Mahabharat Katha

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Mahabharat Katha
Directed by Ravi Chopra
Music by Raj Kamal
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes45
Production
Producer B. R. Chopra
Running time40-45 minutes
Production companyB R Films
Release
Original network DD National
Original release1997 (1997) 
1998 (1998)
Related
Mahabharat (1988)
Vishnu Puran

Mahabharat Katha is an Indian television series aired on DD National. This is a sequel which contains portions and stories left out of Mahabharat. It was produced by B. R. Chopra [1] and directed by his son Ravi Chopra.

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Plot

This series covers events not included in the original show including the life of Ghatotkatch, Hidimbaa, Barbareek, Aftermath of War, Arjuna's various marriages, Karna's marriage with Padmavati and his son, Vrishketu and mourning after the war.

The series also showcases the story's Ashwamedha yagna, during which Arjuna's son Babruvahana, prince of Manipur fights Arjuna and Vrishketu when the horse of yagna reaches Manipur. In the fight, Arjun and Vrishketu are killed. However, Krishna revives both of them and everyone lives happily ever after.

Cast

Episodes

Production

The cast and crew were the same as the original series, except some actors like Nitish Bhardwaj who played Krishna in the original series was replaced by Rishabh Shukla (who had played the role of Shantanu in the original series) and Nazneen who played Kunti in the original series was replaced by Bhakti Narula.

The 45-episode Hindi series ran on DD National. [2]

Home media

In 2019, Pen India Ltd bought the rights of the show and uploaded all the episodes on its devotional YouTube channel Pen Bhakti including the origional series Mahabharat (1988 TV series) . [3] [4]

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