

Barbarika was the son of Ghatotkach and Ahilawati. He was considered to be one of the fiercest warriors on the field. Here is a list of such crucial characters from the Mahabharat, easily overlooked and quite underrated, in no particular order. And then there were the other minor characters, crucial to the plot but easily overlooked. Like in any other works of fantasy the central characters got lauded and gathered a large fan following by default. The television series opened up the brilliance of the Mahabharat to people - a lot of whom were kids - who had not read the epic. It was - and I speak for a lot of us - our first brush with fantasy.

And all those flying chariots and sparkly arrows did not help. It was also known as the glorious time when B R Chopra tried to warn us that Samay is not all that fair but we thought he was a very cool invisible entity with a superbly modulated voice anyway.

But most people have no clue who the cast members are.Ĭheck out the list below to know who played what role in the serial that has once again caught the nation's fancy.If you are a 90s kid, you would probably understand the importance Sunday morning television had. People still remember Harish Bhimani, the vice behind 'Samay' for that. The voice of 'Samay' Time personified, was a signature style of treatment. Produced by a film veteran producer BR Chopra and directed by his son, Ravi Chopra, the series ran from October 1988 to June 1990, catching the nation fancy, unlike anything anyone had ever seen earlier. The TV soap ran on India's then prime and government-run channel Door Darshan (DD) for 94 episodes. Mahabharat is based on the Hindu epic of the same name. One such TV series is Mahabharat of the late 1980s. On 28 March, a series of old TV soaps that had been at the peak of popularity decades ago. Locked into their homes (as a part of the fight against coronavirus pandemic) for a period of 21-days from 24 March midnight, Indian TV viewers were gifted something different and special in the festive season. Mahabharat: TV serial cast real names | Photo Credit: Getty Images
