
Nitish was spotted in an ad made by the Chopras. About how he came across Puneet and Nitish, he told Hindustan Times in an interview, “Puneet had accidentally punched Amitabh Bachchan in Coolie (1983), and was out of work.

I was convincing him throughout the day that I don’t want to do Nakul and Sahdev because I knew Mahabharata story and wanted to do something better.”Īlso read: Mahabharat: Nitish Bharadwaj refused to play Krishna, dodged BR Chopra to avoid screen testĬasting director Gufi Paintal auditioned thousands of actors for the show. When differences between the Kaurava and the Pandava clans, who belong to the same family line, lead them to the threshold of war, Lord Krishna decides to step in and take control of the situation. He recalled, “(BR Chopra) was convincing me whole day to do Nakul and Sahdev. Mahabharat: With Harish Bhimani, Nitish Bharadwaj, Mukesh Khanna, Gajendra Chauhan. In a recent interview to Hindustan Times, Nitish revealed that he was offered several different roles prior to being cast as Krishna.
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May I recommend you the excellent 3 volume Amar Chitra Katha series E. In fact it is not even SD but more like 320i. Mahabharat (B R Chopra) Episode 64 - Mahabharat Epidsode 64 MahabharatEpisode64 Mahabharat Mahabharat Episode.


The show, created by BR Chopra, ran for 94 episodes and starred Nitish Bharadwaj as Lord Krishna, Mukesh Khanna as Bhishma, Gajendra Chauhan as Yudhishthir, Praveen Kumar as Bhim, Roopa Ganguly as Draupadi and Puneet Issar as Duryodhan. The closest to the true story - about 85 - is B R Chopras Mahabharat, telecast between 19.
