Hear me out before you cancel me for this
The Krishnavataram movie was really well done, but I hate how they characterized satyabhama. Sure, Sanskruti did an amazing job, but that's not the point
Satyabhama, in the texts, was a proud and confident woman. She loved Krishna and knew her place as his wife, and never showed any sort of hostility towards the other women he married.
What matters is that she was CONFIDENT in her love for him.
Satyabhama in the movie is just an insecure girl who's too possessive of her husband and refuses to acknowledge that Krishna loved many, and vice versa.
The first half of the movie was just her being jealous of Radha-Krishna in Vrindavan/Barsana, and the intermission part was her crying and whining about Rukmini-Dwarakadhish. But suddenly, in the second half, she remembers that she is Bhudevi, and then goes back to being jealous and whiny. Half the movie was her trying to be Radha until Rukmini called her out for that.
In the end, she even calls out Rukmini by saying "you may be the Yadavas' Lakshmi, but I alone am Krishna's dear", like what? I know that the irl Bhama wouldn't dare to say that to Rukmini, because:
1. they love and respect each other like sisters
3. Krishna will be upset (and definetely make a fuss like a toddler. he's capable)
I was upset that Bhama's character development, post the narakasura incident went down the drain. The thulabhara story showed had enough to develop her and she showed it in her compassion towards the 16,100 women. But after that they just threw it away.
If you wanna make her the center, don't ruin her actual character
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