The ArthaShashtra
Well, Lazy creature had returned. Too much of hectic life in new york. Initially thought that I would write about the blog on new York but because of this unholy word 'procastination', I could not do so. Anyway, today I will be writing more than ever. But before that an achievement o mine.
Yesterday I made it clear (to myself) that I would be completing the CHANAKYA serial, which had fascinated me more than ever. Anyone who hears that I am watching CHANKAYA reverts back with the alike questions : "Hmm...So You want to become Chanakya?" OR " Hmm, So You want to learn ArthaShastra?" OR " Hmm, Sahi hai Yaar, Badey aadmi ho gaaye ho??". Well the argument to those questions are hidden in an parallel analogy : Do you become or intend to become a Gladiator when you watch it or claim to be your favourite movie? Does anyone thinks or least of all comments that you are gonna make MATRIX when you put this movie to your favotie block? No. But why the same with CHANAKYA. Anyway, I am not seeing this serial because of anything like these but for the simple reason that according to me its one of the 'best' serial ever made in the history of Indian television. Hindi is more pure than previous two epics - RAMAYANA and Mahabharata. The claim to fame of these serials is much greater than Chanakya but if you consider the message to society, the acting of various individuals and a thrill to watch [as in all other serials - you already know what is going to happen next but not in chankya. thanks to our low knowledge of history], chankya scores much higher - IMO.
Well, I purchased the full serial in Eight DVDs as compared to Planet M - where you get the full serial in a collection of 47 CDs because its more easy to carry and manage. Also, there was a price differential of some 1500 as in Planet M you get the deal of 2500 and in DVDs, you will get it around 1100.
To begin with the serial never started with a low note and the speed was at lightning pace afte the entry of chankya. I mean its very difficult to switch off to any other work. And Kudos to Prakash Dwivedi - producer director and main lead of the serial. That guy had an amazing delivery of speech and that too in 'shudh' hindi. I mean, even now, its very difficult for me to understand, if you loose concentration. Thats the best part I like. Its not one of the serial which you can watch by doing a parallel task - bring a cup of tea, knitting and other miniature tasks. You have got to be involved when you are watching it. One of the beauty of this serial is the message it provides to the country and more importantly to the society. Could not elaborate too much because it would take volumes to do so but one thing I learned out of this serial is that your fight should be against a cause rather than any individual. True, when any harm is done to us, we revert back and our target is the particular individual but its the other way round. Fight for the cause not for individuals.
Anyway, Anyone and everyone should watch this serial once in their lifetime, most importantly if you are an Indian. When this serial started on DD-I, our age was not in that category where in we can understand the complexities of the socio-politcal framework, least of all if its in 'shudh' hindi. But now, we can not only understand it but appreciate it - not only the serial motto but also the acting of the individuals, which in my opinion is superb.
Try watching this serial and if you know me, get this from me but only after my 'biwi' completely watches this else she would thrash me down. Believe it or not, I thought that in todays world where praise is only meant for never ending operas of saas bahu, encapsulating the same illicit relations again and again, someone could actually like this serial. Hats off my lady for appreciating this serial. I had always detested not only people like ekta kapoor and corrupted serials made by her but also in large of the general public, who had made these serials popular. God do not make me Information Minister at any point of time in my life because the first thing I am certainly going to do it ban all these morally corrupted serials forever and punish Ektaa Kapoor and others alike for 'preaching/advocating' moral corruption to society in more than one ways. Lets not digress the topic - More on that in sepratae blog.
Thats it for now. Happy Watching.
Yesterday I made it clear (to myself) that I would be completing the CHANAKYA serial, which had fascinated me more than ever. Anyone who hears that I am watching CHANKAYA reverts back with the alike questions : "Hmm...So You want to become Chanakya?" OR " Hmm, So You want to learn ArthaShastra?" OR " Hmm, Sahi hai Yaar, Badey aadmi ho gaaye ho??". Well the argument to those questions are hidden in an parallel analogy : Do you become or intend to become a Gladiator when you watch it or claim to be your favourite movie? Does anyone thinks or least of all comments that you are gonna make MATRIX when you put this movie to your favotie block? No. But why the same with CHANAKYA. Anyway, I am not seeing this serial because of anything like these but for the simple reason that according to me its one of the 'best' serial ever made in the history of Indian television. Hindi is more pure than previous two epics - RAMAYANA and Mahabharata. The claim to fame of these serials is much greater than Chanakya but if you consider the message to society, the acting of various individuals and a thrill to watch [as in all other serials - you already know what is going to happen next but not in chankya. thanks to our low knowledge of history], chankya scores much higher - IMO.
Well, I purchased the full serial in Eight DVDs as compared to Planet M - where you get the full serial in a collection of 47 CDs because its more easy to carry and manage. Also, there was a price differential of some 1500 as in Planet M you get the deal of 2500 and in DVDs, you will get it around 1100.
To begin with the serial never started with a low note and the speed was at lightning pace afte the entry of chankya. I mean its very difficult to switch off to any other work. And Kudos to Prakash Dwivedi - producer director and main lead of the serial. That guy had an amazing delivery of speech and that too in 'shudh' hindi. I mean, even now, its very difficult for me to understand, if you loose concentration. Thats the best part I like. Its not one of the serial which you can watch by doing a parallel task - bring a cup of tea, knitting and other miniature tasks. You have got to be involved when you are watching it. One of the beauty of this serial is the message it provides to the country and more importantly to the society. Could not elaborate too much because it would take volumes to do so but one thing I learned out of this serial is that your fight should be against a cause rather than any individual. True, when any harm is done to us, we revert back and our target is the particular individual but its the other way round. Fight for the cause not for individuals.
Anyway, Anyone and everyone should watch this serial once in their lifetime, most importantly if you are an Indian. When this serial started on DD-I, our age was not in that category where in we can understand the complexities of the socio-politcal framework, least of all if its in 'shudh' hindi. But now, we can not only understand it but appreciate it - not only the serial motto but also the acting of the individuals, which in my opinion is superb.
Try watching this serial and if you know me, get this from me but only after my 'biwi' completely watches this else she would thrash me down. Believe it or not, I thought that in todays world where praise is only meant for never ending operas of saas bahu, encapsulating the same illicit relations again and again, someone could actually like this serial. Hats off my lady for appreciating this serial. I had always detested not only people like ekta kapoor and corrupted serials made by her but also in large of the general public, who had made these serials popular. God do not make me Information Minister at any point of time in my life because the first thing I am certainly going to do it ban all these morally corrupted serials forever and punish Ektaa Kapoor and others alike for 'preaching/advocating' moral corruption to society in more than one ways. Lets not digress the topic - More on that in sepratae blog.
Thats it for now. Happy Watching.
posted by Jhaaria - from IIT K 2001 at 8:58 AM
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