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| Mahabharat | |
|---|---|
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| 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 Aham Sharma Aarav Chowdhary Arpit Ranka Praneet Bhat |
| Narrated by | Saurabh Raj Jain |
| Composers | Ajay-Atul Ismail Darbar |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| 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) |
| Related | |
| Mahabharat (1988) | |
Mahabharat is an Indian Hindi-language television series based on the ancient 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.
Summary
The story begins with Bheeshma taking his oath. Latter shows the birth of Kauravas and Pandavas. Elsewhere, Shakuni, elder brother of Gandhari, vows to destroy Kuru Vansh to avenge the marriage of her sister with a blinded person (Dhritarashtra) by sowing the seeds of enmity between Kauravas and Pandavas.
Shakuni succeeds in manipulating Duryodhan to hate Pandavas. Shakuni devises various strategies to insult Pandavas and make Duryodhana, Hastinapura's king. He along with Duryodhana plans to insult Pandavas by the game of gambling. Pandavas loses all of their properties in the game including Draupadi. Duryodhana asks Dushasan to disrobe her but fails as Krishna saves her dignity. Later, Pandavas with Draupadi were manipulated to go for an exile of 13 years. This sowed the seeds of Mahabharata war.
Indra, in disguise of a brahmin takes Karna's armour and earrings. Later, he gets to know about his true identity of being Kunti and god Surya's son but he chooses to fight against Pandavas only. Arjuna and Duryodhana both asks Krishna for help. Duryodhana chooses Narayani army while Arjuna selects Krishna.
Before Mahabharata war, Shree Krishna enlightens Arjuna about Geeta which motivates him to fight for the truth. After 18 days of the war, Pandavas won over Kauravas. Yudhishthir was made the King of Hastinapura and Pandavas lived happily ever after.
Cast
Main
| Actor/Actress | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Saurabh Raj Jain | Shri Krishna / Lord Vishnu | Vasudev and Devaki's son; Nanda and Yashoda's foster son; Rukmini's husband, Balram's younger brother, Subhadra's elder brother, Kunti's nephew and Karna and Pandavas's cousin. |
| Shaheer Sheikh | Arjuna | Third Pandava prince, Indra and Kunti's son; Draupadi and Subhadra's husband; Abhimanyu and Srutakarma's father. |
| Pooja Sharma | Draupadi | King Dhrupad's daughter, Shikhandini and Dhristadyumn's younger sister, Princess of Panchala, Pandavas's common wife and Prativindhya, Sutasoma, Srutakarma, Satanika and Srutasena's mother. |
| Aham Sharma | Karna | Surya Dev and Kunti's son; Pandavas's elder brother; Adhiratha and Radha's foster son; Duryodhana's friend; Vrushali's husband and King of Anga. |
| Aarav Chowdhary | Bhishma | King Shantanu and Goddess Ganga's son and Grandsire of Pandavas and Kauravas. |
| Praneet Bhat | Shakuni | King Subala and Queen Sudharma's son, Gandhari's elder brother and Kauravas's maternal uncle. |
| Arpit Ranka | Duryodhana | Eldest Kaurava, King Dhritarashtra and Queen Gandhari's son, Kauravs and Dushyala's elder brother, Shakuni's nephew, Bhanumati's husband and Karna and Ashwatthama's friend. |
| Rohit Bhardwaj | Yudhisthira | First Pandava, Dharmaraj and Kunti's son, Draupadi's husband, Prativindhya's father and King of Indraprastha and later Hastinapur. |
| Saurav Gurjar | Bhima | Second Pandava; Vayu and Kunti's son; Hidimba and Draupadi's husband and Ghatothkacha, Sutasoma's father. |
| Thakur Anoop Singh | Dhritarashtra | Vyasa and Ambika's son, Gandhari's husband, Kauravas and Dushyala's father, Pandavas's paternal uncle and King of Hastinapur. |
| Riya Deepsi | Gandhari | King Subala and Queen Sudharma's daughter, King Dhritarashtra's wife, Shakuni's younger sister, Kauravas and Dushyala's mother and Queen of Hastinapur. |
| Shafaq Naaz | Kunti | Shurasena's daughter; Kuntibhoja's foster daughter; King Pandu's first wife; Karna, Yudhisthir, Bhima and Arjuna's mother; Balram, Krishna and Subhadra's paternal aunt and Rajmata of Hastinapur. |
| Nirbhay Wadhwa | Dushasana | Second Kaurava, King Dhritarashtra and Queen Gandhari's son, Duryodhana and Dushyala's brother. |
| Vin Rana | Nakula | Fourth Pandava, Madri and Ashwini Kumar's son, Draupadi's husband and Satanika's father. |
| Lavanya Bhardwaj | Sahadeva | Fifth Pandava, Madri and Ashwini Kumar's son, Draupadi's husband and Srutasena's father. |
| Naveen Jinger | Vidura | Dhiratarashtra and Pandu's younger brother and Prime minister of Hastinapur. |
| Nissar Khan | Drona | Royal teacher of Kuru princes and Ashwatthama's father. |
| Sayantani Ghosh | Satyavati | Uparichara Vasu's daughter, Dusharaj's foster daughter, King Shantanu's second wife and Chitrāngada and Vichitravirya's mother. |
| Paras Arora | Abhimanyu | Arjun and Subhadra's son, Uttara's husband and Parikshit's father. |
| Ankit Mohan | Ashwatthama | Dronacharya's son and Duryodhana's friend. |
Recurring
| Actor/Actress | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Vivana Singh | Ganga | River goddess, the first wife of King Shantanu and Bhishma's mother. |
| Sudesh Berry | Drupada | King of Panchala and Shikhandini, Dhristadyumna and Draupadi's father. |
| Veebha Anand | Subhadra | Vasudev and Devki's daughter, Balram and Krishna's younger sister, Arjun's fourth wife and Abhimanyu's mother. |
| Richa Mukherjee | Uttara | King Virata and Queen Sudeshna's daughter, Uttar's younger sister, Abhimanyu's wife and Parikshit's mother. |
| Sameer Dharmadhikari | Shantanu | King of Hastinapur, Ganga and Satyavati's husband and Bhishma, Chitrangada and Vichtravirya's father |
| 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 | Second wife of Pandu, Daughter of Shalya (King of Madra) |
| 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 | Krishna and Subhadra's older brother |
| Nikhil Arya / Sachin Verma | Indra | God of rains and the father of Arjuna |
| Sandeep Rajora | Surya | Lord Sun and the father of Karna |
| Atul Mishra | Ved Vyas | |
| Garima Jain | Dushala | Daughter of King Dhritarashtra and Queen Gandhari, sister of Kauravas and Jaydrath's wife. |
| Sandeep Arora | Vikarna | One of Kauarava prince, Son of King Dhritarashtra and Queen Gandhari and brother of Duryodhan, Dushasna and Dushyala. |
| Kaushik Chakravorty | Shalya | King of Madra, Madri's brother, Nakula and Sahdeva's maternal uncle |
| Hemant Choudhary | Kripa | Royal teacher of Kauravas and Pandavas. |
| Ajay Mishra | Sanjaya | |
| Tinu Verma | Jarasandha | King of Magadha |
| Joy Mathur | Shishupala | |
| Nazea Hasan Sayed | Vrushali | Wife of Karna, Kunti's daughter-in-law and Vrishaketu's mother. |
| Raj Premi | Kalayavan | |
| Rumi Khan | Kichaka | |
| Akhilendra Mishra | Kansa | Devaki's brother, Vasudev's brother-in-law and Krishna's maternal uncle. |
| Deepak Jethi | Virata | |
| Preeti Puri | Devaki | |
| Vandana Singh | Yashoda | |
| Kunwar Vikram Soni | young Shri Krishna | |
| Ketki Kadam | young Radha | |
| Alam Khan | young Duryodhana | |
| Vidyut Xavier | young Karna | |
| Ashnoor Kaur | young Dushala | |
| Rohit Shetty | young Yudhishthira | |
| Devesh Ahuja | young Nakula | |
| Rudraksh Jaiswal | young Sahadeva | |
| Pravisht Mishra | Uttar | |
| Chandani Sharma | Kripi | |
| Rio Kapadia | Subala | King of Gandhar,Queen Sudharma's
husband, Shakuni and Gandhari's father |
| Shweta Gautam | Sudharma | Queen of Gandhar, King Subala's
wife, mother of Shakuni and Gandhari |
| Ananya Agarwal | Malini | |
| Anju Jadhav | Sukhada | |
| Jayantika Sengupta | Arshi | |
| Kanishka Soni | Parashvi | |
| Mohit Raina / Amit Mehra | Lord Shiva | |
| Kunal Bhatia | Agni | God of fire. |
Production and development
Star spent ₹5.1 billion (US$60 million) on the project and spent another ₹410 million (US$4.8 million) on marketing the show, making it India's most expensive TV series.
The sets of the series at Umbergaon in Gujarat cost ₹100 crores.
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 |
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- "ซีรีย์อินเดีย มหาภารตะ". Channel 5 (in Thai). 2 January 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
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External links
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