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Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki
| Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki | |
|---|---|
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| Written by | Mahesh Pandey Manish Paliwal Dr. Bodhaisaattva Dialogues Dheeraj Sarna |
| Directed by | Garry Bhinder Santram Varma Talat Jani Mujammil Desai |
| Creative directors | Suraj Rao Vikas Gupta |
| Starring | See Below |
| Opening theme | "Katha Mahaabhaarat Ki" by Daler Mehndi and Pamela Jain |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of episodes | 75 |
| Production | |
| Producers | |
| Cinematography | Mahesh Talkad Shabbir Naik Deepak Malwankar Suhas Shirodkar |
| Editors | Vikas Sharma Vishal Sharma Khursheed Rizvi Prem Raaj Rajiv Kumar Chanai |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production company | Balaji Telefilms |
| Release | |
| Original network | 9X |
| Picture format | 576i |
| Original release | 7 July – 6 November 2008 |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki is an Indian mythological television drama series on 9X based on the Sanskrit epic Mahabharat.
It ran from 7 July 2008 to 6 November 2008. The series was produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under their banner Balaji Telefilms. It went off air on 6 November 2008.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Plot[edit]
It's a dynastic struggle for the throne of Hastinapur, the kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan. The two branches of the family that participate in the struggle are the Kauravas and the Pandavas. Although the Kauravas are the senior branch of the family, Duryodhan, the eldest Kaurava, is younger than Yudhishthira, the eldest Pandav. The seeds of the climactic battle of Kurukshetra were laid in the boyhood days of the Kauravas and Pandavas, when Shakuni the maternal uncle of the Kauravas poisoned the mind of Duryodhana. This series ends before the Kurkshetra war actually occurs.
Cast[edit]
- Hiten Tejwani as Karna
- Mrunal Jain as Krishna
- Puja Banerjee as Radha
- Kiran Karmarkar as Shantanu
- Sakshi Tanwar as Ganga
- Ronit Roy as Bhishma
- Deepak Jethi as Dronacharya
- Uma Shanker as Yudhishtir
- Chetan Hansraj as Bheem
- Sid Makkar as Arjuna
- Deepak Sandhu as Nakul
- Jatin Shah as Sahadeva
- Anita Hassanandani as Draupadi
- Aryan Vaid as Duryodhan
- Ajaz Khan / Varun Ananad Mousam as Dushasan
- Kali Prasad Mukherjee as Shakuni
- Ravee Gupta as Satyavati
- Sonal Udeshi as Ambalika
- Vindhya Tiwari as Ambika
- Jaya Bhattacharya as Kunti
- Makrand Deshpande as Ved Vyas
- Rituraj Singh as Kashi Naresh
- Akashdeep Saigal as Kans
- Rakshanda Khan as Amba
- Master Krrish Karnavat as Krishna (child)
- Amar Sharma as Jarasandh
- Anurag Sharma as Shishupala
- Alpesh Patel as King Virata
- Gaurav Nanda as Gargacharaya
- Manoj D Ramola as Shatrughna
- Gautam Gulati as Duryodhan (teenage)
- Vishal Thakkar as Bhishma (teenage)
- Lavanya Bhardwaj as Sahadeva (teenage)
Casting[edit]
Hiten Tejwani was cast for the lead role of Karna in the show by Ekta Kapoor herself. Hiten has acted in several shows of Ekta Kapoor. Mrunal Jain was cast for the 2nd lead in the show. Originally the show was about to be named as “Kahaani Karna Ki” due to Vaastu compliances.
Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms said that the show was titled as “Kahaani Karna ki” after Kapoor consulted a Vaastu priest. The priest said that the title has to be all “K” or the initial letter of all words should be K”. For all words beginning with “K”, it could be either Kahaani Kauravon ki or “Kahaani Karna ki”or Kahaani Krishna ki. But “Kahaani Karna Ki” looked a perfect line for Mahabharata and more realistic. This name finalised but then after several negotiations, it was named to Kahaani Hamaaray Mahabharata ki.
Reception[edit]
Writing for Livemint, Padmaparna Ghosh wrote that "Ekta Kapoor's Mahabharat is another complicated multi-character soap which has revenge, hatred jealousy and family feuds on an epic scale, which for a Mythological series sums epic disaster".[7] Actor Mukesh Khanna stated that producer Ekta Kapoor made so horrendous epic saga which was incomprehensible with the characterisation and costumes of the mythological characters. He also stated that the way Kapoor made the saga was a mockery of Mahabharata.[8]
Navya Sinha another critic wrote for Hindustan Times that "Ekta Kapoor's Mahabharat is all about Six-pack abs, waxed chests, off-shoulder blouses and a scantily-clad Draupadi decked in a chiffon sari".[9]
The sets of the series cost about ₹14 crores.[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Meet Ganga in Ekta Kapoor's Mahabharat". Rediff.
- ↑ "Ekta Kapoor's Mahabharat to air in Britain". News18.
- ↑ "Mahabharata interpreted differently". 23 September 2008 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum". www.tribuneindia.com.
- ↑ "'I used cheerharan to grab attention'". DNA India. 23 July 2008.
- ↑ "एकता कपूर की महाभारत". Filmibeat. 20 February 2008.
- ↑ Ghosh, Padmaparna (22 August 2008). "What an epic disaster". Livemint.
- ↑ "Mukesh Khanna: Ekta Kapoor made a mockery of Mahabharata - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Kahaani Ekta Ke Mahabharat ki". Hindustan Times. 10 July 2008.
- ↑ "The lost K factor". BusinessWorld.
