Rmembering B.R. Chopra's Mahabharat !

No, nothing special has happened in the last days that makes me to recall what that serial was all about. I'm such a big fan of this serial that it almost everytime with me.
I have seen this serial for at least seven times. And assuming a memoryless process, I can watch it three times more.Such was this epic serial.
For the first three times at least it was all for arrows and maces to me. The sound that arrows made when they penetrated the air was what kept me glued to this serial. Now it's not them. Every time I watch Mahabharat I get surprised. It has politics, it has ethics, it has economics, it has diplomacy, it has patriotism and I can still count many things that that package offers. Dr. Rahi Masum Raza's script, Harish Bhimani's narration, Rajkamal's music are the things that I'll always remember. That is simply a masterpiece.
Dialogues, though, at first may seem to be hyperbole, are bound to arrest you if you consider that the whole thing is in a different realm. We are, here, talking about men who were adored even by Gods. Remember when Bhishma says to Acharya Drona, "aap jaise log bhagana kya jaane, acharya!!." Acharya Drona's compulsion to fight an unjust war could not have been expressed in more beautiful words. Or remember when Arjuna confesses before Nakul, "main gangaputra se bhaybhit nahin tha, main acharya drona se bhi bhaybhit nahin tha, per main angaraj se bhaybhit hoon !" With so much of power it is hardly seen that one remembers his limits as well, but they did. Likewise their are innumerable dialogues which can make you wedge your fingers between your teeth. To tell the number of corpses, Samay tells us that he has to walk on forefeet only so that he can find a space to walk. Oh my God !! How do you imagine that the passing of time is similar to a man walking, and that when it's hard to see any ray of hope through those corpses, express the idea with the difficulty faced in walking ? Such metaphors are bound to spellbound you.
As for the music, you can get immersed in spirituality, only to find that you don't want to come out of it, when you hear "sab se unchi preet sada hi, duryodhan ke meva tyage, saag vidur ghar khaaye."
Never again will such serials be made. That Mahabharat remains a benchmark for those who want to make Mahabharat again. It still is unsurpassable. With the advent of so many technologies you can make the war more and more fearsome. But I'm sorry Mahabharat is not only about those 18 days of war. How will you show the values for which the war was fought ? That's why my friend we had B.R.Chopra amidst us.