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| When Amba demands justice, she is given the option of marrying Vichitravirya and becoming the queen of Hastinapur. She asks Bhisma to marry her instead, since it was he who won her. Bhisma refuses due to his oath of celibacy, angering Amba; Lord Shiva grants her rebirth with a memory of the past and the fate to cause Bhisma's death. Reborn as Shikandi in the Panchal Kingdom, she participates in Bhisma's death. | When Amba demands justice, she is given the option of marrying Vichitravirya and becoming the queen of Hastinapur. She asks Bhisma to marry her instead, since it was he who won her. Bhisma refuses due to his oath of celibacy, angering Amba; Lord Shiva grants her rebirth with a memory of the past and the fate to cause Bhisma's death. Reborn as Shikandi in the Panchal Kingdom, she participates in Bhisma's death. | ||
| In Kuntibhoj, Princess Kunti obtains a boon from the sage Durvasa enabling her to invoke any deity and bear his child. She tests the blessing, calling on the Sun God and being given a son named Karna. An unmarried woman, Kunti sets Karna afloat on the ] to avoid embarrassment. She later marries Pandu, son of Vichitravirya, and invokes other deities to give her three sons: Yudhistira, Bhima, and Arjuna. Madri, Pandu's second wife, |
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| Karna is raised by a charioteer named Adirath and his wife, Radha. Belonging to a lower-caste family, he is often mistreated but becomes a skilled archer. Karna's true identity is not revealed until the end of the Kurukshetra War. Duryodhana (enemy of the Pandavas) is his only supporter; Karna vows to protect him, and fights for him during the ]. | Karna is raised by a charioteer named Adirath and his wife, Radha. Belonging to a lower-caste family, he is often mistreated but becomes a skilled archer. Karna's true identity is not revealed until the end of the Kurukshetra War. Duryodhana (enemy of the Pandavas) is his only supporter; Karna vows to protect him, and fights for him during the ]. | ||
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2013 Indian Hindi-language mythological series based on the epic Mahabharat For the 1988 DD National series produced by B. R. Chopra, see Mahabharat (1988 TV series).
| Mahabharat | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Mythology |
| Created by | Siddharth Kumar Tewary |
| Based on | Mahabharat by Vyasa |
| Written by | Sharmin Joseph Radhika Anand Anand Vardhan Mihir Bhuta Siddharth Kumar Tewary |
| Directed by | Siddharth Anand Kumar Amarprith G Mukesh Kumar Singh Kamal Monga Loknath Pandey |
| Creative director | Amol surve |
| Starring | Saurabh Raj Jain Shaheer Sheikh Pooja Sharma |
| Narrated by | Saurabh Raj Jain |
| Composers | Ajay-Atul Ismail Darbar |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 28 |
| No. of episodes | 267 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Siddharth Kumar Tewary Gayatri Gil Tewary Rahul Kumar Tewary |
| Production locations | Umbergaon, Gujarat |
| Editor | Paresh Shah |
| Camera setup | multi camera |
| Production company | Swastik Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | StarPlus |
| Release | 16 September 2013 (2013-09-16) – 16 August 2014 (2014-08-16) |
Mahabharat is an Indian mythological series based on the ancient Indian Sanskrit epic Mahabharat. It aired from 16 September 2013 to 16 August 2014 on Star Plus.
The television show was produced by Swastik Productions Pvt. Ltd starring Saurabh Raj Jain as Shri Krishna, Shaheer Sheikh as Arjun, Pooja Sharma as Draupadi, Aham Sharma as Karna, Arav Chowdhary as Bhishma, Arpit Ranka as Duryodhan.
Plot
Mahabharat tells the story of Hastinapur, a kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan where the Kaurava and the Pandava brothers compete for its throne. The Pandavas are the sons of Pandu, and the Kauravas are the sons of Dhritrashtra. Yudhistira (the eldest Pandav brother) and Duryodhan, the eldest Kaurava brother, claim to be next in the line of succession.
The story begins with Devavrata, the son of Shantanu and Ganga and a disciple of Parshuram. Devavrata earns the name Bhisma by taking an oath of celibacy to fulfill his father's wish to marry Satyavati. He also vows to serve the throne of Hastinapur and is granted icchya-mrityu (the ability to live forever, as long as he does not choose to die). Bhisma gives up his rightful throne, and Satyavati rules the kingdom as the Rajmaata (mother of the king) after her husband's death. Her son, Vichitravirya, is an alcoholic who is dependent on Bhisma. He cannot rule the kingdom, leading Satyavati to decide that Vichitravirya's future son must rule the kingdom. Since Vichitravirya is unable to choose a wife for himself, Bhisma must do it for him.
The three princesses of the Salva kingdom (Amba, Ambika, and Ambalika) are won over by Bhisma, who takes them to Hastinapur to be married to Vichitravirya. Amba has already chosen a groom, however, and demands to be released. Although she returns to her lover, she is scorned as the rejected wife of another man. Vichitravirya then marries Ambika and Ambalika.
When Amba demands justice, she is given the option of marrying Vichitravirya and becoming the queen of Hastinapur. She asks Bhisma to marry her instead, since it was he who won her. Bhisma refuses due to his oath of celibacy, angering Amba; Lord Shiva grants her rebirth with a memory of the past and the fate to cause Bhisma's death. Reborn as Shikandi in the Panchal Kingdom, she participates in Bhisma's death.
In Kuntibhoj, Princess Kunti obtains a boon from the sage Durvasa enabling her to invoke any deity and bear his child. She tests the blessing, calling on the Sun God and being given a son named Karna. An unmarried woman, Kunti sets Karna afloat on the Ganges to avoid embarrassment. She later marries Pandu, son of Vichitravirya, and invokes other deities to give her three sons: Yudhistira, Bhima, and Arjuna.Kunti helps Madri, Pandu's second wife, by invoking the Ashwini Kumaras to bear Nakula and Sahadeva. Ahe and Pandu die of a curse by Rishi Kimdam, and Kunti decides to raise the five children together.
Karna is raised by a charioteer named Adirath and his wife, Radha. Belonging to a lower-caste family, he is often mistreated but becomes a skilled archer. Karna's true identity is not revealed until the end of the Kurukshetra War. Duryodhana (enemy of the Pandavas) is his only supporter; Karna vows to protect him, and fights for him during the Kurukshetra War.
Arjuna wins the Swayamwara of Draupadi; Kunti mistakenly orders her to be shared by the five Pandavas, who eventually marry her. Draupadi is later insulted and disrobed in the Game of Dice by Duryodhana and the rest of the Kauravas, and the Pandavas swear to avenge her.
Bhisma asks for Gandhari's hand in marriage for his blind nephew Dhritarashtra, infuriating her brother Shakuni. He persuades Shakuni, however, since Dhritrashtra would be the future king of Hastinapur. During the coronation ceremony, Dhritrashtra's younger brother Pandu is crowned king due to the influence of Vidur (another of Dhritrashtra's younger brothers). Shakuni, feeling cheated, swears to destroy the Kurus. He turns Duryodhana against the Pandavas and sows the seeds of the Kurukshetra War, where Lord Krishna gives the Bhagavad Gita to his Pandava cousin Arjuna. The war results in the deaths of many, including Bhisma, Drona, Karna and the sons of Dhritrashtra and Gandhari. Yudhisthira becomes the rightful king of Hastinapur and his wife, Draupadi, becomes queen.
Cast
Main
| Actor/Actress | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Saurabh Raj Jain | Shri Krishna/ Lord Vishnu | Son of Vasudev and Devaki, foster son of Nanda and Yashoda, Rukmini's husband, Balram's brother, Karna and Pandava's cousin and Kunti's nephew. |
| Shaheer Sheikh | Arjuna | The third Pandava prince, Son of Indra and Kunti, husband of Draupadi and Subhadra, father of Abhimanyu and Srutakarma. |
| Pooja Sharma | Draupadi | The wife of the five Pandavas, princess of Panchala, daughter of King Drupada, sister of Shikandini and Dhristadyumna, Kunti's daughter-in-law and the mother of Prativindhya, Satanika, Sutasoma, Srutasena and Srutakarma. |
| Aham Sharma | Karna | Son of Surya and Kunti, elder brother of Pandavas, foster son of Adhiratha and Radha, Duryodhana's friend, Vrushali's husband, father of Vrishaketu and the king of Anga. |
| Aarav Chowdhary | Bhishma | Son of King Shantanu and goddess Ganga and grandsire of Pandavas and Kauravas. |
| Arpit Ranka | Duryodhana | Eldest Kaurava prince, son of King Dhritarashtra and Queen Gandhari, elder brother of Kauravs and Dushyala, nephew of Shakuni, Bhanumati's husband, father of Laxman Kumara and Laxmana and friend of Karna and Ashwatthama. |
| Praneet Bhat | Shakuni | Son of King Subala and Queen Sudarma, Gandhari's brother and maternal uncle of Kauravas and Pandavas. |
| Rohit Bharadwaj | Yudhisthira | The first Pandava, son of Dharmaraj and Kunti, husband of Draupadi, father of Prativindhya and the king of Indraprastha and later Hastinapur. |
| Shafaq Naaz | Kunti | Daughter of Shurasena, foster daughter of Kuntibhoja, the first wife of King Pandu, mother of Karna, Yudhisthir, Bhima and Arjuna, maternal aunt of Krishna and Rajmata of Hastinapur. |
| Saurav Gurjar | Bhima | The second Pandava prince, son of Vayu and Kunti, husband of Draupadi and Hidimba and the father of Sutasoma and Ghatotkacha. |
| Vin Rana | Nakula | The fourth Pandava prince, son of Ashwini Kumar and Madri, husband of Draupadi and the father of Satanika. |
| Lavanya Bhardwaj | Sahadeva | The fifth Pandava prince, son of Ashwini Kumar and Madri, husband of Draupadi and the father of Srutasena. |
| Thakur Anoop Singh | Dhritarashtra | Son of Vyasa and Ambika, Gandhari's husband, father of the Kauravas and Dushyala, paternal uncle of Pandavas and the king of Hastinapur. |
| Riya Deepsi | Gandhari | Daughter of King Subala and Queen
Sudarma, wife of King Dhritarashtra, Shakuni's sister, mother of Kauravas and Dushyala and the Queen of Hastinapur. |
| Nirbhay Wadhwa | Dushasana | The second Kaurava prince, son of King Dhritarashtra and Queen Gandhari, Duryodhana and Dushyala's brother. |
| Naveen Jinger | Vidura | Pandu and Dhiratarashter's younger brother and the prime minister of Hastinapur. |
| Vibha Anand | Subhadra | Daughter of Vasudev and Devki, sister of Balrama and Krishna, the second wife Arjun, Kunti's daughter-in-law, Abhimanyu's mother and Uttara's mother-in-law. |
| Nazea Hasan Sayed | Vrushali | Wife of Karna, Kunti's daughter-in-law and Vrishaketu's mother. |
| Paras Arora | Abhimanyu | Son of Arjun and Subhadra, Uttara's husband and Parikshit's father. |
| Richa Mukherjee | Uttara | Daughter of King Virata and Queen Sudeshna, Uttar's sister, Abhimanyu's wife and Parikshit's mother. |
| Sudesh Berry | Drupada | King of Panchala, father of Draupadi, Shikhandini and Dhristadyumna and the father-in-law of Pandavas. |
| Nissar Khan | Drona | Royal teacher of Kuru princes and the father of Ashwatthama |
| Ankit Mohan | Ashwatthama | Son of Dronacharya and Duryodhana's friend. |
| Sameer Dharmadhikari | Shantanu | King of Hastinapur, husband of Ganga and Satyavati and the father of Bhishma. |
| Vivana Singh | Ganga | River goddess, the first wife of King Shantanu and Bhishma's mother. |
| Sayantani Ghosh | Satyavati | Daughter of Uparichara Vasu, foster daughter of Dusharaj, the second wife of King Shantanu and Chitrāngada and Vichitravirya's mother. |
Recurring
| Actor/Actress | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Puneet Issar | Parshurama | Sage and the teacher of Bhishma, Drona and Karna |
| Arun Singh Rana | Pandu | Son of Vyasa and Ambalika, Kunti and Madri's husband, the father of Pandavas and the king of Hastinapur. |
| Suhani Dhanki | Madri | Daughter of, sister of, second wife of Pandu and the mother of Nakula and Sahadeva . |
| Pallavi Subhash | Rukmini | Krishna's 1st wife and Rukmi's sister. |
| Vaishnavi Dhanraj | Hidimba | Bheem's first wife, Ghatothkacha's mother and Kunti's daughter-in-law. |
| Aryamann Seth | Vichitravirya | Son of Satyavati, Chitrāngada's brother and Ambika and Ambalika's husband. |
| Aparna Dixit | Ambika | Dhritarashtra's mother and Gandhari's mother-in-law. |
| Mansi Sharma | Ambalika | Pandu's mother and Kunti and Madri's mother-in-law. |
| Shikha Singh | Shikhandini | Daughter of King Drupad, sister of Draupadi and Dhrishtadyumna, princess of Panchala and the reincarnation of Amba |
| Karan Suchak | Dhrishtadyumna | Son of King Drupad, brother of Draupadi and Shikhandini, prince of Panchala |
| Ali Hassan | Takshak and Jayadratha | Nagaraja, Takshak and the husband of Dushyala, Jayadratha. |
| Ratan Rajput | Amba | Daughter of, sister of Ambika and Ambalika and the princess of Kashi. |
| Ketan Karande | Ghatotkacha | Bheema and Himdimba's son. |
| Tarun Khanna | Balrama | |
| Nikhil Arya / Sachin Verma | Indra | Lord of rains and the father of Arjuna |
| Sandeep Rajora | Surya | Lord Sun and the father of Karna |
| Atul Mishra | Ved Vyas | |
| Garima Jain | Dushyala | Daughter of King Dhritarashtra and Queen Gandhari, sister of Kauravas and Jaydrath's wife. |
| Sandeep Arora | Vikarna | Son of King Dhritarashtra and Queen Gandhari, Duryodhan, Dushasna, Dushyala's brother and one of Kaurava |
| Tinu Verma | Jarasandha | |
| Joy Mathur | Shishupala | |
| Raj Premi | Kalayavan | |
| Rumi Khan | Kichaka | |
| Akhilendra Mishra | Kansa |
- Kunwar Vikram Soni as young Krishna
- Preeti Puri as Devaki, Balram and Krishna's birth mother.
- Vandana Singh as Yashoda, Balram and Krishna's foster mother.
- Ketki Kadam as young Radha, Krishna's lover.
- Ratan Rajput as Amba, Princess of Kashi.
- Kaushik Chakravorty as Shalya, Madri's brother.
- Nissar Khan as Dronacharya, Guru of Pandavas and Kauravas.
- Hemant Choudhary as Kripacharya.
- Chandani Sharma as Kripi.
- Ajay Mishra as Sanjaya, Dhritarashtra's aide.
- Sudesh Berry as Drupada, Shikandini, Drishtadyun and Draupadi's father
- Shikha Singh as Shikhandini, Drupad's 1st child, reincarnation of Amba
- Karan Suchak as Dhrishtadyumna, Drupad's 2nd child
- Deepak Jethi as Virata
- Pravisht Mishra as Uttar, Uttara's brother
- Rio Kapadia as Subala
- Shweta Gautam as Sudharma
- Vidyut Xavier as young Karna
- Alam Khan as young Duryodhan
- Ashnoor Kaur as young Dushala
- Kunal Bhatia as Agni
- Mohit Raina / Amit Mehra as Shiva
- Ananya Agarwal as Malini
- Anju Jadhav as Sukhada
- Jayantika Sengupta as Arshi
- Kanishka Soni as Parashvi
- Devesh Ahuja as Young Nakkul
Production and promotion
Star spent ₹100 crore (US$12 million) on the project and spent another ₹20 crore (US$2.3 million) on marketing the show, making it India's most expensive TV series of its time. Its record of being India's most expensive TV show was later broken by Swastik Pictures' Porus.
According to producer Siddharth Kumar Tewary, the Draupadi cheer haran (disrobing) sequence, which Tewary himself directed, took 20 days to shoot.
Reception and impact
Critics
Writing for Rediff, Nishi Tiwari wrote that "If it maintains the quality of writing and able actors who portray key characters, we may have another winner among us". DNA praised the costumes, scenery, Krishna's flute theme which was given by Raj Mohan Sinha, and most of the CGI special effects, but said the story pace was too fast.
Viewership
Its premiere had a viewership of approximately 8.4 million people. The show has become the highest rated weekday mythological epic show in the last three years on Indian television. The viewership ratings of the week of 1 December 2013 reached 9,801 TVTs. The game of dice leading to Draupadi's 'cheer haran' took Mahabharat at its peak viewership(10TVTs.4 TVM) and helped the broadcasting channel Star Plus clock the highest GTVMs ever achieved by any channel in Indian Television History.
Other countries
In Indonesia, the drama was broadcast on antv dubbed in Indonesian in March 2014. The casts of Mahabharat were invited to hold a fan meeting tour at Jakarta and Bali. The Times of India reported in 2014 that the show has a huge fan following abroad and as result, the prominent characters from the show had been called to Indonesia for a special event. The main casts of Mahabharat, performed on "Mahabharat Show: Fan Meeting Tour" in the year 2014 . As from 6 December 2015, the show starts airing in its original version and subtitled in English on MBC Digital 4 every Sunday in Mauritius. In Thailand, the drama was broadcast on Channel 5 dubbed in Thai starting 2 January 2016. In Myanmar,it has been dubbed in Burma as မဟာဘာရတ and telecasted Everyday at 8:30 pm on Sky Net World Drama Channel.
Awards and nominations
It won the trophy for the Best Drama in Star Guild Awards 2013 as well as number of accolades in other award shows. Show won Best Historical/Mythological serial award in Indian Television Academy Awards. It won the Indian Telly Awards for Actor in a Supporting Role (Drama), given to Aham Sharma for his portrayal as Karna, and Actor in a Negative Role to Praneet Bhat in 2014. The crew members also won the awards for Best Costumes for a TV Programme, Best Make – Up Artist, and Best Stylist. It has been dubbed to other languages including Bengali, Marathi, Oriya, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Star Guild Awards | Best Ensemble Cast | Sidharth Kumar Tewary | Won |
| Best Mythological Series | Swasthik Picture | Won | ||
| Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Visual Effects | Swasthik Picture | Won | |
| Best Actor - Popular | Shaheer Sheikh | Nominated | ||
| Best Historical/Mythological Serial | Mahabharat | Won | ||
| Indian Telly Award | ||||
| Best Actor in a Lead Role | Saurabh Raj Jain | Nominated | ||
| Shaheer Sheikh | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress in a Lead Role | Pooja Sharma | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor in a Negative Role | Praneet Bhat | Won | ||
| Arpit Ranka | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Aham Sharma | Won | ||
| Best Costumes for a TV Program | Bhanu Athaiya | Won | ||
| Best Makeup Artist | G. A. Jamesh | Won | ||
| Best Ensemble | Sidharth Kumar Tewary | Won | ||
| Best Stylist | Shweta Korde | Won | ||
| Gold Awards | Best Actor in a Lead Role | Shaheer Sheikh | Nominated |
References
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External links
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