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Not just the Ashoka-Kaurwaki scenes, my dear Suyash, but others, like the end of the darbar scene where Ashoka expects his father to embrace him and this does not happen, and again during that bit at the end of the scene where Dharma is ticking him off about his room being in such a mess. Do see my response to Sandhya on page 52, and the one to AKT.JA on page 50 above.
These were all about Ashok, but they need not be always so.
It is these bits that are the real delight of the show. If you overlook them, then it becomes a tiring and largely irritating exercise to watch the show. That is why I left in November last; there was nothing and no one I wanted to look at by then.
As for adding to the plot, my dear, the plot was always a joke, and a bad one. What kind of good historical plot was there before the romantic angle came up? It was a farrago of n0nsense, with a dumb, deluded bunch of good folk - Dharma, Ashoka, Bindusara, and finally even Chanakya - being repeatedly befooled by Helena & Co. In fact the worst of all was Chanakya, the greatest strategic thinker of our country and among the best in the world, being shown going to his death like a sheep to the slaughter, in such an incredibly dumb fashion.
But you must excuse my carping, Suyash, for I have not the least intention of trying to convert you to my point of view, especially when you are all having such a good time roasting the dramatis personae!
Shyamala Aunty
These were all about Ashok, but they need not be always so.
It is these bits that are the real delight of the show. If you overlook them, then it becomes a tiring and largely irritating exercise to watch the show. That is why I left in November last; there was nothing and no one I wanted to look at by then.
As for adding to the plot, my dear, the plot was always a joke, and a bad one. What kind of good historical plot was there before the romantic angle came up? It was a farrago of n0nsense, with a dumb, deluded bunch of good folk - Dharma, Ashoka, Bindusara, and finally even Chanakya - being repeatedly befooled by Helena & Co. In fact the worst of all was Chanakya, the greatest strategic thinker of our country and among the best in the world, being shown going to his death like a sheep to the slaughter, in such an incredibly dumb fashion.
But you must excuse my carping, Suyash, for I have not the least intention of trying to convert you to my point of view, especially when you are all having such a good time roasting the dramatis personae!
Shyamala Aunty
See, since you are all more or less of the same mind about most things here, especially about the unfortunate Kaurwaki (who, as a character, seems to have been almost as ill served by her junior version, whom I have seen only in the flashbacks and in a few Takshashila episodes that were flagged for me, as by her adult version, alas!), there is a certain monotony that is bound to creep into your discussions.
You cannot go on agreeing about everything,so you have to joke about it. Which is fine, and most entertaining, for so many of you seem to be extremely good at hilarious take offs. I have loved almost everything of this kind that I have encountered so far. But it it might be nice to flag and discuss some of the strong and well acted bits too, would you not agree? I have noted and described a few of these in my posts to AKT.JA and Sandhya above, and to .Subha. as well. As it happens, they were all about Ashoka, but that need not be so always,
To take another one, you can detest Kaurwaki as much as you want, and yet find much to appreciate in the scenes between her and Ashoka when she is unconscious. He displays such unexpected protective, gentle tenderness towards her there, so uncommon in such an alpha male, that I was taken aback. He does not just hold her hand, pat her face or stroke her hair, all the usual things shown in such scenes. Instead, both at the beginning and at the end, he deliberately scoops her up into his arms and cradles her with affectionate, caring, protective warmth. Now one cannot dismiss his performance in that scene just because it was Kaurwaki at the receiving end of all this and not Devi, can you?
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