Doordarshan is once again airing BR Chopra's Mahabharata. The audience is also very fond of Mahabharata this time and not only watching it on social media, sharing their photos but also refreshing their old memories. Programs like Ramayana, Shaktimaan, Circus, Chanakya, Byomkesh Bakshi have also come back. During an interview, Mukesh Khanna had said, 'I wanted to play the role of Arjun or Karna in Mahabharata, then I was offered the role of Duryodhana, but I flatly refused. Everyone said that I am doing insanity because Duryodhana's character was quite weighty, but I said that I cannot do negative roles."
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'Mukesh Khanna had further told in the interview,' Then I got the role of Dronacharya which I accepted, but in my luck, I wrote 'Ayushman Bhava:'. The role of Bhishma Pitamah was given to Vijendra Ghatge, but it was probably not acceptable. He did not come, then I got the privilege to play this role and I consider this to be my luck." Mukesh Khanna had further said,' Mahabharata got immense love from the people. No, the television program was found to be such a success. People used to joke that if an enemy country attacks India during the broadcast of Mahabharata, then it can win because at that time the entire country and security forces would also be watching the serial.
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Mukesh Khanna also shared the disadvantages of working in Mahabharata,' Although I had 90 per cent benefits of doing Mahabharata there were some disadvantages as well. Along with this, after playing the role of Bhishma Pitamah, I started getting the roles of mostly older characters. I started getting the roles of father from Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar to Bobby Deol, and the extent of this happened when I played Feroz Khan Sahab's father in the film 'Yalgar'. People used to laugh when Khan Saheb used to call me Dad, Dad on the screen, but Mahabharata proved to be a milestone for me.
