2-Videos on MBH
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1. Mahabharat TV Serial, presented by BR Chopra and Ravi Chopra, 1988 - 96 episodes
Its 94 weekly episodes ran from Oct 2, 1988 to Jun 24, 1990. This can be seen on http://www.mahabharat.tv/  also. It is available on 16 DVDs. Its reference is available on IMDB too : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158417/
All 94 Episodes shown on Indian Doordarshan TV, 16 DVDs, in Hindi, with English, French and Spanish subtitles.
New Certified Original Box Edition, Arrow Film Distributors Ltd. 2002, ASIN B00023JH72
Synopsis of all 94 episodes: http://www.intelindia.com/mahabharat/synopsis.htm
Info: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00023JH72
Review: http://dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=12664
Review of the script: http://www.boloji.com/bookreviews/075.htm

2. Sanjay Khan's Mahabharat-1 - 40 episodes
This Mahaabhaarat is again a TV serial, is in 40 episodes, each about 45 minutes long, and is ripped in 14 DVDs in 2001.
People's Review - bad acting, bad dialog and worse special effects. The special effects look so low quality Cgi that it looks like a Prince of Persia video game. The war sequences are worse. The sky remains yellow and the background (with standing soldiers) looks like (and probably is) a oil painting. The director didn't follow the real Source of the story also. Major characters were omitted and the story modified at will. The terrible acting/overacting by the actors made matters worse. Bheeshm's overacting was intolerable. Karn wore a permanent wooden expression. Duryodhan, Yudhishthir et al were also insufferable. Krishn carried a flute always for no apparent reason (He used it in his youth only when he was a cowherd) The ladies do not age here. Gaandhaaree, Kuntee look very young even when at the time of the war. (They were supposed to be over 100 yrs old).

The dialog was also bad. Part of it was copied from the BR Chopra version. Except it was delivered in a worse way (slow and laborious) Also Balaraam calling the fight between Bheem and Duryadhan - "the last fight of Mahaabhaarat" is funny. (Balaraam of course didn't know that Ved Vyaas was going to call this story Mahaabhaarat!)

All in all this is a terrible mess. The director should take a course on film direction ASAP. And the actors should go back to acting school. Also an apology to all Indians in is order - for insulting the great epic in this manner.