Please Watch Ramanand Sagar Ramayan Episodes also.Ever since I was a child, I have been fascinated by the Mahabharat. ![]() BR Chopra's Mahabharat was shown on TV in the 90s and I was subsequently glued to the television every sunday with my entire family. Recently the Mahabharat has been adapted twice for TV. The first one was the disastrous attempt by Ekta Kapoor (Kahani Hamare Mahabharat Ki), which infuriated me so much that I stopped watching it after the first few episodes. The more recent attempt by Star Plus is, while not perfect, at least watchable. However, I still get frustrated by the apparent lack of research that has gone into re-making this epic. Entire sub-stories have been glossed over. The story of Shantanu and Ganga reduced to a couple of hasty scenes. Satyavati has been represented as an ambitious and selfish woman whose sole aim is to secure the throne for her progeny and yet the Satyavati of the texts was very different. Her marriage to the king may have been based on a terrible sacrifice by Devratha but for all intents and purposes, she was loyal to the throne to the end and eternally grateful to Bhisma. This depth and complexity of their relationship has not been explored in the current serial. ![]() Yet another characterization that I was unhappy with was Amba.
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