Here are few interesting facts on this TV series. As per the Guardian report, Mahabharat TV series lured the attention of more than 5 million viewers on a single Saturday afternoon on BBC2. In terms of popularity, Mahabharat is touted to be the gold-standard as it left a massive impact on an entire generation. Original release: 2 October 1988 – 24 June 1990.ĥ] 31 years of Mahabharat – Few interesting facts.Editors: Shailendra Doke, Bhirpal Singh.Starring: Nitish Bharadwaj, Mukesh Khanna, Gajendra Chauhan, Praveen Kumar, Arjun, Nazneen, Puneet Issar, Pankaj Dheer, Roopa Ganguly.Written by: Pandit Narendra Sharma, Dr.4] Mahabharat Cast, Crew and Characters Real Name Moreover, there is another Bengali-dubbed version that has been released by Heart Video and this is a perfect watch for Bengali-speaking viewers. Yes, Mahabharat was uploaded on the website named with the dubbed Tamil version. Due to demand from public and the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in the country, it is now being telecast on DD National and DD Bharati from 28 th March, 2020. Moreover, the dubbed versions were all aired in Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil and in Indonesia. It is rather surprising that it was also shown on FBC TV in Fiji and also in Star Utsav. This is even the first programme that was ever broadcast on BBC2 after it was re-telecast in 1991.
Mahabharat was shown in the UK by the BBC and very soon it gained around 5.1 million audiences. Within the 13 th week, it gained 145.9 million viewers over both the evening and morning slots on the channel DD Bharati. When it was retelecast, it soon bagged the prize of the second-most watched TV series after Ramayan. Just as the impact of Ramayan, in case of Mahabharat too, the streets became empty and people used to return from work earlier in order to watch the episodes. Though it is true that the effects were comical and the sets pretty gaudy, yet the writing of the story had been done in such a manner that the series seemed way ahead of its time. In an article in The Hindu, Lavanya Mohan wrote that the version made by B.R Chopra is undoubtedly the only one that has made a strong impact on her. Roopa Ganguly and Ramya Krishnan were the final actresses among which the former was chosen due to her adept skill in Hindi language.
The most surprising fact is that more than 6 actors were shortlisted for the character of Draupadi (including Juhi Chawla). Praveen Kumar was chosen to play the role of Bhima as Chopra was desperately searching for someone who could give the robust look to the character. R Chopra thought Bharadwaj to be too young for this character.įiroz Khan was selected to play the role of Arjuna (which was later on accepted as his screen name) in spite of being rejected at the auditions time and again. Initially, this man was selected to play Vidur but later on B. He played the role when he was 25 years of age.
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