Dharmakshetra

I was surprised to see this series on Netflix this week. Being a binge watcher completed the series over a long break weekend. I was hearing about Dharamshetra for the first time. It was amazing to see and hear the reasoning of some of the actions done by pandava's and Kaurava's during the war. It's one of the well executed series based on indian history. Will watch it again sometime in future for sure. My favorite characters Suryodhan and Chitragupta.

Brilliant show. A completely new and different take on Mahabharata, from the perspective of different characters. I love the actors, casting and everything is so right.

Loved the concept and unique take on Mahabharat. People criticising for small details should consider the bigger picture and message the entire concept is trying to convey. Hats off to the writer for brilliant concept!!!

I have learnt that, our actions do have a reaction and you have to face the consequences of it if not in this birth but in the forthcoming births. You cannot escape it. This was clear through the narratives.

The arguments and counter arguments are convincing and appear reality. They clear lot of our doubts as well.

Actors have also done a great job. Direction screenplay verything is to the point.

The plot of this series is a courtroom drama between the characters when they meet in the afterlife. The content is engaging as all clever and cunning acts done by every major character of Mahabharath is discussed in the form of courtroom drama with Chitragupta being the judge. The series identifies the grey parts of the epic and gives better answers to the sinful acts committed by the characters (includes even Nakul, Sahadev, Dushashan, Vidur). Every episode is the allegations faced and justifications told by the characters and helps to view the epic from their point of view. One of the best and interesting adaptations of the Mahabharath Epic. A worthy watch on Netflix!!!

Dharma Kshetra, in Hindi (with English subtitles) is a brilliant adapatation of the Mahabharat. The events take place after the war after all the protagonists (except /Ashvattama) had died. It is set in the court of the divine arbiter Chitragupta.

One by one, the charcters of the epic; Bhishma, Drona, Vidura, Dhritarashtra, Sakuni, Dharmaraj, Bhim, Arjun, Nakul, Sahadev, Draupadi, Kunti, Gandhari, Duryodhan, Karn, Dushasan, Ashvattama and even Vedavyas are put in the dock to answer accusations levelled against them. The twenty-six episode serial ends with Bhagwan Shri Krishna himself explaining his actions, which some times looked dowright unethical.

No character in Mahabharat was perfect. Each one was a fallible being combating his or her personal demons and was a complex amalgam of nobility and meanness, forgiveness and vengefulness, love and rancor and sacrifice and greed.

The epic is a macrocosm of our own lives- layered with contradictions and conflicts. The writing and acting were uniformly good, occassionally even brilliant- Duryodhan and Karn were outstanding.

Dharma Kshetra is a tour-de-force, a really great small screen production.

It reinforced my belief that Mahabharat in sheer sweep and grandeur eclipses Homer's Iliad and Odysseus. I was also exposed to nuances in the epic, which I had not been aware off earlier.