completely messed it up with the Pandavas! That is probably why Pooja looked so good to some people...

Also I swear that Shaheer is someone’s kid lmao 😂 After MB they also took him as Saleem in that Saleem Anarkali show 🙃🙃

Deepika can emote well with eyes, plus she has the aura of a queen.

But She doesnt have the powerful dialogue delivery at all! Rupa Ganguly was good too in BRC version but I do like the powerful acting of Pooja - the Vastraharan scenes and her krodh scenes were really impactful. She actually pales in terms of looks, but her acting made up for it.

Originally posted by: Maaya_Memsaab

In YOUR opinion, she was pathetic in Padmavat & BM, but asper most critics & viewers, they loved it, hence both movies were hits.

I tried to read the reviews and I found some great reviews for deepika's master class performance:

Being a one-dimensional actress Deepika Padukone has done very well for herself but she doesn't possess the skill to essay such a character. Shahid and Deepika's portrayal of Raja Rawal Ratan Singh and Rani Padmavati can best be described as mediocrity covered with jewels. -INDIA TODAY

Will add more as now I am reading the First post review which gave 1star to the movie

Rupa Ganguly was better.

Who the hell is Pooja Sharma? The only draupadi I know is Rupa Ganguly