The title song was sung and the verses rendered by singer Mahendra Kapoor. The serial claims to have used the Critical Edition of Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute as its basic source with Vishnu Sitaram Sukthankar and Shripad Krishna Belwalkar as its primary editor.Įach episode is 40–46 minutes long and begins with a title song that consisted of lyrical content and two verses from the Bhagavad Gita. Costumes for the series were provided by Maganlal Dresswala. The script was written by Pandit Narendra Sharma and the Hindi/Urdu poet Rahi Masoom Raza, based on the original story by Vyasa. Chopra and directed by his son, Ravi Chopra.

The original airing consisted of a total of 94 episodes and were broadcast from 2 October 1988 to 24 June 1990 on Doordarshan. Mahabharat is an Indian Hindi-language epic television series based on the ancient Sanskrit epic Mahabarata. Last week it was at number four.1988 TV Series by B.R. Starring Vikrant Massey and Juhi Aslam, the show bagged third position. It was second in the 18th week as well.īaba Aiso Var Dhoondo also returned on the small screen on Dangal TV. The show bagged the second position in TRP ratings.

Shri Krishna replaced Ramayan on Doordarshan. This is the first time that Mahabharat has reached the No. Earlier, due to the huge viewership of Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan, Mahabharat was continuously on second or third position but now that it has ended, the TRP has increased. Here are the top 5 shows according to BARC's TRP ratings- MahabharatīR Chopra's Mahabharatahas bagged top slot. Ramayan had broken many world records when it comes to viewership when the show made its return on Doordarshan, while it is running on Star Plus currently, the viewership has decreased. On the other hand, Siddharth Kumar Tiwari's Mahabharata, which is currently re-running on Star Plus, has bagged the fourth position. The mythological drama earned much love from the viewers and has topped the TRP in the 19th week. While Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan that was ruling the TRP for many weeks is nowhere in Top 5, BR Chopra's Mahabharat has dominated the viewership. The TRP ratings of BARC's 19th week are out and it has witnessed many changes.

Mahabharat dominates TRP ratings and becomes No.

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