Severely disappointed

I spent weeks being excited about the new Mahabharat.

Ever since I saw the peacock feather promo of "coming soon" I was really excited. (I even got frustrated at how long Coming Soon was there for).

Promo after promo I got really excited, I couldn't wait. I even spent ages watching the promos again and again. (Sad right?). Then when it finally came I went and watched it eagerly. I was kind of disappointed with episode one but thought it might get better.

The show has great VFX, AMAZING set, costumes and casting is brilliant. What it lacks is the ability to tell a story. What's the point of remaking Mahabharat if you're not going to beat the original TV series in every way? I thought this was a daily so will have more stories, I thought they would have more detail than BR Chopra's version. Even if they had the same amount of detail I would have been happy, but alas they have NO detail in this. They even cut out everything.

Also final complaint, when I get into the show, it's over. It's too short. 30 mins is not long enough :P

Hi,

I've never seen Saheer act before therefore cannot comment.

I think Draupadi looks good so far, once again not seen her act.

I like the actors who have played characters so far. Not sure about the actor who played Shalva, but he's minor so never mind.

the first impression WOW factor is definitely lacking.

so it is true that no matter how some tried...nobody is satisfied.

as for me all actor are perfect so far, and they are good actors too. all have the waw factors, the costumes look great, the locations look more realistic than in other epic show.

Yes, they should have gone into more details like show Ganga mata married the king and have the babies...etc.

but how can you say they should have gotten a more beautiful actresses. these actress look wonderful...moreover, how are you sure what the real characters look like back in those days...remember their defination of beauty in those days was different from ours these days.

Wonder why is SP rushing with the story missing out details of the story from the beginning episode.

when ekta produced Mahabarat, she to had lavish sets and great costumes, and if you had watched those episodes there was a lot of detail in that too, more then BR Chopra's Mahabarat. they had depicted the story from the very beining from the birth of Devrat/ Bshime to the conception of Dithrasta and Pandu, their comflict and Pandu self exile, the birth of the Kauravas and the five pandavs to their entire teens, how Suryoudhan became Duryodan and the poising of his mind by Shakuni. to the conflict between the cousins, they had just introduced the Adult kauravas and Pandavs and even send them on the first time vhanvas and it ran on air for about 4 to 6 months and then production stropped and the serial was taken off air.

Originally posted by: merrydock

when ekta produced Mahabarat, she to had lavish sets and great costumes, and if you had watched those episodes there was a lot of detail in that too, more then BR Chopra's Mahabarat. they had depicted the story from the very beining from the birth of Devrat/ Bshime to the conception of Dithrasta and Pandu, their comflict and Pandu self exile, the birth of the Kauravas and the five pandavs to their entire teens, how Suryoudhan became Duryodan and the poising of his mind by Shakuni. to the conflict between the cousins, they had just introduced the Adult kauravas and Pandavs and even send them on the first time vhanvas and it ran on air for about 4 to 6 months and then production stropped and the serial was taken off air.

the work and the money that is put into a making of a serial of such a caliber is enormous, from the fast pased manner that the story is being told, i believe the makers are not interested in making a daily soap that will run for 3 or 4 years. but they only want to tell the story of an ancient book with a modern perspective, so that it appeals to younger generation. today's youth do not want details, they want to get to the point soon.

i find this Mahabharat is perfectly conceptualised to appeal to the old as well as the young. the Mahabharat has way to many details and characters with very difficult to pronounce names for anybody to remember. so why touch on each and every detail and character. i think you should watch it with an open mind and see it differently and from a new prospective i;m sure you will begin to enjoy it,

i love detail.. all the backround stories... so this new mahabharta is not for me.. i have no expectations now... just watch it like any other saas bahu soap opera..

Originally posted by: merrydock

when ekta produced Mahabarat, she to had lavish sets and great costumes, and if you had watched those episodes there was a lot of detail in that too, more then BR Chopra's Mahabarat. they had depicted the story from the very beining from the birth of Devrat/ Bshime to the conception of Dithrasta and Pandu, their comflict and Pandu self exile, the birth of the Kauravas and the five pandavs to their entire teens, how Suryoudhan became Duryodan and the poising of his mind by Shakuni. to the conflict between the cousins, they had just introduced the Adult kauravas and Pandavs and even send them on the first time vhanvas and it ran on air for about 4 to 6 months and then production stropped and the serial was taken off air.

the work and the money that is put into a making of a serial of such a caliber is enormous, from the fast pased manner that the story is being told, i believe the makers are not interested in making a daily soap that will run for 3 or 4 years. but they only want to tell the story of an ancient book with a modern perspective, so that it appeals to younger generation. today's youth do not want details, they want to get to the point soon.

i find this Mahabharat is perfectly conceptualised to appeal to the old as well as the young. the Mahabharat has way to many details and characters with very difficult to pronounce names for anybody to remember. so why touch on each and every detail and character. i think you should watch it with an open mind and see it differently and from a new prospective i;m sure you will begin to enjoy it,

I was watching this with the ancitipation this will be better than BR Chopra's Mahabharat. I had no preference to B.R.Chopra's version. I watched this with an open mind. I was not one of those people who said "nothing will beat B.R.Chopra's Mahabharat".

I am hopeful someone else WILL make a Mahabharat one day which IS better than BR Chopra's, however unfortunately this Mahabharat won't be it.

You say people just want to get to the story, the whole dilemma of the vacant throne IS interesting. The way Ganga drowned her children IS interesting. The reasons why Dhiritashtra was born blind IS interesting.

People WANT to know those things, not have them skipped over.