I have a confession to make, a few weeks back my resolve weakened and I committed a dire mistake. I watched an episode of Mahagedera. Not the whole episode (My brain kicked in at that point) but just enough to get the gist of what was happening during the episode. In this post I will try to get through the trauma by recounting my experience with you. The story goes as follows.
Ansh (generic bad guy) kidnaps Nandanee (generic maiden in distress) after some party or another. At this point of the story Nandanee had divorced Ansh, but since Ansh is mentally retarded he fails to grasp this small but important fact. Under the delusion that they belong together, Ansh drags Nandanee to his car, shoves her in and goes to the other side to get in. Nandanee meanwhile struggles against the door of the car because she failed “Quantum Mechanics 101” and does not know how to open a car door (I am certain the car door was not locked). After some wrong turns Ansh finally manages to locate the other side of the car, gets in and drives away.
Behold! Karan (generic hero) sees this and gets inside his own car and gives chase. Anyone who has watched ‘Ali G in Da House’ will know what kind of car chase this was. Both of them are traveling at the blistering speed of roughly 20 Kmph. Karan even manages to make a phone call to his step mother, of all people while in hot pursuit. By and by, Ansh realizes that you have to change gears in order to go faster and leaves Karan in the dust.
I switched to another channel at this point but when I changed back, Thulsi (step mother of generic hero, ‘speed demon’ Karan), Ansh and Nandanee are in a house somewhere. Apparently Thulsi had managed to find Ansh before her slow driving son, Karan. Karan was apparently still stuck in first gear and could not go faster than 20 Kmph so it would take some time for him to get to the scene. After a brief confrontational argument in which Ansh waves a tiny pistol around Thulsi is left locked in the house while Ansh escapes with Nandanee. What the mentally handicapped Ansh had not noticed was that the door of the house was made up of…… Glass. Easily Destructible Glass.
After pondering her predicament for about five minutes, all the time talking to herself with a quizzical look on her face (maybe she was wondering whose voice she was hearing), she realizes that glass is breakable! After this revelation she grabs the wicker chair (the obvious choice for all glass breaking activities) next to her and throws it at the door, shattering it. Did I mention that this two story house apparently only has one way in or out? Quite a fire hazard.
Meanwhile, Ansh – having mastered the art of shifting gears – has taken Nandanee to a heavily mountainous and wooded area. His reason for doing this? To go to Switzerland. Apparently I missed the international airport hidden among the trees. At any rate when Ansh stops the car near a suitably deserted area (probably looking for the duty free shops) Nandanee realizes that pulling on the little lever on the door will instantly open it. Needless to say, before Ansh can realize that there are no duty free goods Nandanee ‘no-door-will-hold-me-back’ Takur is off into the woods. After a suitable period of shouting on Ansh’s part he sets off in pursuit.
Realizing that the best way to recapture Nandanee would be to shout at the top of his voice he alternatively runs and screams through the woods. Because of all the shouting, Nandanee knows exactly where Ansh is, so she uses that knowledge to run in circles hoping that Mr. Ansh ‘slow-as-molasses’ Gujral will get dizzy. Since Ansh is always a bit behind the times, he fails to get dizzy and finds Nandanee hiding behind a wall. Apparently there were some convenient ruins to hide behind. But Nandanee chooses the shortest wall (maybe to accentuate her slim figure) and hides behind it. She does not realize that her head and her gigantic shawl are sticking out of the cover of the wall. She is disappointed when she is captured.
At this point of the episode my will starts to re-assert itself so I switched to another channel for a bit. Switching back to Mahagedara (while the ads are shown) I see poor retarded Ansh has been shot by the baby pistol he was carrying. Apparently it shot adult bullets. Either that or he was suffering from a belated bout of dizziness from all that running about. Mr. Karan ‘Need for Speed’ Virani finally arrives on scene to witness that his step mother has shot the retarded villain and saved the day. At which point I passed out.
I heard from a reliable source that Ansh ‘baby steps’ Gujral returns as the evil twin brother of himself. I don’t know how the creative directors will work that into the story but, apparently the physical laws of the Universe are guidelines rather than hard coded rules to them.
Note – I know there are lots of people who like this TV show out there. I respect your right to watch anything you want and I’m not making fun of you or anything like that. This is probably a very entertaining show for all you people but as the title of this blog states I look at everything from my point of view.
Di, my condolences. 
We must to do a survey to get some stats about how many females and males watching this, I mean how GON they are
Maybe Wimal or someone from Sirasa will help out
Apparently you got the airport part wrong. He was intending to kill Nadani & then kill himself. That’s the main reason why Thulsi shot him.
I won’t need your condolences cause Ansh as you mentioned before comes back as Eclavya, but, you’ve made another mistake I see, he doesn’t come back as the evil twin on the contrary he comes back as a very good, normal person.
Besides the points stated above, the rest of your story is quite true and hilarious. I’m sure loads of other Mahagedara fans out there will enjoy it.
@Diana
Yes my brain was rather addled by the experience. Probably messed up the details. I’m glad that Mahagedara fans will enjoy this as I was afraid I might get stalked by some deranged lunatic.
hahhahahhahahahhaha. hahhahahhahhahahhaha. muhahhahahhha. how about they use that pistol to shoot every single person in that MAHAGEDARA. its about time they ended that tale anyways. haha
lol
is anush the guy with the big hair? the only thing dumber than mahagedara’s plot is their characters’ makeup and costumes!
It’s sad that the majority of Sri Lankans are still enjoying this crappy dramas. How long will it take them to jump out of fantasy and get back to the real world?
@Niroshinie
Indeed, Ansh is the guy with the big hair
@Niro,
Each to his/her own I suppose
Maha gedara. Ha ha ha… hu hu hu… hooo hooo hooo. Hey man ….I .. I … hi hi heee hu hoooo …..I can’t stop laughing.
All TAKA-ran depeya makes me sick
Ohhhh Gosh, dont worry soo much about Mahagedara it’s just a drama for jobless ppl and it seems you was too jobless to write about it hie,hie,hie
Anyway the artical was interesting than the T.V show;-),
Mahagedara is a smelly indian soap with some smelly Indians starring in it. What did u expect, an academy nominated plot?
You so anal. Whats your point? (Most) Sri lankans wouldn’t know good drama if it sneaked into their bedroom and sodomized them. So we deserve to see Indian crap polluting the pristine airwaves of this great nation. I hope the cast dies a horrible and painful death and Sirasa’s transmission towers burns to the ground.
@Jahufar
Bitter bitter man. Indian Visa got rejected? Anyway I agree with everything else you said though
so funny!! =)
Hilarious read! I’m not so sure I want to watch good drama if it involves me being sodomized by it…and Niro what does being Sri Lankan have to do with watching crap on TV?!
hahahha i must say joman thts pretty effin hilarious…keep em rollin!
Mahagedara is a perfect teledrama for all ages. many people enjoy waching this and will do anything to get the whole series. i think mahagedara should continue because it has good advice to all your family members. apperantley tulsi quits after some time
heheh…awsome post. dont forget the overuse of the slow mo effect
LOL…VerY TRue… U bETTr WaTch HinDhi MoViEs.. U wIl C moRe of ThIS StuFFs ..
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Oh my gosh its great to find people who cant stand that fucked up drama..nethmi u really need help if u think soaps give great advice……looks like u havent heard of self help books n councellin old girl…….quite oblivious arent u…no wonder bloody wellawatha is like little india
very good site
Amen dude. One up for all those addicted, jobless teledrama addicts.
have sum brains ppl. dont u ever get tired of watchin never endin life stories of others??? why don u start one of ur own??? damn!!!
good blog !!!
I want to watch mahagedara deledrama
Am I missing the sarcasm or are you one of the many fans of the drama? Not that I hold it against you :]
Actually Maha gedara is not quite borring because i lov the new characters like Luxsh, Kt and boomi etc.. The worst of this is that the showing of old memories of tulsi and Mihir. Kt and L are sweet and the grandma is the best!
mahagedara is a very good teledrama. but i think it is too long to see. because now it must stop. we are fed up to seeing that teledrama. but actually it is good to or society to see how that thulsi facing the troubles directly.
its very nice teledrama.i feel very happy 2 see the end of dis drama.
i watched this drama .
how do we think tulsi is a good mother?.she is a character who hates sons.she did nothing to correct ansh.she appears only for daughters and daughters in law
she were most unkind to sons .it was the reason ansh to be misguided.later she killed.this is a story nazi feminism
nilu sulari do you agree these mad feminism?.
tulsi destroys motherhood and womenhood
waching the mahagedara teledrama
Where’s the Deepthi Virani part? Is Deepthi dead here with shock? nope. Welll i cant understand the story but i like the film it shows about family, Tulsi does care about sons. when Sahil got shot, she had Deepthi to appear before courts. She was worried when Nandani ran out with Abhishek on her wedding to Karan.It shows about love, hatred, unity and family.Tulsi is not a bad character. Deepthi and Tanya are the bad characters. Mahegedara was my favourite since i was 3. Its also the favourite of the women in my family.
your hilarious piece invites people to watch the show…. haha this is too good.
realy i hate this teledrama bcoz we cant see a end of this series.