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Kurukshetra (1945)
A hidden gem
Was just scrolling down to check some vintage movies, found this one actually... I watched this film just to see KL Saigal... This film has been made in the pre-Rashmirathi era (Rashmirathi has been written in 1951).. So nobody knew about Mahabharata exactly! So they narrated the entire Mahabharata covering only the main incidents... in just 2 hours.
Only main characters like Karna, Yudhisthira, Krishna, Duryodhana were shown... and Bhima too had a little role...
As a matter of fact...Arjuna, Nakula and Sahdev have been completely eliminated.
Mahabharat (2013)
Worst retelling of Mahabharata
Nowadays, becoming a trend to change the viewpoint of mythological shows. For example, Siya Ke Ram changed the viewpoint of Ramayana to Sita's point of view.....I am not telling her as a negative character but if you compare the original Ramayana to this Siya ke Ram... you will see that in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayana, she is a mute character and not much importance is given... Same thing here .. This Star Mahabharata changed Vyasa's viewpoint and focussed more on those characters who are historically sidelined like Kunti, Arjuna and sympathy for Abhimanyu etc.. But if you see BRC Mahabharata which is based on Vyasa's historical point of view without any masala and all.. The center of focus is on the Kuru family or Hastinapur which is led by Karna because he is the protagonist of BR Chopra's historical epic.... and characters like Duryodhana, Yudhisthira have powerful roles ....Krishna- a mahanayak also emerges, Vidura has the most powerful role of Kuru politics... Bhishma, Drona, Kripa and Dhritarasthra are the elders of this Kuru family and have positions in the court .... So this is BR Chopra Mahabharata, now in this epic ... characters like Arjuna, Kunti and Abhimanyu are mute and are sidelined.. The reason being, there are so many powerful characters which supress other characters' role.. Hardly any episode will be there which focusses on Arjuna.. Throughout the epic you would find him standing behind Yudhisthira or Krishna without any say in the epic...Same thing with Kunti, negligible role but yes she has a powerful conversation episode with Karna and emerges as a major character in the Karna's birth episode and Karna-Kunti samvaad episode... But even there, Karna is the protagonist not Kunti.... But in Star Plus Mahabharata, Kunti is everywhere, Kunti has a role more than even Bhishma and Dhritarasthra...
Another film named Kurukshetra revolved around Duryodhana... focussing mainly on his character... We all have seen BR Chopra's epic.. we all know that not a single victory of Duryodhana is shown... That person is nothing on his own, he is neither a king, nor a prince....he doesn't have even his own mind...In history, there is not a single achievement of this fellow... seeing the entire BRC series, couldn't find a single point where Duryodhana ever defeated anyone.... In BRC, we just see him as a person who is nothing on his own but is just dependent on Karna... Karna is his best friend ... That's it, this is his character ! It is Karna only who did world conquest for Hastinapur... whereas Duryodhana being a yet-to-be crown prince did nothing for Hastinapur.... It was Karna who won the hand of Bhanumati, the person who can't even win his own wife and takes the help of his friend....a useless fellow. But in Kurukshetra(2019), Duryodhana is a gem and can do things without Karna's help... He can single-handedly beat Yudhisthira and Bhima... and he is shown more devotional friend of Karna in this film...
So my point is, instead of changing history's viewpoint, focus on reviving that... Neither was Sita a bold character as shown in Siya ke Ram who could threaten Ravana... She is a mute character in history... because females are not given much importance in ancient times nor was Duryodhana a brave character, he can't even walk on his own without the aid of Karna.... Nor was Arjuna a positive character... He is arrogant and proudy prince in BRC, neither was Kunti a considerable character.
The reason for changing the viewpoint maybe is because everybody knows that history has been made... BR Chopra has been made, Ramananda Sagar has been made... Now nobody can change it... Lets change the viewpoint itself to deviate from the original....
Maybe this is the reason makers change the perspective ...
Thank god! BR Chopra and Ramananda Sagar have been re-telecasted in lockdown... Now the entire India has seen this show, everybody now hates this rubbish Star Plus serial.... A garbage.