If there’s any great epic after ramayana and mahabharata, it is
’kyuki Saans Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi!
However, I am not conerned about its content, I m only concerned with its length, and
Considering that I fear that this one can dare to surpass any other great epic.
kyuki . revolves around ekta kapoor’s astounding creation of mihir-tulsi pair that
reflects legendary love-stories of radha-krishna or ram-sita. they are bind together
with such eternal bonding that even after 20 years of her banavaas in Haridwar
tulsi returns back safe & sound in her so called paradise’Shantiniketan’.
And ekta kapoor’s messege goes that even death fears to depart such elevated souls
on earth and they continues to live ever after, always fighting for the truth in
kalyyug and gaining their life-force from their secreat of energy’thakurji’.
Like we have in ramayana, devil ravana the root cause of all troubles caused to
Simple men. in kyuki . we see a ravana in disguise of a woman named mandira.
here mandira keeps hurling with all nonsense at the protagonist character
Tulsi which results in tulsi’s initial defeat but emerges as a victor at the
end. but the twist in the serial which never happens in ramayana, is that neither
Tulsi dies nor does her rival mandira gets a break from taking her revenge.
also, unlike ramayana/mahabharata which have two rival groups fighting, one
in support of the right and the other for the wrong, in kyuki. we usually see
conspiracies taking place amongst the family members whose final target is to stab
their saans/bahu/maa/dadi tulsi.
However, kyuki. is a greatest hit as a family daily-soap with all ingrediants of
Human emotions-laughter, comedy, dramatic tragedy, celebrations, relationships,
Unstoping tears, powerful dialogues, and overall, india showed in microcosm
under the roof of Shantiniketan. but the question lies in the polygamy
& polyandry shown among the members existing in Shantiniketan- is this the
influence of west or is it the ancient Hindu-tradition of Swayamvara
Brought back? what does the embodiment of’dharma’, tulsi have to say in this
respect?
Sayanti,
sayanti.das@gmail.com