For the 2008 TV series produced by, see. For the 2013 series produced by, see.MahabharatGenreBased onWritten byPandit Narendra Sharma,Rahi Masoom RezaDirected byCreative director(s)Yashwant mahilwarNarrated byCountry of originOriginal language(s)No. Of episodes94ProductionProducer(s)Running time60 minutes (approx)ReleaseOriginal networkOriginal release2 October 1988 –24 June 1990ChronologyRelated showsMahabharat is an series based on the epic. The 94-episode series had its original run from 2 October 1988 to 15 July 1990 on.
It was produced by and directed by his son,. The music was composed. The script was written by the Urdu poet, based on the original story.
Costumes for the series were provided by.Each episode ran for approximately 60 minutes and began with a title song that consisted of lyrical content and two verses from the Bhagavad Gita. The title song was sung and the verses rendered by singer. The title song was followed by a narration by Indian voice-artist of a personification of Time, detailing the current circumstances and highlighting the spiritual significance of the content of the episode. It is the most successful Mahabharata series ever produced for television.Part II - Story of Barbarik and Veer Babhruvahan was a spin-off series which contained portions and stories left out of Mahabharat. enacting in the Vastraharan sequence. The sequence is often claimed to be the most climactic one of the series.
For the sequence recreated the visual effect of the Vastraharan sequence of 's (1965) starring as. His visual effects won more favour than that of the 1965 film and has still been considered by a part of critics to be the most brilliant in line. While wrote about providing with clothes, Chopra, in the sequence, delineated the popular myth of having provided with clothes, which received criticism that Chopra only meant for mass appeal.Lavanya Mohan of The Hindu in her article 'Retelling of Mahabharata on Television over the years' wrote 'The version that left the maximum impact on me is BR Chopra’s. Yes, the sets were gaudy, the effects comical, and the acting got a little too dramatic at times, but the writing and the way the episodes were paced ensured that the series was ahead of its time.' In common with the ' serial, the broadcasting of a Mahabharat episode was associated with the simultaneous emptying of streets in the cities and people leaving work early to watch it.
Home media The series was uploaded onto the website 'Rajshri.com' along with its dubbed Tamil version. Home video of the Bengali-dubbed version of this series has been released by Heart Video. Legacy Mahabharat along with Ramayana (1987) became one of the most successful mythological television series in Indian television. Many actors became popular through their appearances in this series. Shot to fame as and named his production company after his character, and went on to become a successful actress in Bengali cinema. See also. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
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