On TV, he last appeared in Bigg Boss season 8 in 2014. Amitabh Bachchan made a full recovery and so did Puneet Issar's career, although he was typecast as a villain - he played Duryodhan in the B R Chopra version of Mahabharata and was later cast as Parshuraam in Mahabharata redux, which aired in 2013 and was produced by Ekta Kapoor. In the weeks that followed, Puneet Issar was demonised by Big B's adoring public while the star lay comatose in hospital.

Puneet Issar - Duryodhana Actor Puneet Issar will, perhaps, never shake off his controversial big screen role as antagonist opposite Amitabh Bachchan in Coolie (1983), when Big B suffered his infamous and near-fatal injury while filming a fight scene with his co-star. She was briefly married to Bengali actor Prosenjit Chatterjee. Her career graph took a downward dip after 2008 and she was last seen in 2014 film 24th July. Debashree Roy was at the peak of her career when she signed up to play Satyavati in Mahabharata. Though she was applauded for her performance, the film failed commercially. Debashree Roy - Satyavati Bengali star Debashree Roy started her career in 1978 and, after a brief struggle, shot to acclaim with a role in Aparna Sen's 36 Chowringhee Lane. Here's a look at some of the members of the cast after almost three decades.

Mr Chopra's Mahabharata originally aired from 1988 to 1990. B R Chopra's series cast some famous names like Mukesh Khanna, Raj Babbar, Praveen Kumar and Rupa Ganguly but for many, the show became pretty much their identity. This, as everyone who grew up in the Eighties and early Nineties, was often a community activity. Though there have been attempts to re-adapt the epic, none matched the iconic status of B R Chopra's version, made at a time when Sunday mornings were dedicated to watching what Doordarshan had to offer. The film is touted to be a game changer in the big-budget projects segment of the film industry, just like B R Chopra's Mahabharata, which was (and still is) one-of-a-kind on the small screen. The principal character of the novel is the third Pandav brother. While Mr Chopra's series was based on the traditionally accepted version of the text attributed to Ved Vyas, the new Mahabharata, to be made on a budget of Rs 1000 crore, will adapt MT Vasudevan Nair's critically acclaimed novel Randaamoozham. The announcement of a has renewed the curiosity around B R Chopra's legendary adaptation of the epic for TV. Check Mahabharat Latest news, Photos, Videos and more! Get all Mahabharat TV Serial Updates, Playtime Schedule, New Episodes & Show Timings. Mahabharat (TV Series 1988–1990) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It depicts the life story of Hindu Lord Krishna.

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