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{{Infobox television<br />
| name = Mrityunjay<br />
| image = mrityunjay-tv serial.png<br />
| caption = ''Mrityunjay'' TV Serial title caption<br />
| alt_name = Karn<br />
| genre = Historical drama<br />
| creator = [[Chandraprakash Dwivedi]]<br />
| developer = <br />
| based_on = Mrityunjay by [[Shivaji Sawant]]<br />
| writer = [[Chandraprakash Dwivedi]] <br/>[[Vasant Dev]]<br />[[Ashok Mishra]]<br />
| director = [[Chandraprakash Dwivedi]]<br />
| creative_director = [[Chandraprakash Dwivedi]]<br />
| presenter = <br />
| starring = [[Rajendranath Zutshi]]<br />[[Rajendra Gupta]]<br />Suraj Chaddha<br />[[Surendra Pal]]<br />Prakash Dwivedi<br />
| judges = <br />
| voices = <br />
| narrated = [[Rajendranath Zutshi]]<br />
| theme_music_composer = [[Ashit Desai]]<br />
| opentheme = <br />
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| composer = [[Ashit Desai]]<br />Uday Mazumdar <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
| num_seasons = 1<br />
| num_episodes = 13<br />
| list_episodes = <br />
| executive_producer = <br />
| producer = Murli Manohar Singh, Jamshed Ashraf<br />
| editor = Arunabh Mukharjee<br />
| location = [[Mumbai]]<br />
| cinematography = Sanjeev Shrivastav<br />
| camera = <br />
| runtime = 25 minutes<br />
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| channel = [[DD National]]<br />
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'''''Mrityunjay''''' is an Indian television series based on the Marathi novel by [[Shivaji Sawant]], produced by [[Jamshaid Ashraf]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pearlgroup.in/people.htm |title=Pearl Group - People |access-date=4 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303131516/http://www.pearlgroup.in/people.htm |archive-date=3 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and directed by Dr. [[Chandraprakash Dwivedi]].<ref>[http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/essays.nsf/%28docid%29/B98BA8475A3A54796525693F0037D28E?OpenDocument 'I haven’t earned anything from television’] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716105952/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/essays.nsf/%28docid%29/B98BA8475A3A54796525693F0037D28E?OpenDocument |date=16 July 2011 }}</ref> It was telecast on [[Doordarshan]] in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/essays.nsf/%28docid%29/88574CE68AEB5E7C6525693F00383CAF |title=DD serial on Lord Shiva |access-date=17 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716110019/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/essays.nsf/(docid)/88574CE68AEB5E7C6525693F00383CAF |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The series takes a look at the events in the ''[[Mahabharata]]'' from the perspective of [[Karna]], a major character in the epic.<br />
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Though the series garnered many awards at the 3rd [[Star Screen Awards|Screen Videocon Awards]] including ''Best Serial'', ''Best Director'' (Dwivedi) and ''Best Art Direction'' (Muneesh Sappel),<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/screenawards/award96.html 3rd Screen Awards, 1996]</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031012/spectrum/tv.htm Director special]</ref><ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=7531 Art Directors gaining recognition]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> it was abruptly terminated for unknown reasons.<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/jun06/tele.htm Ravi Chopra: If DD gives us special treatment,, it's because we guarantee quality]</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Karna|Karn]] - [[Rajendranath Zutshi]]<br />
**[[Karna|Karn]] (Young) - Abhishek Dwivedi<br />
*[[Adhiratha|Adhirath]] - [[Rajendra Gupta]]<br />
*[[Bheeshma|Bheeshm]] - [[Surendra Pal]]<br />
*[[Dhritrashtra]] - S. P. Dubey<br />
*[[Sanjaya|Sanjay]] - Ishaan Trivedi<br />
*[[Dronacharya|Dronachary]] - [[Ram Gopal Bajaj]]/ Jairoop Jeevan<br />
*[[Yudhisthira|Yudhisthir]] - Virendra Singh<br />
*[[Bhima|Bhim]] - <br />
**[[Bhima|Bhim]] (Young) - Puru<br />
*[[Arjuna|Arjun]] - [[Narendra Jha]]<br />
**[[Arjuna|Arjun]] (Young) - Sunny<br />
*[[Duryodhana|Duryodhan]] - [[Shrivallabh Vyas]]<br />
**[[Duryodhana|Duryodhan]] (Young) - Raghav Soni<br />
*[[Shakuni]] - [[Prakash Dwivedi]]<br />
*[[Pandu]] - Suraj Chaddha<br />
*[[Adhiratha|Shon]] (Karn's Younger Brother) - Bakul Thakkar <br />
**[[Adhiratha|Shon]] (Young) - Wajid Khan<br />
*[[Vidur]] - [[Virendra Saxena]]<br />
*[[Dushasana|Dushashan]] - [[Ravi Jhankal]]<br />
**[[Dushasana|Dushashan]] (Young) - Sharik Ashraf<br />
*[[Kripacharya]] - Chand Dhar<br />
*[[Ashwatthama]] - [[Ashok Lokhande]]<br />
**[[Ashwatthama]] (Young) - Prasad Barve<br />
*[[Vyasa|Ved Vyas]] - [[Ashok Mishra]]<br />
*[[Durvasa]] - [[Shiv Kumar Subramaniam]]<br />
*[[Madri]] - [[Ashwini Kalsekar]]<br />
*[[Ambalika]] - Asha Sharma<br />
*[[Gandhari (character)|Gandhari]] - Meenal Karpe<br />
*[[Radha (Mahabharata)|Radha Mata]] - Meghna Roy<br />
*[[Kunti]] - [[Neena Gupta]]<br />
*[[Characters in the Mahabharata#Ambika|Ambika]] - Poonam Jha<br />
*Sarathi (in Episode 2) - Ramshankar<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
{{Works based on the Mahabharata |state=collapsed}}<br />
{{Chandraprakash Dwivedi}}<br />
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[[Category:DD National original programming]]<br />
[[Category:1996 Indian television series debuts]]<br />
[[Category:1996 Indian television series endings]]<br />
[[Category:Television series based on Mahabharata]]<br />
[[Category:Television shows based on Indian novels]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi]]</div>
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