#Mahabharat serial actress series#

She begets Yudhishthira from Yama (the god of death and righteousness), Bhima from Vayu (the god of wind), Arjuna from Indra (the king of the gods). Kunti uses her boon, given to her by Sage Durvasa, to invoke gods of her choice and obtain children from them. After this Dhritarashtra becomes de facto king of Hastinapur. Pandu, heartbroken, renounces the kingdom with his 2 wives. Pandu is later cursed by Sage Kindama, that he will die if he attempts to impregnate his wives. Pandu marries Kunti, a princess of Kunti Kingdom, and Madri of Madra Kingdom. Dhritarashtra is denied the throne for being blind, and the throne is given to Pandu. This angers Shakuni, the brother of Gandhari, and he vows to destroy Bhishma, as it was him who had brought the proposal for Gandhari's marriage. After knowing her would-be-husband is blind Gandhari decided to blindfold herself to share her husband's pain. 25 years laterĭhritarashtra is married to Gandhari, the princess of Gandhara Kingdom because of her boon of bearing a hundred sons. Soon, Ambika gives birth to Dhritarashtra, born blind, Ambalika gives birth to Pandu, born pale and Parashrami gives birth to Vidura. Besides the queens, Vyasa also impregnates a maid Parishrami through occult. Vichitravirya died without any children, but Veda Vyasa, the son of Satyavati born through occult is requested to impregnate Vichitravirya's 2 wives Ambika and Ambalika the same way he was conceived. She blames Bhisma and vows that she will be the reason of his death. Chitrangad dies and on the advice of queen Saytavati Bhisma wins the three princesses of Kashi kingdom for Vichitravirya but the eldest Princess Amba refuses to marry him and leaves for her lover who rejects her. Shantanu and Satyavati marry and have 2 children - Chitrangada and Vichitravirya. The story begins with Bhishma, the son of Shantanu and Ganga, taking his oath of celibacy to convince Satyavati to marry his father Shantanu, the king of Hastinapura. The story mainly focusses on Pandavas and Karna and tells the story through their point of view. The television show was produced by Swastik Productions Pvt.

It aired from 16 September 2013 to 16 August 2014 on Star Plus.

#Mahabharat serial actress series#

Mahabharat is a 2013 Indian drama television series based on the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata.