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Mahabharat (2013)

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Mahabharat (2013)

Overview

Mahabharat is a 2013 drama TV series on Star Plus based on Indian legendary epic of the same name. 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. 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.


Starring Cast


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center

Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Trans: Neutral
Hinduism: Positive

Viewer Rating
8.9

Overview

Mahabharat is a 2013 drama TV series on Star Plus based on Indian legendary epic of the same name. 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. 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.


Starring Cast

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

The film explores universal moral and ethical dilemmas surrounding duty, justice, and the consequences of greed and war, ultimately championing the restoration of righteous order (dharma) without explicitly aligning with specific modern political ideologies.

This animated adaptation of the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata features a cast that naturally reflects the characters' origins, without engaging in explicit race or gender swaps of roles traditionally associated with Western identities. The narrative focuses on the epic's foundational themes of dharma and conflict, presenting its characters and their actions without a modern critical framing of traditional identities.

Secondary

The show includes the character of Shikhandi, who is depicted as undergoing a gender transition as part of a divine prophecy. While this character can be interpreted as gender non-conforming, the narrative treats the transition as a mythological plot device rather than an exploration of queer identity. The portrayal is factual within the epic's context, neither explicitly affirming nor denigrating LGBTQ+ themes.

The series features Shikhandi, a character born female who transitions to male as part of a divine destiny, crucial to the epic's plot. The portrayal is factual to the source material, neither explicitly affirming modern trans identity nor presenting it negatively. It is treated as an incidental aspect of a mythological character's journey.

The series is a faithful adaptation of a foundational Hindu epic, portraying its deities, philosophies, and moral lessons with reverence and depth. It explores complex themes of dharma, karma, and divine intervention, ultimately affirming the virtues and dignity of the Hindu faith.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The 2013 adaptation of the Mahabharat epic faithfully portrays its well-established characters, maintaining their canonical genders as depicted in the source material. There are no instances of significant characters having their gender changed.

The 2013 show "Mahabharat" adapts an ancient Indian epic. Its characters are canonically of Indian descent, and the series features an entirely Indian cast, maintaining racial consistency with the source material.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.9

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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9.0
The Movie Database logo
8.8

Critic Ratings

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