Genre: TV > Mahabharat

Vidur tells Dhritarashtra that he is the past and the past must always make way for the present to flourish. He says even Gandhari and Kunti have decided to give up Hastinapur and move to the forest with him. Dhritarashtra does not have to courage to face either Kunti or Gandhari but Vidur says that like Dhritarashtra, even they are standing on the opposite sides of the battlefield with their share of corpses and their presence will remind him of the unjust way he treated Hastinapur.

The Pandavas and Krishna arrive at the palace to seek Dhritarashtra's blessings. Krishna is the first to greet Dhritarashtra but refuses to mourn for his sons by saying that his sons had themselves chosen the path that led to their death. Krishna once again reminds Dhritarashtra that history will forever hold him responsible for the war. Dhritarashtra justifies himself and says he was merely doing what any king is supposed to do, protect his kingdom and hand over the throne to his son, and like a king, he will give up his throne to the man who defeated him.

Yudhishthir is the next to greet Dhritarashtra. He asks Bheem to come and meet him but Krishna stops Bheem and tells him to bring forward a statue instead. The Pandavas do not understand this, but Krishna's intention is revealed when Dhritarashtra crushes Bheem's statue in his arms under the pretext of hugging him.

However Dhritarashtra is heartbroken after committing this act and is relieved when he realizes that he crushed Bheem's statue and not him. Krishna says he knew Dhritarashtra's anger over losing his son had not subsided and his anger would have made him commit an act he did not want to.

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Produced by B R Chopra and directed by his son Ravi Chopra, the television series Mahabharat met with great success when it was telecast on Doordarshan from 1988 to 1990.

The series consisted of 94 episodes of 45 minutes each and left the audience captivated. Most actors in the series like Nitish Bharadwaj (Shri Krishna), Mukesh Khanna (Bhishma Pitamaha) and Roopa Ganguly (Draupadi) among others attained iconic status.

Mahabharat is inspired from the great epic Mahabharat, one of the most important texts of India. It discusses the human goals of purpose, pleasure, duty and liberation.

Written by Sage Ved Vyasa, the epic Mahabharat is the story of the Kuru clan. The epic chronicles their struggle for the throne of Hastinapur.

The evil Kauravas and the righteous Pandavas of the Kuru clan go to war, which finally culminates into the fierce battle of Kurukshetra. The story revolves around complex conflicts, relationships, hatred, deceit and the ultimate win of bad over evil.

Mahabharat also records the life of Lord Krishna from his childhood days in Gokul to his advice in the form of Bhagvad Gita to Arjun.

 

Cast:

Harish Bhimani (Samay), Mukesh Khanna (Bhishma), Nitish Bharadwaj (Krishna), Girja Shankar (Dhritrashtra), Renuka Israni (Gandhari), Nazneen (Kunti), Virendra Razdan (Vidura), Surendra Pal (Dronacharya), Vinod Kapoor (Dushasan), Puneet Issar (Duryodhan), Praveen Kumar (Bheem), Gajendra Chouhan (Yudhishtir), Arjun (Arjun), Sameer (Nakul), Sanjeev (Sahdev), Razak Khan (Ghatotkach), Sagar Salunke (Balram), Pankaj Dhir (Karna), Gufi Paintal (Shakuni), Roopa Ganguly (Draupadi), Raj Babbar (Bharat), Rishabh Shukla (Shantanu), Kiran Juneja (Ganga), Debashree Roy (Satyavati)

 

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