“Durdarshan’s old Mahalaya was good, now’s Mahalaya makes you laugh,” said the upset viewers who saw the hornet-faced goddess looking for Asura while singing and dancing.

Mahalaya means Bengali emotion, Bengali nostalgia. Mahalaya means counting the days of the arrival of the goddess. People’s emotions are connected with Mahalaya in such a way that if we drink a little lime in Mahalaya, we get angry. The current Mahalaya we see on TV is a stark difference from the previous Mahalaya.

Once upon a time in Mahalaya, Goddess Durga’s Mahishasuramardini form was only spoken in words and this entire Mahalaya was sometimes shown fighting in words. But now a lot has changed in Mahalaya where gods and goddesses are shown dancing. Even today the audience could not accept the fact that the era has changed. If they see anything other than the story of Goddess Mahishasuramardini in Mahalaya, they get upset when they hear any other narrative of the goddess, just like they get upset when they see Goddess Durga or any other goddess dancing with weapons in Mahalaya. Mahalaya’s recent promo videos are proof of that.

Various actresses have been casted as Goddess Durga in Mahalaya on 25th September. Subhasree Ganguly will be seen in Zee Bengali, Sonamani Saha in Star Jalsa and Rituparna Sengupta as Goddess Durga in Colors Bengali. These are the main forms of Durga and also multiple actresses will be seen in multiple forms of Goddess Durga on various channels.

Goddess Baglamukhi is the eighth form of Dasamahavidya. A recent promo in Colors Bangla shows an actress of Colors Bangla dressed up as Baglamukhi and then she looks for Madnasur. But this entire video shows him looking for the demon while dancing to the song, not in a fighting pose, but in a dance pose.

Netizens are upset after seeing this promo of Colors Bangla. A netizen clearly wrote, “The old Mahalaya was good on Durdarshan, now you can see how she smiles.”