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The
tall and well-built Arpit Ranka who plays the strong Duryodhan in Star
Plus’ Mahabharat (Swastik Productions) is happy that he has managed to
keep his character in good light and not make it a completely negative
one, as seen in the earlier versions of the epic.
Talking on the same, the successful model turned actor who has been in the industry for ten years says, “A character like Duryodhan could have got completely dark if not played properly. I put in my effort to play it in a way that people understand his side of the story and also get to know why he behaved that way.”
“Having grown up watching the earlier Mahabharat, Duryodhan’s character was completely in the negative shade, and so I made it a point to project it differently. And I am glad that I have managed to do that. And not just me, I think the whole team has managed to break that mould and bring in a whole new dimension to the show,” adds Arpit.
On the response he has got till now, the actor who has worked down South states, “Oh, it has been great. And interestingly girls are going crazy over me. I think it’s for the first time that a negative character has managed to get so much love and affection from viewers and I am enjoying every moment of it. My family and friends are also raving about it. I am surprised that people across the world are sending me messages saying how much they love the show.”
And so is this the start to his new career in TV? With a smile on his face he answers, “No, this is my first and last show as I only want to do films. After Mahabharat I will be back down South, and hopefully one day will come on the big screen as a B-town star. Its only because of Duryodhan’s magnificent character did I agree to do TV, and I am glad I could achieve so much through it.”
Arpit also fondly talks about his on-screen best friend Karan played by Ahem Sharma and shares, “The chemistry and brotherhood on-screen is as much or may be more in our real life. We have seriously become great friends and I must say the whole team is great to work with. We don’t even realize how time just flies by when we shoot together.”
Keep it going, Arpit!!!
Talking on the same, the successful model turned actor who has been in the industry for ten years says, “A character like Duryodhan could have got completely dark if not played properly. I put in my effort to play it in a way that people understand his side of the story and also get to know why he behaved that way.”
“Having grown up watching the earlier Mahabharat, Duryodhan’s character was completely in the negative shade, and so I made it a point to project it differently. And I am glad that I have managed to do that. And not just me, I think the whole team has managed to break that mould and bring in a whole new dimension to the show,” adds Arpit.
On the response he has got till now, the actor who has worked down South states, “Oh, it has been great. And interestingly girls are going crazy over me. I think it’s for the first time that a negative character has managed to get so much love and affection from viewers and I am enjoying every moment of it. My family and friends are also raving about it. I am surprised that people across the world are sending me messages saying how much they love the show.”
And so is this the start to his new career in TV? With a smile on his face he answers, “No, this is my first and last show as I only want to do films. After Mahabharat I will be back down South, and hopefully one day will come on the big screen as a B-town star. Its only because of Duryodhan’s magnificent character did I agree to do TV, and I am glad I could achieve so much through it.”
Arpit also fondly talks about his on-screen best friend Karan played by Ahem Sharma and shares, “The chemistry and brotherhood on-screen is as much or may be more in our real life. We have seriously become great friends and I must say the whole team is great to work with. We don’t even realize how time just flies by when we shoot together.”
Keep it going, Arpit!!!
She walked right into television history with her character of Veerawali inRamesh Sippy's Buniyaad. From then on the lady hasn't looked back! Mahabharat and A Mouthful of Sky followed, but the lady finds a lot of joy in talking about the show that propelled her towards instant stardom. Ananya Sengupta spoke to Kiran Joneja on the eve of the relaunch of Buniyaad on SaharaOne.
On the relaunch of Buniyaad
Actually it feels really nice. I am looking forward to watching it on screen, as I haven't seen the show in its totality. I am very excited, even my colleagues at work seem to be waiting for it to air again!
On whether she expects Buniyaad to repeat its success
I really don't know about that. See, there is a whole new generation who haven't watched the show, but have heard a lot about it. But I always believed that every show has its own audience. Buniyaad is a classic and it will have its own loyal audience.
On her memories of the show
It was the best work that I have done. It was great working on the show and remember, I met my husband ( director, Ramesh Sippy) on the sets! From then on its been 20 years of togetherness, happy memories and loads of fun.
On the idea of airing the show on SaharaOne
It was entirely their (SaharaOne) idea. They approached us with the idea and we agreed! But the show has been previously rerun on Star and Zee and DD as well.
On working on television today
Well, change is the keyword on television today. I have always believed that if an artist doesn't change with the times he will be left behind. The role that I am doing now in Sinndoor is an interesting one and that's why I decided to do it. Frankly, I work for 20-22 days and I wish it were 15. And as far as the teh quality of work on television is concerned, I am not complaining. See, people get bored with seeing the same stuff, although it takes time for them to get bored!(laughs) But times have changed, the moralistic viewpoint that Buniyaad had cannot work today! The glamour and the bold scenes that we see today is a reflecyion of what is presently happening in society...nothing can be done about it! But again, I think change is welcome!
Siddharth Kumar Tewary’s Mahabharat
on Star Plus is gearing up for the ‘Swayamvar’ of Draupadi in great
style!! While the ‘Yuvraj Abhishek’ ceremony of Duryodhan (Arpit Ranka)
will give him the green chit to take part in the swayamvar,
Krishna (Saurabh Raj Jain) will inform Draupadi (Pooja Sharma) that her
father wants her to get married to Arjun (Shaheer Sheikh).
In the episode to be aired tonight, Krishna will tell Draupadi that Arjun is one of the greatest warriors, but he will face stiff competition from Karan (Ahem Sharma) and others who have the capability to win the swayamvar contest. To make Draupadi calm, Krishna will suggest her to go to Shiv temple where she will get all her answers.
At the Shiv temple, viewers will get to witness the meet-up between Arjun and Draupadi. They both will get a glimpse of each other when Draupadi will be about to get into her palki to make a move. Draupadi will however not realize that the person she saw was Arjun, as he would be in the guise of a Brahmin. However, Draupadi will soon realize that she has indeed seen Arjun when she will add a moustache (similar to the one the Brahmin had) on the portrait of Arjun. Impressed by Arjun, Draupadi will talk to the portrait and mention that she will wait for Arjun to come and win her over at the swayamvar.
Get ready for this grand visual treat of Draupadi’s swayamvar in Mahabharat.
In the episode to be aired tonight, Krishna will tell Draupadi that Arjun is one of the greatest warriors, but he will face stiff competition from Karan (Ahem Sharma) and others who have the capability to win the swayamvar contest. To make Draupadi calm, Krishna will suggest her to go to Shiv temple where she will get all her answers.
At the Shiv temple, viewers will get to witness the meet-up between Arjun and Draupadi. They both will get a glimpse of each other when Draupadi will be about to get into her palki to make a move. Draupadi will however not realize that the person she saw was Arjun, as he would be in the guise of a Brahmin. However, Draupadi will soon realize that she has indeed seen Arjun when she will add a moustache (similar to the one the Brahmin had) on the portrait of Arjun. Impressed by Arjun, Draupadi will talk to the portrait and mention that she will wait for Arjun to come and win her over at the swayamvar.
Get ready for this grand visual treat of Draupadi’s swayamvar in Mahabharat.
Mahabharat
(Swastik Productions), the magnum opus show on Star Plus, has hit the
right chords with the audience as it relates the tale of the biggest
historical event.
And as the story progresses, get set to see some interesting sequences in the coming days.
Firstly, after successfully defeating the group of Rakshashas (devils), Bheem (Saurav Gurjar) will be proclaimed the next leader of the Rakshash community. And as per the rule of the community, he will be told that he has to marry the women left behind in the kingdom. Hence he will be told to marry Hidimba (Vaishnavi Dhanraj).
But not wanting to get entangled in a marital bond, Bheem will decide to leave the place only to be stopped by his mother Kunti (Shafaq Naaz) who will realise Hidimba’s love for him and will ask Bheem to marry her. On her part, Hidimba will promise that she won’t ask them (Pandavas) to stay back once she gets a child from Bheem who can rule the Rakshash clan.
Informs a source, “Bheem will thus agree to marry her and his wedding will be held in the forest. Soon it will be shown that the couple will be blessed with a son Ghatotkach.”
Says Vaishnavi, “This would mark an end to the character but Hidimba might return whenever needed. I loved the experience and it was a very interesting cameo.”
And soon the drama will heighten with the preparation of Draupadi’s swayamvar. With invitations being sent across the country, Hastinapur will also receive the invite. When Duryodhan (Arpit Ranka) will get to know about it, he will ask his father to proclaim him as the new Yuvraaj so that he can participate in the swayamwar instead of Yudhisthir (Rohit Bhardwaj), who they consider to be dead.
Well, we all know that the swayamvar will be the time the Pandavas will come into the picture once again. So get set to see some exciting twists on the show.
And as the story progresses, get set to see some interesting sequences in the coming days.
Firstly, after successfully defeating the group of Rakshashas (devils), Bheem (Saurav Gurjar) will be proclaimed the next leader of the Rakshash community. And as per the rule of the community, he will be told that he has to marry the women left behind in the kingdom. Hence he will be told to marry Hidimba (Vaishnavi Dhanraj).
But not wanting to get entangled in a marital bond, Bheem will decide to leave the place only to be stopped by his mother Kunti (Shafaq Naaz) who will realise Hidimba’s love for him and will ask Bheem to marry her. On her part, Hidimba will promise that she won’t ask them (Pandavas) to stay back once she gets a child from Bheem who can rule the Rakshash clan.
Informs a source, “Bheem will thus agree to marry her and his wedding will be held in the forest. Soon it will be shown that the couple will be blessed with a son Ghatotkach.”
Says Vaishnavi, “This would mark an end to the character but Hidimba might return whenever needed. I loved the experience and it was a very interesting cameo.”
And soon the drama will heighten with the preparation of Draupadi’s swayamvar. With invitations being sent across the country, Hastinapur will also receive the invite. When Duryodhan (Arpit Ranka) will get to know about it, he will ask his father to proclaim him as the new Yuvraaj so that he can participate in the swayamwar instead of Yudhisthir (Rohit Bhardwaj), who they consider to be dead.
Well, we all know that the swayamvar will be the time the Pandavas will come into the picture once again. So get set to see some exciting twists on the show.
Characters
- Saurabh Raj Jain as Lord Krishna
- Shaheer Sheikh as Arjuna
- Pooja Sharma as Draupadi
- Aham Sharma as Karna
- Arav Chowdhary as Bhishma Pitamah
- Praneet Bhatt as Shakuni
- Rohit Bharadwaj as Yudhisthira
- Arpit Ranka as Duryodhana
- Saurav Gurjar as Bhima
- Vin Rana as Nakula
- Lavanya Bhardwaj as Sahadeva
- Nissar Khan as Dronacharya
- Hemant Choudhary as Kripacharya
- Pallavi Subhash as Goddess Rukmini[11]
- Vibha Anand as Subhadra
- Ankit Mohan as Ashwatthama
- Atul Mishra as Lord Ved Vyas
- Sayantani Ghosh as Satyavati
- Shikha Singh as Shikhandini
- Ratan Rajput as Amba
- Anoop Singh Thakur as King Dhritarashtra
- Riya Deepsi as Queen Gandhari
- Arun Rana as Pandu
- Shafaq Naaz as Kunti
- Suhani Dhanki as Madri
- Naveen Jingar as Vidura
- Garima Jain as Dushala
- Nirbhay Wadhwa as Dushasana
- Sudesh Berry as King Drupada
- Karan Suchak as Dhrishtadyumna
- Nazea Hasan Sayed as Vrishali
- Tarun Khanna as Balarama
- Vivana Singh as Goddess Ganga
- Sameer Dharmadhikari as Emperor Shantanu
- Aryamann Seth as Vichitravirya
- Aparna Dixit as Ambika
- Mansi Sharma as Ambalika
- Nidhi Tiwari as Sukhada
- Ajay Mishra as Sanjaya
- Vaishnavi Dhanraj as Demoness Hidimbaa
- Ketan Karande as Ghatothkach
- Puneet Issar as Lord Parshurama
- Mohit Raina as Lord Shiva
- Gurpreet Singh as Prince Rukmi
- Jayantika Sengupta as Arshi
- Rio Kapadia as King Subala
- Shweta Gautam as Queen Sudarma
- Raj Premi as Demon Kalyavan[12]
- Siddhant Gautam as Ekalavya
- Nikhil Arya as Lord Indra
- Vidyut Xavier as Karna (Teenage)
- Rohit Shetty as young Yudhisthira
- Miraj Joshi as young Bhima
- Alam Khan as young Duryodhana
- Soumya Singh as young Arjuna
- Raj Shah as young Dushasana
- Aayush Shah as Ashwathama (Teenage)
- Yagya Saxena as young Karna
- Devesh Ahuja as young Nakula
- Rudraksh Jaiswal as young Sahadeva
- Ashnoor Kaur as young Dushala
- Gurbani as Malini
Reviews
Mahabharat is a 2013 drama TV series on Star Plus based on Indian legendary epic of the same name.[2][3][4][5][6] It has been produced by Swastik Pictures and features actors such as Saurabh Raj Jain as Lord Krishna, Shaheer Sheikh as Arjuna, Pooja Sharma as Draupadi, Aham Sharma as Karna and Arav Chowdhary as Bhishma Pitamah.[7][8] The producers had creative associations with writer Salim Khan, author Devdutt Pattanaik, designer Bhanu Athaiya, music directors Ajay-Atul and Ismail Darbar,
action director Ram Shetty and set designer Omang Kumar. The casting of
the show is done by Sahil Ansari, Mahesh Chandra Bhatt, Arun Mitra. It
started broadcasting on 16 September 2013.[9]
Mahabharat presents the story of the throne of Hastinapura, the kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan. The Kaurava and the Pandava brothers compete for rulership. Although the Kauravas' father is the senior of the two patriarchs, Duryodhana, the eldest Kaurava, is younger than Yudhisthira, the eldest Pandava. Both Duryodhana and Yudhisthira claim to be first in line to inherit the throne.[10]
When Bhishma Pitamah asked for Gandhari's hand in marriage for his blind nephew Dhritarashtra, her brother Shakuni got furious. Though he agreed later, he swore to himself that he would destroy the Kuru race. He sowed the seeds of the climactic battle of Kurukshetra during the adolescence of the Kauravas and Pandavas by poisoning the mind of Duryodhana against the Pandavas. The friction culminates in the Kurukshetra War. The battle produces conflicts of kinship and friendship, and instances of family loyalty and duty taking precedence over what is just.
Every decade sees a technological upgrade (read: attempt) to recreate the greatest screenplay on Earth, The Mahabharat, on the small screen. Swastik Productions’ Mahabharat premièred on STAR Plus on September 16th, 2013 and set the record for the most visually appealing portrayal of the Hindu mythology (so far).
Mahabharat presents the story of the throne of Hastinapura, the kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan. The Kaurava and the Pandava brothers compete for rulership. Although the Kauravas' father is the senior of the two patriarchs, Duryodhana, the eldest Kaurava, is younger than Yudhisthira, the eldest Pandava. Both Duryodhana and Yudhisthira claim to be first in line to inherit the throne.[10]
When Bhishma Pitamah asked for Gandhari's hand in marriage for his blind nephew Dhritarashtra, her brother Shakuni got furious. Though he agreed later, he swore to himself that he would destroy the Kuru race. He sowed the seeds of the climactic battle of Kurukshetra during the adolescence of the Kauravas and Pandavas by poisoning the mind of Duryodhana against the Pandavas. The friction culminates in the Kurukshetra War. The battle produces conflicts of kinship and friendship, and instances of family loyalty and duty taking precedence over what is just.
Every decade sees a technological upgrade (read: attempt) to recreate the greatest screenplay on Earth, The Mahabharat, on the small screen. Swastik Productions’ Mahabharat premièred on STAR Plus on September 16th, 2013 and set the record for the most visually appealing portrayal of the Hindu mythology (so far).
The story of Mahabharat
is not unknown. The epic story revolves around the kingdom of
Hastinapur and the battle of wisdom, sacrifices, right vs wrong, and
dharma against adharma, and is the core foundation of one of the largest
religions in the world – Hinduism. Since most of the stories attached
to the Mahabharat are based on myths and limited
historical accuracies, I am not going to get in to the screenplay of
this TV series. All I can say is that the story development team has
done their job well.
Let’s get in to the two elements that promise to make 2013’s Mahabharat
different than what we’ve seen so far, starting with the visuals.
Without a doubt, STAR Plus has stepped up and showcased a visually
stunning interpretation of the mythology, so far the best use of special
effects, cinematography, animation and VFX ever done of the small
screen. The show deserves applause for the shots taken in the valleys of
Kashmir, elaborated sets and a sophisticated approach at the costumes
and accessories with each scene digitally re-mastered. Having said that,
though the visuals are the best on the small screen but keeping in mind
today’s technology, the show is still a few years behind. The
unnecessary digital touch ups, the obvious (and over done) chroma keying
are a turn off. I caught a few videos on YouTube with the lowest
resolution, and yes, I could easily spot the fakeness in each screen.
Artistically, the team has been impressive; the shabby execution is the
real deal breaker.
One place where the costume department
fails is that they should have realized that the show is shot in HD,
retouched in HD, and seen on large (again) HD screens, where every
detail is easily visible and highlighted. If I had a dollar for every
time I spotted fake nails, safety pins, plastic weapons and utensils,
hair pins, and modern jewelry, I could have enough of money to buy a
brand new iPad. #FacePalm
The next “something new” of the 2013
Mahabharat is the casting. For an Indian actor to play a character from
Mahabharat without over acting, is the toughest challenge. The core
foundation of an actor’s job in the show is the dialogue delivery and
body language. STAR Plus should have paid a little more attention to
this one. Forget the fact that some of the best talents of the TV
fraternity are not a part of the show, but even the ones who are, are so
underutilized. Agreed, Arav Chowdhary fits the bill as Bhishma, but
whose idea was it to cast Sameer Dharmadhikari as Shantanu who lasted
only for 2-3 episodes? Dharmadhikari could have been awesome in the
powerful role of Bhishma. And is it just me or does Sayantani Ghosh
still have what it takes to pull off a younger role? I am eager to see
what the rest of the cast unfolds, but so far, not-so good!
I am hooked to the show for the story
and it’s a visual relief from the last few Mahabharat TV series
(remember the torturous camera slaps aka the Balaji effects on the 9X
Mahabharat?) that we’ve seen in the recent past.
Verdict: Watch it for
the story and for the technological upgrade that we’ve seen so far on
TV. It’s a family treat! Screaming Critics rates Mahabharat a B+ and ***
stars.
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