Reviews

Everything was superb, the casting, the soundtrack, the stories... Mohit Raina was the best part of this series. It was pity that the role for Parvati had to be replaced so often. The first actress was the best in this role. Too bad they didn't give her the raise she deserved.

I adored little Ganesha! And the actor playing Kartikeya was also great! They could have developed the role of the daughter of Shiva and Parvati better. Her role was almost meaningless, which was disappointing.

Lastly, I think they could have done better by not unnecessarily stretching the stories so much. Other than that, it was a fantastic serial!

My thoughts on Shiv Shakti vs DKDM:

Shiv Shakti is becoming really annoying, and the way they are stretching the final reunion of Shiv and Parvati is beyond frustrating. Currently it looks like a love triangle movie with Parvati trying to force Shiv to marry Ganga instead of her. Beyond ridiculous.

In Devon Ke Dev Mahadev I suppose there was also some fiction involved, but mostly it adhered to facts, didn't it? This one (Shiv Shakti) started out nice, but now I'm so bored with the storyline. They even made Mainavati into a female version of Daksh. And several other parts in this series don't match what I've seen in DKDM.

As for the actors, I like how this actor, Ram, portrays Shiva, and he is definitely a better dancer than Mohit, but I liked Mohit Raina better in that role, and that goes for the rest of the cast of DKDM as well; all of them fit their roles better than the cast of this series. I hope this one will get better, but at this point I'm wondering why I'm even wasting my time watching it. It's nothing more than a cheesy love story.

Oh, and I'm also getting fed up with the soundtracks. I loved the theme song of Shiv Shakti at first, but when they started using it over and over again, using other words and the Mahamrityunjaya mantra on the same tune, I had enough of it. It sounded awful. Whereas the soundtrack for DKDM is still so iconic.

Don't really want to waste anymore words on this. Why on earth did Harry support his wife in maligning his own family? A family he supposedly loves! Airing out their dirty laundry on such a public platform... not classy.