, I wished to ask you something about RS Krishna. Do you think that Krishna was portrayed in a proper manner in this show?
Firstly, the Krishna in this series never behaved as Krishna. Krishna was modest and humble with His elders, cool and casual with His friends and siblings and often cracked jokes and quips and at the same time, He was an astute politician. Krishna was defined by His smartness and subtlety. But the Krishna of the series behaved more like Vishnu than Krishna. This Krishna hardly bowed before his elders or spoke to them modestly. Infact, His elders like Gurus, Kings etc. actually bowed to him and he gave them blessings. In one place it was shown that His Kulguru, Rishi Garg was seeking his blessings. I always found a streak of arrogance in his dialogues and he was always busy self-praising and declaring his supremacy in every other scene to almost every other person. Will a shrewd and diplomatic politician like Krishna ever do that?
Secondly, on multiple occasions, you'll find the Kings and the commoners alike, shouting slogans like "Bhagwan Shri Krishna ki Jai". How did the multitude know that He was Bhagwan? Was it in public knowledge that He was God incarnate? In those days people having supernatural powers were neither unheard of nor unusual. So how can these people call Him Bhagwan so matter of factly? I don't think Krishna actually revealed His divine Self, but on two occasions - first in Hastinapur after Duryodhan attempted to arrest Him (even then only 3 people saw Him - others called Him Mayavi) and Second on the Kurukshetra (where only Arjun, Hanumaan, Barbareek and Sanjay saw Him). Few people like Bhishma, Drona, Vidura and Satyaki guessed that this man might be Divine. Some say that Bhishma knew it from Ganga or Parashuram but was told to seal his lips. Otherwise I don't see anyway of the whole world knowing about this unless Krishna Himself divulged it.
On the whole, I feel, they paid too much attention on Krishna's Godliness and ignored his Human qualities almost completely. As I said, I found no difference between Vishnu and Krishna in this series.
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