Originally posted by: .Lonewalker.
Nah....I saw an ad the other day on Youtube....they promoted the show as "Yeh Kahaani hai Mahanayak Arjun ke"😆😆 It's not exactly Mahabharat, it's Mahabharat from Arjun's pov. Like they did Siya Ke Ram from Ramayan. It's SP's take on Mahabharat where Arjun is the central hero. If Shaheer was popular back then, maybe that's why they casted him in the first place.
But how was he popular back then? 🤔 As far as I know MB & KRPKAB are his breakthrough shows & KRPKAB happened after MB.
He gained popularity because if navya with same production house. Though i don't think star bharat is from arjun s pov yes they did promoted him intially a lot but o don't think this arjuna was able to live up to the expectation so later they shifted to all pandavas and specially to Govind anf panchali (thankfully 😆)
The only two characters who stood out were govind and panchali but then they are standouts for me even in the epic . Anyways the point is. pooja saurabh did steal the show in this Mahabharata
Other noteworthy actors being praneet bhatt (shakuni). Rohit bhardwaj ( yudhishtra) aham sharma. And anoop (dritrashtra)