Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki

Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki is an Indian mythological television drama series on 9X based on the Sanskrit epic Mahabharat.

For 1988-90 Indian television series, see Mahabharat (1988 TV series).

Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki
Written byMahesh Pandey
Manish Paliwal
Dr. Bodhaisaattva
Dialogues
Dheeraj Sarna
Directed byGarry Bhinder
Santram Varma
Talat Jani
Mujammil Desai
Creative directorsSuraj Rao
Vikas Gupta
StarringSee Below
Opening theme"Katha Mahaabhaarat Ki" by Daler Mehndi
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of episodes75
Production
Producers
CinematographyMahesh Talkad
Shabbir Naik
Deepak Malwankar
Suhas Shirodkar
EditorsVikas Sharma
Vishal Sharma
Khursheed Rizvi
Prem Raaj
Rajiv Kumar Chanai
Running time24 minutes
Production companyBalaji Telefilms
Release
Original network9X
Picture format576i
Original release7 July (2008-07-07) –
6 November 2008 (2008-11-06)

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

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 Kurukshetra war actually occurs.

Cast

Main

Other Cast

Casting

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

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
  1. "Meet Ganga in Ekta Kapoor's Mahabharat". Rediff.
  2. "Ekta Kapoor's Mahabharat to air in Britain". News18.
  3. "Mahabharata interpreted differently". 23 September 2008 – via www.thehindu.com.
  4. "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum". www.tribuneindia.com.
  5. "'I used cheerharan to grab attention'". DNA India. 23 July 2008.
  6. "एकता कपूर की महाभारत". Filmibeat. 20 February 2008.
  7. Ghosh, Padmaparna (22 August 2008). "What an epic disaster". Livemint.
  8. "Mukesh Khanna: Ekta Kapoor made a mockery of Mahabharata - Times of India". The Times of India.
  9. "Kahaani Ekta Ke Mahabharat ki". Hindustan Times. 10 July 2008.
  10. "The lost K factor". BusinessWorld.
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