All the discussions about old Mahabharata here only[DT NOTE - page 98] - Page 2

Oh yeah I remember this now, the dialogues used to come printed on a Tamil daily. The title song was something which I cannot forget even now. And the credit song used to show clippings of that episode like a recap.

Small example - Dhritarashtra's dividing the kingdom is held up as an unpardonable sin in that serial.  Sorry, that's just bovine excrement.  At that time, it was not unusual for kings to make different sons rulers of different kingdoms - Yayati did that, Pururava (husband of Urvashi) did that, and so on.  What Dhritarashtra did was fine - the problem was Duryodhan trying to usurp Indraprastha, and thereby setting the stage for the war.

That's just one small example: there are a gazillion others.

P.S.  One small request to everybody - while discussing the Mahabharata, please let us discuss this serial and the original text by Vyasa, which is linked in the Archives Mansion, and compare them for accuracy.  But please do not bring up BRC's serial in the discussions.  Thanks.

Really looking fwd to tomorrow :)

All the actors fitted their characters beautifully. I remember liking Krishna played by Nitish Bharadwaj as my favourite. Nitish had become such a fever that people would touch his feet thinking he is real Krishna. His charming smile and honey dipped voice made him fit into Krishna's character effortlessly.

Mukesh Khanna as Bheeshma was iconic. I still call him Bheeshma :).

Roopa Ganguly was the beautiful Draupadi. All the Pandavas were portrayed so well, and so was Karna.

 

It is inevitable for us seniors generations to compare the new Mahabharat with the old. But I hope to see it in new light, as the promos look promising.