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Star Plus, one of the world’s leading South Asian TV Channels, is broadcasting the story of Mahabharat to youngsters everywhere. The show, produced by Siddharth Kumar Tewary’s Swastik Productions, tells ancient India’s oldest and most revered epic saga in a modern format.
It features grand sets and exciting visual effects in stunning locations with a star cast. It started earlier last week at 8.30pm from Monday to Friday.
Sumo Dutta, Star Middle East country head, said: “In keeping with its tradition of continually introducing path breaking content on TV, Star Plus presents Mahabharat and its iconic characters to the new generation. The show sees an unprecedented investment to ensure great production values, not experienced before on Indian TV.
“Finally, it’s Mahabharat’s epic characters, whose story will connect with our viewers and make it a favourite.”
The cast includes Puneet Issar (Parshuram), Sayantani Ghosh (Satyavati), Aarav Chaudhary (Bheeshma), Ratan Rajput (Amba), Shaheer Shaikh (Arjun), Saurabh Jain (Krishna), Pooja Sharma (Draupadi) and Praneet Bhatt (Shakuni) among others.
Producer Tewary added: “Every story has different shades. The beauty of storytelling is to justify a character and its action and graph without portraying him in black or white or a situation as right or wrong. While creating characters, we kept this in mind that this show is for today’s audience and that every aspect of the story is relevant in today’s times.
“It is an attempt to show the human side of every single character in the series, and reinterpret the old text without tampering with the sensibilities of the iconic story.”
Also on board the creative team is writer Salim Khan, noted author Devdutt Pattanaik, Oscar winning designer Bhanu Athaiya, music directors Ajay-Atul and Ismail Darbar, action director Ram Shetty and Omang Kumar as set designer.
