Mrityunjay is an Indian television series based on the Marathi novel by Shivaji Sawant, produced by Jamshaid Ashraf[1] and directed by Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi.[2] It was telecast on Doordarshan in 1996.[3] The series takes a look at the events in the Mahabharata
| Mrityunjay | |
|---|---|
 TV Serial title caption | |
| Also known as | Karn |
| Genre | Historical drama |
| Created by | Chandraprakash Dwivedi |
| Based on | Mrityunjay by Shivaji Sawant |
| Written by | Chandraprakash Dwivedi Vasant Dev Ashok Mishra |
| Directed by | Chandraprakash Dwivedi |
| Creative director | Chandraprakash Dwivedi |
| Starring | Rajendranath Zutshi Rajendra Gupta Suraj Chaddha Surendra Pal Prakash Dwivedi |
| Narrated by | Rajendranath Zutshi |
| Theme music composer | Ashit Desai |
| Composers | Ashit Desai Uday Mazumdar |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Murli Manohar Singh, Jamshed Ashraf |
| Production location | Mumbai |
| Cinematography | Sanjeev Shrivastav |
| Editor | Arunabh Mukharjee |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | DD National |
Though the series garnered many awards at the 3rd Screen Videocon Awards including Best Serial, Best Director (Dwivedi) and Best Art Direction (Muneesh Sappel),[4][5][6] it was abruptly terminated for unknown reasons.[7]
Cast
edit- Karn - Rajendranath Zutshi
- Karn (Young) - Abhishek Dwivedi
- Adhirath - Rajendra Gupta
- Bheeshm - Surendra Pal
- Dhritrashtra - S. P. Dubey
- Sanjay - Ishaan Trivedi
- Dronachary - Ram Gopal Bajaj/ Jairoop Jeevan
- Yudhisthir - Virendra Singh
- Bhim -
- Bhim (Young) - Puru
- Arjun - Narendra Jha
- Arjun (Young) - Sunny
- Duryodhan - Shrivallabh Vyas
- Duryodhan (Young) - Raghav Soni
- Shakuni - Prakash Dwivedi
- Pandu - Suraj Chaddha
- Shon (Karn's Younger Brother) - Bakul Thakkar
- Shon (Young) - Wajid Khan
- Vidur - Virendra Saxena
- Dushashan - Ravi Jhankal
- Dushashan (Young) - Sharik Ashraf
- Kripacharya - Chand Dhar
- Ashwatthama - Ashok Lokhande
- Ashwatthama (Young) - Prasad Barve
- Ved Vyas - Ashok Mishra
- Durvasa - Shiv Kumar Subramaniam
- Madri - Ashwini Kalsekar
- Ambalika - Asha Sharma
- Gandhari - Meenal Karpe
- Radha Mata - Meghna Roy
- Kunti - Neena Gupta
- Ambika - Poonam Jha
- Sarathi (in Episode 2) - Ramshankar
References
edit- ^ "Pearl Group - People". Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^ 'I haven’t earned anything from television’ Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "DD serial on Lord Shiva". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ 3rd Screen Awards, 1996
- ^ Director special
- ^ Art Directors gaining recognition[dead link]
- ^ Ravi Chopra: If DD gives us special treatment,, it's because we guarantee quality