Indian mythology has always remained a prominent theme for television shows. With popular shows such as Devon Ke Dev Mahadev, Ramayana, etc. it has been a popular option of shows for the Indian audience. A show which was launched on 16th September, 2013 Mahabharat is a drama series that is based on the legendary epic, Mahabharat. Produced by Swastic Pictures, the show has a fresh new look with actors Saurabh Raj Jain depicting lord Krishna, Pooja Sharma as Draupadi, Shaheer Sheikh as Arjuna, Rohit Bhardwaj as Dharamraj Yudhisthir, Puneet Issar as Parshuram, Praneet Bhatt as Shakuni, Arav Chowdhary as Bheeshma, Ratan Rajput as Amba, Sameer Dharmadhikari as King Shantanu, Sayantani Ghosh as Satyavati, Arpit Ranka as Duryodhan and Aham Sharma as Karna. A weekly show, running from Monday to Friday consists of 128 episodes. The show also has many other language versions which are dubbed in different languages as well as network channels. Some of the other languages include Bangla, Malayalam, Tamil and Marathi being telecast on STAR Jalsha, Asianet, STAR Vijay and STAR Pravah respectively. An instant click with the masses the show immediately has an emotional connect owing to the high cultural and religious influences in the country. The show has a number of characters who are from different religions which makes the show easy to connect with. The show uses various advanced technologies and computer graphics that help to make the scenes look even more authentic and realistic. It is easy for Indians located anywhere in the world to catch all the drama of this new mythology show. They can log onto the website of the channel and watch Mahabharat shows online as per the date on which they were shown. While Pooja Sharma is one of the few actresses to make her television debut all the other actors and actresses are known to have already starred in different television shows. The series has been directed by Kamal Moga, Loknath Pandey, Amarprith G, Sidharth Anand and S Chawda. The show has its music composed by Ismail Darbar who is a renowned Indian composer known for having composed music for various Bollywood movies. The series has been produced by Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Gayatri Gil Tiwari and Sidharth Kumar Tiwari. The show has already received an overwhelming response, especially from the youth achieving high TVTs (Television Viewership in Thousands). This show also has the highest launch episode rating in over three years. The show had an interesting social media buzz (creative promotions) which was created on various social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Not only did it host a Twitter chat with Devdatt Pattanaik, a renowned mythologist as well as creative consultant for the show but it also created many conversations using the hashtag #Mahabharat and #AajKaMahabharat. Besides this, a YouTube masthead had hosted a simple game where a person could choose an arrow and fire it to the opponent A mythological story, presenting the story of Hastinapura; the kingdom which was ruled by the Kuru clan the Indian audience is reminded of the battle between the Pandava’s and the Kaurava’s as they compete for rulership.
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