The director clearly has great sense of story about the epic that 'Mahabharata' is but the execution and depth is lacking in epic proportions. The real Mahabharata's Kurukshetra's war is fought with 4Million people and the poem itself is four times the size of bible. There are so many back stories to each character which are important. Peter Brookes has definitely understood the basic tale but he hasn't been able to catch the depth of it, like how come 'Pandavas' defeated the army almost twice is size, motives, aims and a lot more which remains untouched due to length.
The Kings the armies, everything is done is a very very very small budget and if you not going to use the full story and use the right resources than one shouldn't have used the real name of the epic book.
The war scenes explained in book has amazing depth in it there are war tactics used on each day like 'abhimanyu's death" or the eagle shape army formation or the rules of the war which where decided among the people. It is just an awful dumb down version of the real epic. I suggest you to wiki search 'Kurukshetra war' and you will get a slight hint of the war.
If you liked this version than you would be blown away by the actual book as this doesn't even do 5% justice to the book. Also Mahabharata is story of 3139 B.C so one must imagine the culture and heritage India has preserved over the years(5000+ years).
Also the actors are real bad actors and its just torturing to watch. Most people in the west would like this version rather than the 'Mahabharat' TV series (rate it 6/10) made in India which was 94 episodes of 45mins and lasted two years. It was the most watched TV show with more than 300million viewers tuning in when it was originally aired. You can watch all those episodes on you-tube. If you want to hear a good tale you need to have time to hear it and that is why many people in west may find it boring or too long but it is a much better version. However I would suggest not to see any of this TV shows but read the book instead. The only reason TV shows or movies are made is to bring this larger than life characters to life and this small budget, tightly-timed tale by Peter Brooks just won't do it! I come from the Lineage of the original writer of 'The Mahabharata' and that is why i strongly feel this story doesn't do justice at all to the story! All and its good to get the story and only scrapes on the surface of the depth 'Mahabharata' book has in it!
The Kings the armies, everything is done is a very very very small budget and if you not going to use the full story and use the right resources than one shouldn't have used the real name of the epic book.
The war scenes explained in book has amazing depth in it there are war tactics used on each day like 'abhimanyu's death" or the eagle shape army formation or the rules of the war which where decided among the people. It is just an awful dumb down version of the real epic. I suggest you to wiki search 'Kurukshetra war' and you will get a slight hint of the war.
If you liked this version than you would be blown away by the actual book as this doesn't even do 5% justice to the book. Also Mahabharata is story of 3139 B.C so one must imagine the culture and heritage India has preserved over the years(5000+ years).
Also the actors are real bad actors and its just torturing to watch. Most people in the west would like this version rather than the 'Mahabharat' TV series (rate it 6/10) made in India which was 94 episodes of 45mins and lasted two years. It was the most watched TV show with more than 300million viewers tuning in when it was originally aired. You can watch all those episodes on you-tube. If you want to hear a good tale you need to have time to hear it and that is why many people in west may find it boring or too long but it is a much better version. However I would suggest not to see any of this TV shows but read the book instead. The only reason TV shows or movies are made is to bring this larger than life characters to life and this small budget, tightly-timed tale by Peter Brooks just won't do it! I come from the Lineage of the original writer of 'The Mahabharata' and that is why i strongly feel this story doesn't do justice at all to the story! All and its good to get the story and only scrapes on the surface of the depth 'Mahabharata' book has in it!