Yes, they have downplayed Amba's plight and highlighted her revenge mode.
Amba, first of all, didn't say about her love for Prince Salva or whatever his name is, when Bheesma came to abduct the sisters.
Had she told him at that moment, Bheesma might not have kidnapped her but then it was not norm in those days for a girl to declare her love openly. When she revealed it in Hastinapur, it was too late. But in this serial she is shown to tell the truth before so that her vengeance can be justified completely.
As someone has pointed out in other post, what Bheesma did was not considered to be immoral at that time because he defeated the other kings and won over the princesses to make them Queens of a might empire. Even if we set aside the norm, and look at the incident from moralistic point of view, then what Bheesma did was Wrong and Amba's hatred for Bheesma was definitely justified.
But what I found a bit ironic that
Bheesma was Not the Only person responsible for Amba's plight. However, he is the only one who paid the price. Vichitravirya was also responsible as he refused to marry the girl who has been abducted by his brother. It was not Amba who refused, it was Vichi- the serial twisted the tale to make Amba revengeful. 😡
Even if we say that Vichi was justified in not marrying a woman who loves some other guy, what about Prince Salva or whatever his name was, whom Amba loved?
Bheesma and Vichitravirya were nobody to Amba. But that Prince claimed to love her and when she returned to him, he just threw her out of his life? Why ? Just because she was kidnapped by some other man! 👎🏼 He totally forgot it was his inability to save Amba from kidnapping.😔
And when Amba started her journey to take the vengeance she only concentrated on Bheesma and conveniently forgot about the Prince who left her just like that.
If justice has be to got, then one should sought for justice from everyone who has wronged him or her. But Amba was more vindictive in her manner instead of looking for justice. Bheesma, on the other hand, would have married Amba, had he not taken the vow. And in those days - it was unthinkable to break a vow.
If we look at from practical point of view, Bheesma had no choice before him to redeem the blunder he made. 😕The only option that one could think of that he had to break his promise, marry Amba, make arrangements so that she could get the honor and be treated as member of Hastinapur royal family and then himself commit suicide for breaking the vows😕 . Otherwise, if he would have just married Amba and live a happy life, then Bhisma would have been known as the person who can't keep promises.
Best part of this serial was Mahadev's dialogue - it was fabulous 👏 (even if it is a little different from the epic) - Mahadev did NOT give the boon of killing Bhisma for sake of Amba's vengeance but only when she would be part of some great endeavor to upheld truth and justice, she would be able to achieve the result. Basically, Bheesma would get his due for his karma irrespective of the fact whether Amba wants his head or not.😊
Edited by doyelpakhi - 11 years ago
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