Babu DevakiNandan Khatri's Chandrakanta was written over 100 years ago and is one the best books in the history of literature by the standards of any language. There has never been a good adaptation possible for this wonderful story in India, which, if made well can compete with stories like Game of Thrones.
When Ekta Kapoor asked for the permission to remake 'Game of Thrones' for India, it was denied by a sensible human being. So now she needed a fantasy story to ruin which has the 'drama' between the kingdoms, magic, surrealism and is also not under any copyright. So what can be a better opportunity to make the shittiest portrayal of one of the best novels in literary history.
There is almost no similarity to the original books and it seems like She wanted to make a fusion of Chandrakanta and Game of thrones stealing plots from both the stories. She has introduced characters straight out of her Saas Bahu dramas, like a vamp, an old grandmother and the ever crying heroine. Add to this her over the top reactions, loud stupid background music, (like Dhoom tanananana ) and shitty actors, set and vfx.
Believe me, I am a fan of Chandrakanta novels and I could not tolerate a single complete episode of this.
What is sad is that the Life OK version of Chandrakanta which was not the best but still good and a zillion times better than this stupid show was taken off air due to low TRPs because apparently people don't want to leave Ekta Kapoor's saas bahu dramas and watch something good. There was a direct competition between the shows, and this one prevailed in spite of being horrible.
