Chandragupta Maurya (2011–2012)
5/10
Narration shadowed by gimmicks
26 December 2015
You can get the grasp of the story overall on Chandragupta Maurya. Writers have got most of the events right, but the makers chose theatrics and gimmicks like the 300's "This is Sparta" scene, which makes it hard to watch and takes it unrealistic. The music is loud and performance by most of the actors is below par. The main characters have been chosen nicely and well performed. Projection of king Dhananand's character like an ever drunken or rather like a drug addict and "Nautch girl like" is completely wrong. Again it shows the makers' mood of display leaning towards being loud and playing gimmicks. I've started to watch it seeing the IMDb (biased) ratings. Realized it's unwatchable, however dealt with patience to watch the full narration for love of the story. I've watched Chanakya TV series by Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi, the makers would've taken a leaf of it. If you've watched Chanakya before, you need to have all patience in the world to watch Chandragupta Maurya.
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