A fifteen year time skip takes place, though none of the characters aged even a day. Hmm! Strange, I guess by now the makers should have corrected this blunder, but no they don't seem to care.
Coming to the episode, The Pandavas and Kauravas are all now teenagers, with this episode depicting the evil or rather proud Kauravas.
A nice episode. The story moves at an healthy pace. The Sets and costumes are as lavishing as ever. Though the special effects could have been better, I could see a scene with KArana's Rath moving and the wheels of his Rath weren't moving at all, funny! The Actor playing Karna looks promising. But the actual find of this episode is the young lad playing Duryodhana. He was great in the little screen space he got in at the climax. He had the perfect face for a character like Duryodhana, a good casting I'd say. Also he displays a perfect dialogue delivery which is 10 times better than many of the elders in the series. But yet the director needs to polish this young diamond and should be more careful regarding the "tongue slips".
Direction: Average.
Script: Good.
Acting: Young Duryodhan is great, Karna is good, rest of the Kauravas are forgettable.
Music: Average.