Priya Bhatija to essay Rukmini in Imagine's Dwaarkadheesh..

Saturday, June 04, 2011 | 6:43:29 PM IST (+05:30 GMT) 17 Comments

Edited by JanakiRaghunath - 04 June 2011 at 8:55pm

Here is the first trailer of Dwarikadeesh, guys...what do you guys think of the actors playing Krishna and Rukmini? I'm undecided about them...Vishal as Krishna looks cute, but Priya's face looks too glammed up. She's pretty but doesn't really have the innocence I associate with Rukmini Ma. I'm going to wait till I see the actual episodes though...sometimes, promos glam up the actors more than they really look in the episodes. 

Edited by JanakiRaghunath - 06 July 2011 at 9:13am

yeah, i saw that too. yeah, i admit, the guy is cute, but seriously, i don't think that he represents Shri Krishna in any way. I mean, he smiles like an innocent little boy. they chose the correct words "chocolate hero" to describe him. He has none of that mischevious charm that Shri Krishna has. You know that side ways grin with that raised eyebrow. I saw that in Meghan, Swapnil, and Nitish and all three portrayed Krishna beautifully.
And Rukhmini, yeah, I get what you mean di. She looks more like a super model than a goddess.
But, I plan to follow this serial daily just in case they show some scenes of JSK as flashbacks, like you said. Maybe (hopefully) they'll make some new ones. They do that in soap operas sometimes, so why not here.

Edited by JanakiRaghunath - 06 July 2011 at 9:15am

Frankly I am not interested in Rukhmini, but the Krishna is horrible. You said it. He looks better as Duryodhan or IMO even Bhim, owing to his muscular yet childish looks. But Krishna!! No damn way.




Edited by Darklord_Rehan - 05 June 2011 at 6:36am

plss dont call an actor absurd, bhaiya, i think that would fall under bashing and it also would hurt fans feelings. i never saw the shri krishna serial by ramanand sagar ji but he is a brilliant director and i respect him a lot as a director because he took his ramayan soo well, i trust that he also took shri krishna equally well. i have only see pictures of sarvadaman banerjee ji and he luked really handsome and perfect for krishna to me. im sure that if i saw shri krishna, i would like and respect him just as much as i respect arun govil ji as shri ram. i know ur a fan of nitish ji because ive seen ur posts before bhaiya, but u dont have to bash sarvadaman ji for that.

ok...let's not get into a discussion of which actor portrayed a certain character better. Mina's right, that is bashing, and I think that that even goes against the rules of this forum. We, even though we're all mytho fans, have different favorites when it comes to the actors.
I myself am a huge Meghan fan, and always thought he fit the role of Krishna, but that is not necessarily what others think. Mina is a huge Gurmina fan, Rehan a Arun Govil fan, etc. Let's leave it at that.
We were talking about these actors from Dwarkadheesh, were we not?

Ok I won't but I didn't like the way Krishna was portrayed in RS Sri Krishna. Even if I over look the looks, the acting was highly OTT and expressions were over-dramatic. RS Ramayan's acting was superb and precise. But Shri Krishna was overkilled IMO.

Krishna as I understand was an astute politician and shrewd diplomat. He will never smirk all the time meaninglessly or keep on blabbering about his own greatness to every other person. He might crack jokes or be serious or manipulate people or make philosophical remarks. Its really a challenge to portray such a complicated character. Subtlety and calculated expressions are the most requisite factors. But that serial completely lacked both. It was just about singing glories of Krishna with Bhajans and Kirtans in every other scene.

About Gurmeet, aah well I know he has many fans, but trust me, I have seen better Ram. Arun Govil was undoubtedly excellent, but I have also seen the guy who played Ram in Sanjay Khan's Jai Hanumaan and that guy too was quite convincing. Gurmeet's acting didn't appear quite effortless to me. It was like, he was controlling his anger with lot of effort. Its not just about acting, its also a matter of a serene face and eyes. Gurmeet's eyes lack that placidity. Shri Ram was someone who wouldn't have taken offense if anyone had hurled a 1000 abuses on his face and would have even embraced Ravan as a brother if Ravan had apologized at the last moment of the war. So portraying such a character as Angry young man is not quite right.

PS : I haven't called SD Bannerjee as absurd. I called the portrayal of Krishna as absurd and over the top. Anyway, I'll edit lest Lola comes behind me with a danda.


Edited by Darklord_Rehan - 05 June 2011 at 6:47am