Kurusetra Without the Tingle of Tragedy

The three-hour Mahabharata play felt flat, with too many messages for the audience.

October 4, 2016

Arrows had pierced Bisma's entire body. On the 10th day of the war on Kurusetra, the old knight loved by both Pandawa and Kurawa lay dying. It was the arrows of Srikandi that penetrated him. Koyano Tetsuro, the Japanese actor playing Bisma, was apparently standing against a slanted wheeled plank. A plastic sheet with dozens of arrows stuck on it was fixed around the chest.

The fall of Bisma is usually a heart-rending moment. It is said that when Bi

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