B.R Chopra Mahabharat Awards
The Mahabharat(1988 Television Series) produced by BR Chopra and directed by his son Ravi Chopra is considered the most successful Mahabharata ever produced in the history of television.[1][2]. The lead actors of the show – Pankaj Dheer, Nitish Bharadwaj and Mukesh Khanna became household names during the early 90s.[3]
BR Chopra Mahabharat Awards
Uptron Award(1988)
The Pankaj Dheer starrer B.R Chopra Mahabharat won the Uptron Awards 1988 in many categories competing with Ramanand Sagar's Ramayana(1987)[4]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Uptron Awards | Best Director | Ravi Chopra | Won | |
| Best Mythological Series | BR Studios | Nominated | |||
| Uptron Awards | Best Actor in a leading role | Pankaj Dheer | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Mukesh Khanna | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Nitish Bharadwaj | Nominated | |||
| Uptron Awards | Best Actress | Roopa Ganguly | Nominated | ||
| Uptron Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nazneen | Nominated | ||
| Uptron Awards | Other nominees | Puneet Issar; Gufi Paintal; Surendra Pal | Nominated |
The other nominees included the other supporting cast of the show such as Shakuni, Drona etc who were praised for their work in the Award ceremony.
Other notable awards
Buniyaad Sahyog Awards(1990)
Won
- Best Television Series - Mahabharat[5]
- Best Actor in a leading role - Pankaj Dheer
- Best Actor in a supporting role - Mukesh Khanna
- Best Actor in a supporting role - Gajendra Chauhan
- Best Actor in a supporting role - Praveen Kumar
Nominated
- Best Actor in a supporting role - Gufi Paintal
- Best Actress in a leading role - Roopa Ganguly
- Best Actor in a supporting role - Nitish Bharadwaj
Nickelodeon Kids Award
The series was re-run in 2020 lockdown on Doordarshan and again broke the world records just like it did three decades ago.[6]
Won
- Favourite Actor(TV) - Mukesh Khanna[7]
- Best Mythological Series - Mahabharat(1988 series)
- Favourite Supporting Actor(TV) - Gajendra Chauhan
- Favourite Actress - Roopa Ganguly
Indian Television Academy Award
Won
- Best Costumes
Nominated
- Best Actor - Pankaj Dheer
- Best Actress - Roopa Ganguly
- Best Supporting Actor - Mukesh Khanna
- Best Supporting Actor - Nitish Bharadwaj
- Best Mythological Series - Mahabharat(1988 Television Series)
- Best Dialogues - Rahi Masoom Raza
- Best Screenplay - Pandit Narendra Sharma
- Best Actor in a negative role - Gufi Paintal
- Best Actor in a negative role - Arjun (Firoz Khan)
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
- Baldev Raj Chopra(won) [8]
References
- ↑ "Facts about BR Chopra Mahabharat you never knew".
- ↑ "31 years of Mahabharat on Doordarshan: Interesting facts about one of most popular TV shows ever".
- ↑ "Mahabharat actor Pankaj Dheer says he is worshipped as Karna at various temples".
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=TzIGkL4opB0
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhQgbblnL18
- ↑ "Gajendra Chauhan: Ramayan and Mahabharat returning during lockdown is like a boon".
- ↑ https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0451383/awards
- ↑ https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/19991101-b.r.-chopra-receives-dadasaheb-phalke-award-highest-national-honour-for-cinema-781641-1999-11-01. Unknown parameter
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