Mrityunjay (TV series)

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

• 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

1. "Pearl Group - People". Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
2. 'I haven’t earned anything from television’ Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
3. "DD serial on Lord Shiva". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
4. 3rd Screen Awards, 1996
5. Director special
6. Art Directors gaining recognition^{[dead link‍]}
7. Ravi Chopra: If DD gives us special treatment,, it's because we guarantee quality