Okay, last night, on YouTube, I watched a marathon session staring from Krishna's return to Mathura right upto the episode where Krishna and Balarama meet their parents for the first time ever.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-NRrjK61OD38i9X7KO5qrFKrWvpHubM5
Some observations:
- I thought the guy who played Akrura indulged in a lot of overacting, and wasn't impressed by him at all
- The torture of Vasudev & Devaki brought up some questions. First of all, were they ever set free after Krishna's successful evacuation from that jail? Second, the torture scene - they made Vasudev look like Jesus Christ, the way they tied him to a cross and were lowering him into the snakepit. Also, if Balarama could appear in a previous episode to protect them and scare off Kansa, couldn't he have done the same here? Also, did Kansa ever doubt that Nanda's son was actually Devaki's #8, given all his feats?
- The revelation of Krishna's identity to Yashoda and Nandrai was also needlessly melodramatic
- Somehow, I've never cared for gopi or Radha scenes, and skipped those
- The language used in this serial was horrible: whereas in the Ramayan, they were careful to use if not shudh Hindi, at least not any Urdu words, which would have been anachronistic. In this serial, they use words like madat, haalat, kashai, zamindari,... freely, like it was medieval India or later. When Akrura was putting together his sacrificial militia to protect Krishna, I half expected him to call them fidayeen, it was that bad!
- The hunchback who Krishna straightened - was she married? I thought that in that era, such women would have found it impossible to find a husband. Yet, when Krishna revived her and changed her garb, she was wearing all the jewelry of a married woman
- In the wrestling arena, wasn't it a straight 1:1 duel b/w Balaram vs Mushtik, and Krishna vs Chanoor? Here they showed 4 wrestlers ganging up on them, the latter 2 attacking them the moment they killed the first 2. Kansa was evil enough on his own: was it necessary to exaggerate it by showing his fighters taking on Krishna & Balaram unfairly?
- Also, while it's true that Krishna once sued for peace (pre-Kurukshetra), once strategically fled the field (Kalyavan), once evacuating Mathura for an island which could not be invaded, he was a kshatriya, and would never have questioned an invitation for a battle. Here, he raised the question of fairness, and then invited his supporters in the crowd to challenge Kansa's decision. Is it written that that's what he actually did? B'cos that actually violated kshatriya norms
- They showed Chanoor and Krishna's other courtiers being killed by Akrura, Nanda and others? And at the end of the battle, only those 2, as well as Balarama and Krishna were left standing?
- I did like Krishna & Balarama's union and conversation w/ their parents in the jail. However, one of the greatest things that Krishna did was decline the crown of Dwarka, and restore it to Ugrasena. How come they didn't show that, or have I just not gotten to that part as yet? Since the next episode seems to be Nanda taking a tearful leave of them and Vasudev taking Krishna and Balarama to Rishi Garg
I also thought Akrur does overacting, whenever his scene came I was cringing. Too much overdrama by him. Devaki and Vasudev ko free kare the for some time but then again kansa ko jail mein daldiye. Krishnaji set them free. Yes I agree again, Yashoda was doing too much melodrama, too much crying omg like they took whole episode for that scene. I also disliked that they spent three epispdes showing Ramayan but all other vishnu avtars they only completed in 5-10 minutes hmm. I believe the Hunchback lady was Suparnakha but not 100% sure, I had read it somewhere anyways maybe thats why she was all dressed up after Krishnaji straightened her. Shri krishna mein dhikhaya that that Krishnaji gave the crown to ugrasena when Ugrasen offered Krishnaji to be king. Krishnaji declined being king that time.
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