Originally posted by: EkPaheli
Sara could’ve played a young Maa Sita for sure. But they’re adapting Valmiki Ji’s Ramayana as per Namit Malhotra. In Valmiki Ji’s version there’s no swayamvar at all. The bow is there but the backstory is that Maa Sita is supposed to marry the man who can lift it up and string the Shiv Dhanush. Many suitors have tried but failed, felt humiliated and waged wars against Mithila for their apparent insult.
Maa Sita and Prabhu Ram aren’t newlyweds but have been married for years when they leave for Vanvas. She in fact is adamant about accompanying him and makes him agree to let her come along. Sara could’ve essayed her teenage to early adult version but then the Vanvas and more importantly Lanka kandh have her in her late 30s to early 40s. There’s no way Sara could look that old, at which point she needed to be replaced by an older actress who could look convincing as the older Maa Sita and also simultaneously share some physical and facial similarities with Sara.
For southern audiences they’ve already cast Yash, there’s also apparently Vijay Sethupati as Vibhishan or Kumbhkaran. People are saying that Vivek Oberoi is playing Vibhishan but he’s not, he’s essaying the role of Surpanakha’s husband Vidyutjivha. There’s probably some other actors/actresses too like Kajal Aggarwal, frankly they didn’t need Sai. Not to mention historically and geographically, Maa Sita is from what is now Nepal. She could’ve been easily played by any actress who looked the part. I think a Southern actress who could have done justice to the part would’ve been Rukmini Vasanth; one of the actresses from Toxic. Her face is very pretty, classical Indian features and she could pass off as a girl from Northern India/Nepal easily too.
Honestly I compare all the new shows with the OGs and find them lacking so never really got into Siya ke Ram because while Sagar and Chopra didn’t have the budget and the technology that exists today, the way they have made Ramayana and Mahabharata respectively it’s impossible to top that in terms of acting talent, writing and just hitting the emotional chord. The only impressive actors I have seen essaying the roles of gods and goddesses from the recent lot are Mohit Rainac Saurabh Raj Jain and Sonarika Bhadoria. Raina is so goated that he’s essaying Mahadev in these 2 movies too and truth be told I am more pumped about watching him again as Mahadev than RK as Prabhu Ram and hoping that they do include the Shiv Tandav Strotam by Raavan in the movie and it’s NOT sung by A. R. Rahman, ANYONE BUT HIM.
ha wahi till wedding part with sara arjun and once the leap comes with vanvas with anyone other than rk sai Pallavi. Alas. They had such huge budget and two part might as well add more actors to make it a solid project
And it's not like sara arjun is new find since dhurandhar. Kid was amazing in poniya Selvan. So believable as a young Aishwarya. Heck they could have casted as child actor from South industries if Bollywood had that drought. Chalo kya hi kar sakte hai ab
Vijay Sethupathi i could see but kajal??? Huh
Vivek Oberoi has such a modern face I can't take him seriously anything other than South villain lol.
Mohit Raina as shivji??? Sign me up. Damn so happy for him
So agree about srj being a good krishna, idk who was in kalki but that dark skin Krishna could have been good too.
Pooja is fantastic actress who's typecasted into mytho now but her fandom is so annoying. Another sai Pallavi part 2
Hahahaha ar Rahman fatigue is real 🤣🤣
So true i mean today's generation who watch a show fron insta reel thinks their epics are superior. They never watch the og ones cause they want the flashiness I guess. But dd ramayan and Mahabharat is the cultural icons at this point, similar to the epics. It had it's limitations but atlst sagar and chopra actually respected the books, put the budget into it, fantastic actors, bgms and the dialogues are still hard hitting.
Even ndtv ramayan was so good. Idk why people don't talk about it. Gurmeet and debina really sold Ram Sita. Gurmeet fron this show to Maan Singh khurana is so underrated, people hype up one expression Barun Sobti who single handedly tanker asur s2 and somehow forget this show and actors. The grandeur was great too. It's sad ndtv imagine shut down cause I know if people discovered it now they would be obsessed
This siya ke ram hype is mainly due to the leads being fair and handsome. That literally it. Ashish is a good actor but online people really thinks itv which now has such limited viewership, two actors from that industry out of which one is so limited, will be watched by majority of Indians and also hyped. Next level delusion. Like it or not people will also go to movie for ranbir. How many people will put money for a movie led by Mohit raina? Sad but true. Especially not the insta crowd
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