*** This review may contain spoilers ***
What put me off in this movie was the deviation of the movie's story from the actual epic. I simply failed to understand how the Director (Arnab Chaudhuri) & Writers ( Rajesh Devraj & R.D. Tailang) imagined that they could walk away with multiple deviations from the actual epic. I am pretty sure this movie was not intended for the Indian audience. I grew up watching Mahabharat on TV & read through agyaat vaas during my schooling - which are purely based on the original scriptures. Most recently I read through the work of Devdutt Pattanaik - "Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata" - though its a retelling of the original story, Devdutt sticks to the main plot & retells of what he think could have happened.
But our story here is mile miles away from the epic story. My Apologies for the spoiler, but that's the fact.
Pro's: 1) Great animation work. 2) Good sound track. 3) Richness of colors & textures used while depicting Indraprastha.
Con's: 1) Story line is far away from the actual epic at many many points. 2) Story narration.
What put me off in this movie was the deviation of the movie's story from the actual epic. I simply failed to understand how the Director (Arnab Chaudhuri) & Writers ( Rajesh Devraj & R.D. Tailang) imagined that they could walk away with multiple deviations from the actual epic. I am pretty sure this movie was not intended for the Indian audience. I grew up watching Mahabharat on TV & read through agyaat vaas during my schooling - which are purely based on the original scriptures. Most recently I read through the work of Devdutt Pattanaik - "Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata" - though its a retelling of the original story, Devdutt sticks to the main plot & retells of what he think could have happened.
But our story here is mile miles away from the epic story. My Apologies for the spoiler, but that's the fact.
Pro's: 1) Great animation work. 2) Good sound track. 3) Richness of colors & textures used while depicting Indraprastha.
Con's: 1) Story line is far away from the actual epic at many many points. 2) Story narration.