Speculations are rife that the epic Mahabharata makes a comeback to TV with the No.1 Hindi channel: Star Plus">Star Plus. Sources reveal that the project is being produced by
Siddharth Tewary of Swastik Pictures and auditions for the same have begun across the metros of India. Mahabharata was first aired on Doordarshan in 1988 and was directed by B.R. Chopra’s son
Ravi Chopra. It was a mega project that made stars out of Puneet Issar (Duryodhana) and Gufi Paintal (Shakuni).
Will the new Mahabharata be able to create the same hype as the old Mahabharata?