I am a great fan of Sagars as their serials right from Ramayan (1987-1988) till their last production in 2016 was always top class in all their mythological and historical shows. This serial "Meera" was broadcast on NDTV Imagine from 27th July 2009 till 29th January 2010. Even though it was broadcast only for 6 months, the entire life of Meera was shown beautifully right from her birth till her death. All the episodes were very well shown and each episode gave a message.
I will be giving a detailed pros and cons about the serial below:
* Cast - The right cast for the right roles were given utmost importance in the serial. Aashika Bhatia who played the younger version of Meera enacted her role perfectly. Even though this was her first serial in her career, she played it very well enacting all the emotions as the Child Meera. Aditi Sajwan who played Yashoda in the hit serial "Jai Shree Krishna" played the elder Meera with perfection. Her mannerisms, helplessness, calmness etc has been shown effortlessly though her acting. Zeb Khan who also played Nand (positive role) in "Jai Shree Krishna" acted as the evil king Vikramaditya (negative role) to perfection. The rest of the cast also did a great job in their respective roles. It was great to see the veteran actor Raza Murad on Television (he acted in several television serials in the 1990's till the turn of the 21st century). In this serial, he acted very well as the kind King of Mewar, Rana Sanga.
* Music - The Bawra bros ie Sunny & Inder gave amazing music in this serial. Some of the bhajans I have stored in my playlist. There's one bhajan which Meera sings to her Lord Krishna for want of rain as there's drought in the kingdom of Mewar. That bhajan filled me with tears seeing Meera's devotion to her Lord. The music director did a fantastic job in composing amazing Meera bhajans. The same music director gave us amazing music in Sagar's productions like Sarvopari Swaminarayan Bhagwan, Jai Shree Krishna, Bharat Ke Mahaan Sant, Ramayan (Zee TV), Dwarkadheesh Bhagwan Shree Krishna and non Sagar productions like the superhit serials Devon Ke Dev Mahadev and Siya Ke Ram.
* Locales: The authentic look of Rajasthan was well captured. The settings inside the palaces of Mewar, Merta etc were of highest quality.
* VFX - The animation and VFX in this serial was just too good. The scenes where VFX was required like GOLOK of Lord Krishna, the flute of Lord Krishna disappearing while protecting Meera from the snakes, the light coming from the idol of Lord Krishna etc was amazing and spectacular to watch.
These were the above pros
Now the cons below:
* There was too much sounds like thumping in almost episode of the serial which was irritating after a point
* The actress playing Lalita, Meera's best friend was changed 2-3 times which was inconsistent.
Apart from the above mentioned 2 cons, the rest was all pros. I would therefore like to conclude that Meera is a beautiful serial based on the life of Meerabai. The direction, music, cast, cinematography, VFX was great.
"Mere To Giridhar Gopal Dusron Na Koi , Jaake Sir Mor Mukut Mero Pati Soi".
Jai Shree Krishna !!
