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Mahabharat is a Hindi drama series that revolves around Lord Krishna, Pandavas, Kauravas, Bhishma, and Draupadi among other characters. The story leads to the Kurukshetra war where Pandavas won over Kauravas under the guidance of Lord Krishna. Mahabharat TV serial is a historical TV show comprising 94 episodes with a duration of approximately 40 to 46 minutes each.
The Hindi mythology TV Show Mahabharat was released on 2nd October 1988 on the ZEE5 OTT platform.
The story of the Hindi TV show Mahabharat starts with Emperor Bharata showing the birth of Bhishma, Pandavas, Kauravas, Pandu, Dhritarashtra, and Vidur; later depicts the childhood of Lord Krishna. The Guru of Pandavas and Kauravas challenges them to defeat Drupada. Lost in the battle; Pandavas share half of their kingdom with Drona. After several events, Duryodhan serves as the crown prince of Hastinapur. In the swayamvar of Draupadi, Arjuna wins but later she is married to all five Pandavas. During Rajsuya Yagna, Duryodhana is insulted by Draupadi for which she along with Pandavas was sent for an exile of 12 years followed by another year in anonymity.
Cast - Character
Nitish Bharadwaj - Lord Krishna
Mukesh Khanna - Bhishma
Gajendra Chauhan - Yudhishthir
Praveen Kumar - Bhim
Arjun Firoz Khan - Arjuna
Roopa Ganguly - Draupadi
Puneet Issar - Duryodhana
Pankaj Dheer - Karna
Sameer Chitre - Nakul
Sanjeev Chitre - Sahadev
Vinod Kapoor - Dushasan
Gufi Paintal - Shakuni
Renuka Israni - Gandhari
Nazneen - Kunti
Virendra Razdan - Vidur
Pradeep Rawat - Ashwatthama
Crew
Directors – B. R. Chopra, Ravi Chopra
Producer – B. R. Chopra
Executive Producer – D. H. Vengurlekar
Script Writers – Pandit Narendra Sharma, Rahi Masoom Raza
Screenplay – Rahi Masoom Raza
Creative Director – Yashwant Mahilwar
Cinematography – Dharam Chopra
Music director – Raj Kamal
Editors – Shailendra Doke, Birpal Singh
Costume Designer – Maganlal Dresswala
1. Actor Feroz Khan changed his screen name to Arjun permanently after acting in this epic drama.
2. Actor Praveen Kumar who played the role of Bhim in this Hindi adventure TV serial has won a gold medal twice in Asian Games in Discuss throw.
3. Actor Pankaj Dheer who played the role of Karna met with two accidents while shooting; he got hit by an arrow near his eye and the other accident was his chariot broke.
Around 15,000 people applied to play different roles in the drama TV show Mahabharat. Gufi Paintal, the casting team lead, shortlisted them and selected 1,500 people for screen tests.
The total production cost of Mahabharat TV Show is estimated to be around nine crores.
Show Released Date | 2 Oct 1988 |
Total Episodes | 94 |
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Genres | Mythology |