20 minSeason 28 • Episode 3
LatestDhritarashtra asks Vidur to crown Yudhishthir. Vidur requests Krishna to perform the task. Witnessing all this, Gandhari curses Krishna and the Pandavas. Krishna accepts her curses and preaches to her. Yudhishthir is now the rightful king of Hastinapur.
Mahabharat is a 2013 drama TV series on Star Plus based on Indian legendary epic of the same name. It has been produced by Swastik Pictures and features actors such as Saurabh Raj Jain as Lord Krishna, Shaheer Sheikh as Arjuna, Pooja Sharma as Draupadi, Aham Sharma as Karna and Arav Chowdhary as Bhishma Pitamah. The producers had creative associations with writer Salim Khan, author Devdutt Pattanaik, designer Bhanu Athaiya, music directors Ajay-Atul and Ismail Darbar, action director Ram Shetty and set designer Omang Kumar. The casting of the show is done by Sahil Ansari, Mahesh Chandra Bhatt, Arun Mitra. It started broadcasting on 16 September 2013.
Production
Swastik Pictures' sets are genuinely opulent, not cheap fantasy.
Costume
Bhanu Athaiya's designs—she won an Oscar for Gandhi, hello?
Acting
Saurabh Raj Jain's Krishna smirks like he knows the ending.
Creator
Siddharth Kumar Tewary
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Salim Khan (Salman Khan's father) consulted on scripts, bringing Bollywood masala instincts to sacred text. The show aired during prime family viewing time and became mandatory Sunday ritual viewing across India.
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