
#MAHABHARAT SERIAL CHARACTERS REAL NAME SERIES#
Impact of this TV series and how the audience received it Critics opinion Original release: 16 September 2013 – 16 August 2014.Production company: Swastik Productions.Production location: Umbergaon, Gujarat.Producers: Siddharth Kumar Tewary, Gayatri Gil Tewary, Rahul Kumar Tewary.Starring: Saurabh Raj Jain, Shaheer Sheikh, Pooja Sharma, Aham Sharma, Aarav Chowdhary, Arpit Ranka, Praneet Bhat.Directed by: Siddharth Anand Kumar, Amarprith G, Mukesh Kumar Singh, Kamal Monga, Loknath Pandey.Written by: Sharmin Joseph, Radhika Anand, Anand Vardhan, Mihir Bhuta, Siddharth Kumar Tewary.Mahabharat Cast, Real Names, Characters and Crew Real Name The producer, Siddharth Kumar Tewary said that the disrobing sequence of Draupadi took a stretch of 20 days to shoot. Star spent 5.1 billion or $72 million on the entire Mahabharat and spent another $5.7 million on marketing the show, thereby making it one of the costliest TV series. Later on Draupadi is insulted and undressed in the Game of Dice by the Kauravas and Duryodhana.ĭevelopment and Production of the project Duryodhana was the only supporter of Karna and hence he promises to safeguard him.Īrjun wins Swayamvara of Draupadi and by mistake, Kunti gives the orders of Draupadi being shared by 5 Pandavas. By the time Kurukshetra War ended, Karna’s true identity was revealed. As he belonged to a much lower caste, he was not well-treated but he later became a skilled archer. Karna was later on raised by Adirath, a charioteer and Radha, his wife. Since she was unmarried while she gave birth to a son, to avoid harassment, she sets afloat Karna on the Ganges. She calls the Sun God and gives birth to a son named Karna. Later on Yudhishtir becomes the king of Hastinapur and Draupadi becomes queen.ĭuring Kuntibhoj, Princess Kunti receives a boon from Durvasa, a sage, where she could bear the child of a deity whom she could invoke. During this war, Lord Krishna lent Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna, his Pandava cousin.Īmidst the war, many people died like Drona, Bhisma, Karna, some of the sons of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari. Meanwhile he adds negativity in Duryodhana against the Pandavas and this leads to the Kurukshetra War. During the coronation ceremony, the younger sibling of Dhritarashtra, Pandu, is crowned because of the influence of Vidur.Īt this instance, Shakuni felt cheated and he pledged to destroy the Kurus. Amba was later reborn as Shikandi and she participated in Bhisma’s death.įor Bhisma’s blind nephew, Dhritarashtra, he asks for Gandhari’s hand and this decision infuriates her brother Shakuni. Lord Shiva grants Amba rebirth with a fate to play a role in Bhisma’s death. But due to the fact that Bhisma had already embraced celibacy, he refuses, thereby angering Amba. He joined politics in 1989 and is currently a Rajya Sabha MP from Uttarakhand for the Congress.However, she asks Bhisma to marry her as he won her first. Mr Babbar was last seen in Bollywood film Tevar. But his portrayal of Bharat in the television series is one of his most popular roles. Here's a look at some of the members of the cast after almost three decades.Īctor Raj Babbar started his Bollywood career with 1977 film Kissa Kursi Ka and starred in several popular films like Umrao Jaan, Nikaah and Kalyug. Mr Chopra's Mahabharata originally aired from 1988 to 1990. This, as everyone who grew up in the Eighties and early Nineties, was often a community activity.ī R Chopra's series cast some famous names like Mukesh Khanna, Raj Babbar, Praveen Kumar and Rupa Ganguly but for many, the show became pretty much their identity. Though there have been attempts to re-adapt the epic, none matched the iconic status of B R Chopra's version, made at a time when Sunday mornings were dedicated to watching what Doordarshan had to offer. The film is touted to be a game changer in the big-budget projects segment of the film industry, just like B R Chopra's Mahabharata, which was (and still is) one-of-a-kind on the small screen. The principal character of the novel is the third Pandav brother, Bheem, which will be played by south superstar Mohanlal. While Mr Chopra's series was based on the traditionally accepted version of the text attributed to Ved Vyas, the new Mahabharata, to be made on a budget of Rs 1000 crore, will adapt MT Vasudevan Nair's critically acclaimed novel Randaamoozham. The announcement of a new megabuck adaptation of The Mahabharata has renewed the curiosity around B R Chopra's legendary adaptation of the epic for TV. It was also the ticket to fame for many actors.B R Chopra's Mahabharata featured many celebs of the time.A redux of Mahabharata has been envisioned with a budget of 1000 cr.
