Mahabharat cast: List of actors and the characters they play in the iconic show

With PM Narendra Modi anuncing a lockdown in order to contain spre of Coronavirus, all shows in country have been stalled. To keep audience entertained, on Friday, Union Minister Prakash Javekar anunced that  TV show Mahabharat will run on Doordarshan channel from March 30 at 12 pm and 7 pm. Here's looking at star-studded Mahabharat cast. 

Mahabharat is a television series based on  Hindu epic of same name. Mahabharat serial cast is huge and it commenced from October 2, 1988, to June 24, 1990, on DD National. Produced by B.R. Chopra and helmed by Ravi Chopra, much-acclaimed series is back on Doordarshan w. It unfolds  story of feud between Pandava princes and ir cousins-Kaurava princes. Here's a look at iconic Mahabharat cast. 

Mahabharat serial cast 

• Harish Bhimani as Samay 
• Mukesh Khanna as Gangaputra Devavrata Bheeshma 
• Nitish Bharwaj as Dwarkheesh Bhagwan Shri Krishna 
• Puneet Issar as Husband of Bhanumati- Duryodhana
• Rupa Ganguly as Princess of Panchala- Draupi
• Pankaj Dheer as Karna 
• Gajendra Chauhan as Yudhishtira- 1st Pandav/son of Kunti & Yama (husband of Draupi)
• Gufi Paintal as Shakuni
• Praveen Kumar as Kuntiputra Bhim- 2nd Pandav 
• Girja Shankar as Dhritrashtra- Far of Kauravas
• Surendra Pal as Dronacharya
• Renuka Israni as Gandhari- Queen of Hastinapur

• Tarakesh Chauhan as King of Hastinapur
• Nazneen as mor of Karna- Maharani Kunti
• Roma Manik as Rani Mri- Princess of Mra
• Virendra Razdan as Vidur-  Maha Mantri of Hastinapur 
• Preep Rawat as Ashwatthama- son of Dronacharya
• Vid Kapoor as Dushasan- Duryodhan's younger bror
• Aloka Mukherjee as Subhra- Arjuna's 2nd wife
• Roopa Ganguly as Samragni Yagyaseni Draupi
• Sanjeev Chitre as Saheva- 5th Pandav
• Sameer Chitre as Nakul- 4th Pandav
• Ankur Javeri as young Arjun
• Arjun as Kuntiputra Arjuna- 3rd Pandav

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Mahabharat actors recurring cast

• Sagar Salunkhe as Balram
• Om Katare as hiratha
• Raj Babbar as Chakravarti Samrat Bharat
• Kapil Kumar as Shalya- Mri's far 
• Saroj Sharma as Rha- hiratha's wife
• Ashalata Wabgaonkar as Rajmata Shakuntala- King Dushyanta's wife
• Razak Khan as Ghatotkach
• Paramjeet Chima as Dashraj

• Daboo Malik as Devavrath
• Debashree Roy as Rajmata Satyavati- Shantanu's second wife
• Sudesh Berry as Maharaj Vichitravirya
• Meena Chakrabarty as Maharani Ambika- 2nd princess of Kashi
• Dharmesh Tiwari as Kripacharya
• Deep Dhillon as Jayratha
• Karunakar Pathak as Shishupala
• Rana Jung Bahur as Jarasandh
• Dinesh Anand as Vikarna
• Vishnu Sharma as Vasudev
• Dara Singh as Hanuman
• Sharat Saxena as Kichak 
• Shavinder Mahal as Lord Shiva 
• Satish Kaul as Indra
• Kamlesh Maan as Devi Sulabha

• Lalit Mohan Tiwari as Sanjaya
• Ashok Banthia as Senapati Kritvarma
• Ajay Sinha as Akroor
• Karunakar Pathak as Shishupala- King of Chedi
• Rakesh Bidua as Kashya- King Of Kashi
• Gopi Krishna as Chitrasena
• Sameer Rajda as Uttar- crown prince of Matsya
• Chandni Sharma as Sudeshna
• Ayub Khan as Parikshit
• Sheela Sharma as Devaki- Vasudev's younger wife
• Kshama Raj as Rohini- Vasudev's elder wife

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