Mahabharat (1988 TV series): Difference between revisions

* [[Harish Bhimani]] as Samay / narrator

* Sagar Salunke as [[Balarama]], Krishna's elder half brother

** [[Chetan Hansraj]] as adolescent Balram

* Aloka Mukherjee as [[Subhadra]], Arjuna's fourth wife, Abhimanyu's mother, Vasudev's and Rohini's daughter, Krishna-Balaram's younger sister, Yadava princess

* [[Raj Babbar]] as [[Bharata (Mahabharata)|Bharata]], paternal ancestor of the [[Kauravas]] and [[Pandavas]], son of King [[Dushyanta]] and [[Shakuntala]]

* [[Ashalata Wabgaonkar]] as [[Shakuntala]], Bharata's mother, King [[Dushyanta]]'s wife

* [[Rishabh Shukla]] as [[Shantanu]], descendant of King Bharata, husband of [[Ganga (goddess)|Ganga]] and [[Satyavati]], father of [[Bhishma]], [[Chitrāngada|Chitrangada]] and [[Vichitravirya]], paternal grandfather of [[Dhritarashtra]] and [[Pandu]], paternal great-grandfather of the [[Kauravas]] and the [[Pandavas]]

* [[Kiran Juneja]] as [[Ganga (goddess)|Ganga]], Shantanu's first wife, [[Bhishma]]'s mother, the holy river of [[Hindus]]

* [[Debashree Roy]] as [[Satyavati]], King Shantanu's second wife; [[Vyasa]], [[Chitrāngada|Chitrangada]], and [[Vichitravirya]]'s mother, [[Bhishma]]'s step-mother, paternal grandmother of [[Dhritarashtra]], [[Pandu]], and [[Vidur]], paternal great-grandmother of the [[Kauravas]] and the [[Pandavas]]

* [[Rajesh Vivek]] as [[Maharishi]] [[Ved Vyas]], son of sage [[Parashara]] and [[Satyavati]], father of [[Dhritarashtra]], [[Pandu]] and [[Vidura]], partial incarnation of [[Vishnu]], author of [[Mahabharata]]

* [[Sudesh Berry]] as [[Vichitravirya]], Shantanu-Satyavati's second son after [[Chitrāngada|Chitrangada]], Bhisma's step brother, husband of [[Ambika (Mahabharata)|Ambika]] and [[Ambalika]], father of [[Dhritarashtra]] and [[Pandu]], paternal grandfather of the [[Kauravas]] and the [[Pandavas]]

* Jahnavi as [[Amba (Mahabharata)|Amba]], the first princess of [[Kingdom of Kashi|Kashi]], [[Shikhandi]] in the next life

* Meena Chakrabarty as [[Ambika (Mahabharata)|Ambika]], second princess of [[Kingdom of Kashi|Kashi]], [[Vichitravirya]]'s first queen, mother of [[Dhritarashtra]], paternal grandmother of the [[Kauravas]]

* Menaka Babbar as [[Ambalika]], third princess of [[Kingdom of Kashi|Kashi]], [[Vichitravirya]]'s second queen, mother of [[Pandu]], paternal grandmother of the [[Pandavas]]

* Tarakesh Chauhan as [[Pandu]], [[Vichitravirya]]'s son from Ambalika (the youngest wife), King of [[Hastinapur]], husband of [[Kunti]] and [[Madri]], father of [[Pandavas]]

* [[Roma Manek]] as [[Madri]], Pandu's second wife, [[Madra]] princess, mother of Nakul and Sahadev

* Asha Singh as [[Characters in the Mahabharata#Kripi|Kripi]], sister of Kripacharya, wife of Dronacharya and mother of Ashwathama

* Kamlesh Maan as [[Characters in the Mahabharata#Sulabha|Devi Sulabha]], [[Vidur]]'s wife

* [[Lalit Mohan Tiwari]] as [[Sanjaya]], Dhritarashtra's advisor and also his [[chariot]]eer

* Shahla Khan as [[Hidimbi|Hidimbā]], Hidimb's sister, Bheem's wife, Kunti's daughter-in-law and Ghatotkacha's mother

* Razak Khan as [[Ghatotkacha]], son of [[Bhima]] and [[Hidimbi]]

* Mayur Verma (Master Mayur) as [[Abhimanyu]], son of [[Arjuna|Arjun]] and [[Subhadra]], husband of [[Uttara (Mahabharata)|Uttara]], father of [[Parikshit]]

* [[Varsha Usgaonkar]] as [[Uttarā (Mahabharata)|Uttara]], Abhimanyu's wife, [[Matsya Kingdom|Matsya]] princess, mother of [[Parikshit]]

* Dinesh Anand as [[Vikarna]], son of Gandhari and Dhritarashtra, Duyodhan's younger brother

* Paramjeet Chima as Dashraj, [[Satyavati]]'s father

* [[Om Katare]] as [[Adhiratha]], charioteer, [[Karna]]'s foster father

* Saroj Sharma as [[Radha (Mahābhārata)|Radha]], [[Adhiratha]]'s wife, [[Karna]]'s foster mother

* [[Goga Kapoor]] as [[Kamsa|Kansa]], son of Ugrasena, elder brother of Devaki, maternal uncle of [[Krishna]] and [[Balarama]]

* [[Vishnu Sharma]] as [[Vasudeva|Vasudev]], son of [[Shurasena]], brother of [[Kunti]], prince of [[Vrishni]] tribe, father of Balarama, Krishna, and Subhadra, maternal uncle of the [[Pandavas]]

* Kshama Raj as [[Rohini (wife of Vasudeva)|Rohini]], Vasudeva's elder wife, mother of Balarama

* [[Sheela Sharma]] as [[Devaki]], Vasudev's younger wife, younger sister of Kansa, daughter of Ugrasena, mother of Krishna and Subhadra

* [[Rasik Dave]] as [[Nanda (Hinduism)|Nanda]], chief of [[Gokul]], foster father of Krishna

* Manju Vyas as [[Yashoda]], Nand's wife, foster mother of Krishna

* Channa Ruparel as Maharani [[Rukmini]], [[Krishna]]'s chief wife  

* Parijat as Devi [[Radha]], [[Krishna]]'s consort

* Ajay Sinha as [[Akrura|Akroor]], [[Vrishni]] chief

* Bashir Khan as [[Satyaki]], General

* [[Ashok Banthia]] as Senapati [[Kritavarma]]

* Pradeep Sharma as Panchalaraj [[Drupada]], Draupadi's father, King of [[Panchala]]

* [[Arun Bakshi]] as Yuvraaj [[Dhrishtadyumna]], Draupadi's elder brother, Prince of [[Panchala]]

* [[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]] as [[Shikhandi]], Drupad's elder son, adult [[Sudama]]

* Ashok Sharma as [[Virata]], King of [[Matsya Kingdom|Matsya]]

* Chandni Sharma as [[Sudeshna]], Queen of [[Matsya Kingdom|Matsya]]  

* [[Sameer Rajda]] as [[Uttara (Mahabharata)|Uttar]], crown prince of [[Matsya Kingdom|Matsya]]

* [[Sharat Saxena]] as [[Kichaka]], Army General of [[Matsya Kingdom|Matsya]]

* [[Deep Dhillon]] as [[Jayadratha]], [[Duhsala]]'s husband, Kauravas' brother-in-law, King of [[Sindhu Kingdom|Sindhu]]

* Vikrant Mathur as Subala, [[Shakuni]]'s and [[Gandhari (Mahabharata)|Gandhari]]'s father, King of [[Gandhara]]

* [[Shivendra Mahal]] as [[Parashurama]] and [[Shiva]]  

* [[Satish Kaul]] as Devraj [[Indra]]

* [[Gopi Krishna (dancer)|Gopi Krishna]] as [[Chitrasena (Mahabharata)|Chitrasena]]

* Rakesh Bidua as Kashya, King of [[Kingdom of Kashi|Kashi]]

* Rana Jung Bahadur as [[Jarasandha]], King of [[Magadha]], father-in-law of [[Kamsa]]

* Karunakar Pathak as [[Shishupala]], King of [[Chedi Kingdom|Chedi]], a maternal cousin of [[Krishna]] and [[Balarama]]

* Pawan Shukla as Shalva Kumar, Prince of [[Salwa Kingdom|Salwa]], Princess [[Amba (Mahabharata)|Amba]]'s lover  

* [[Prem Sagar]] as Rishi [[Kanva]]

* [[Pankaj Berry]] as Rishi [[Kindama]], a sage who cursed [[Pandu]]

* Mini Singh as Rishi [[Kindama]]'s wife