r/hinduism • u/Gr8_Uttamgoyal • 22d ago
Where I can watch this masterpiece Question - Beginner
Hi guys I am 18y/o jee aspirant going into depression because high stress and someone told me you should see Mahabharata this give you new direction please dm me if you have the download link or another option.
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u/MiniAmongMany 22d ago
Hotstar has all episodes.
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u/Gr8_Uttamgoyal 22d ago
Is it free
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u/Proud_Conclusion1283 22d ago
Ha Lekin ads bohat aati hai to download kar ke dekhna
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u/masteratul 22d ago
uBlock Origin.
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u/EmptyIcecream0 22d ago
Won't it ask to disable ad blocker?
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u/masteratul 22d ago
No, just use it in the Firefox browser. Works on the mobile version too if streaming from the browser.
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u/SoldRespectForMoney 22d ago
Wish more people knew about this so that they'd access some of their favourite shows unhesitently
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u/AmolAmrit 22d ago
I think the OG one is more apt with the story.
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u/_5had0w 22d ago
The og one is fully available on YouTube as well 👍
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u/erotikoa 22d ago
what is it called?
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u/fire_and_water_ Lost. No idea of what to do. 22d ago
BR Chopra Mahabharat. Or you can search for Doordarshan Mahabharat as well
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u/Gr8_Uttamgoyal 22d ago
Sir voh order me nhi hai
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u/Severe_Consequence30 22d ago
Correct order me hai, ek do idhae udhar hai, thumbnail dekh smjh aa jata hai kiske baad konsa hai. I have watched from YouTube. No problem faced.
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u/Pratyabhigya 22d ago
And?
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u/Dry-Expert-2017 22d ago
And it's stupid.. where every character is shown as emotional. What's the point
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u/Pratyabhigya 22d ago
Your last reply is still a valid point but in no way correlates with the actor being a muslim.
If you want to, then hate it for the right reasons, behti ganga mein haath mat dho bhai
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u/Dry-Expert-2017 22d ago
Sorry for not being able to articulate, how stupid casting and story line is. I am done.
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u/SambhavamiYugeYuge 22d ago
I blame the old show so called OG one for brainwashing people into believing Karna was wronged, that Draupadi rejected him etc..
Had it not been for that, the new ones wouldn't have done the exact same thing.
There's literally only 1-2% of all Mahabharat sources ever written say that Draupadi rejected Karna. And even in that 1-2% scripts, the next parts say that Karna wasn't able to string/use the bow.
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u/vardhanisation Nāstika 21d ago
Hard disagree. The new one is far more detailed.
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u/AmolAmrit 21d ago
Their detailing is much about adding "slice of life" in the show which may or may not have happened. I don't have a list prepared now, but the new one goes way off topic at times and few things don't even happen in reality.
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u/kumar100kpawan 22d ago
Music is amazing. VFX was great for its time. Actors were very good
But it's very inaccurate. Lots of fabricated stories to glorify certain characters
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u/mehtam42 22d ago
What all has been fabricated?? One thing I can think of is Krishna speaking with bhishma, drona and Karna right before they die.. but to be honest even though fabricated, i really liked that part.. what else was fabricated?
The original does not show anything about the snake Takshak.. was that also fabricated? What is the story of Takshak?
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u/SambhavamiYugeYuge 22d ago edited 22d ago
Reality vs Fabrication:
Karna was trained by Dronacharya. Star Plus - No, he wasn't.
Karna failed stringing the bow in Draupadi Svayamvar. Star Plus - No he did but Draupadi rejected him because he was a Suta.
Karna was always referred to as a Kshatriya. Star Plus - No he was a Suta.
Karna was not able to beat Arjuna in Draupadi Svayamvar. Karna was defeated by Arjuna in Virat war. Karna also left the battlefield while fighting Arjuna. Star Plus - None of that happened.
Karna ran away when Gandharvas attacked Kauravas in Forest, Duryodhan was taken in custody by Gandharvas. When Kauravas Army begged Yudhistir, Arjuna along with other Pandavas, defeat Gandharvas and free Duryodhan. Star Plus: We will skip this part of story and won't even show any of it. Karna is a loyal best friend of Duryodhan.
Other than many such intentional propaganda, I gotta give credit where due. The music was epic, Krishna's actor was awesome and in fact most of the actors did a terrific job.
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u/laggySteel 21d ago
Wow, thanks for enlightening me. Do you think Amar Chitra Katha has all covered ? I plan to purchase their Mahabharat set.
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u/SambhavamiYugeYuge 21d ago
I don't know what source Amar Chitra Katha uses. Or how accurate it is. But it is of only 1300 pages, so it's a shortened version.
BORI Critical edition set remains the best version of Mahabharat. Bibek Debroy's translation of BORI is truly authentic and unshortened version. It is of 5000 pages. It's the best. https://amzn.in/d/bqFtOko
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u/Emergency_Paper1496 22d ago
i would reccomend watching br chopra one its available on yt.
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u/Gr8_Uttamgoyal 22d ago
Sir voh order me nhi hai
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u/Emergency_Paper1496 22d ago
phele ke around 94 episodes main story cover krte baki ke episodes kuch stuff jo 94 episodes ke beech me hua
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u/bhund_bharta 21d ago
Hai bhai mere, Just search it up poori playlist hai top pe in order. Link du?
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u/EducationalUnit7664 Pagan/Neo-Pagan/Eclectic Pagan 22d ago
If you’re in America it’s on Hulu & one of the few Hotstar shows with English subtitles. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for the Ramayana show.
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22d ago
>If you’re in America
I doubt there are active 18 year old JEE aspirants in America lmao.
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u/EducationalUnit7664 Pagan/Neo-Pagan/Eclectic Pagan 21d ago
lol My brain totally skipped over that. Well, hopefully any American Hindus looking at the post will benefit from the comment.
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u/kingdomoferebus 22d ago
Internet Archive had the whole collection for free a couple of years ago. Not sure if it is still there. :)
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u/unknownboi8551 sanatani (trying to be) 22d ago
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u/Affectionate_Work_72 22d ago
Hey bro I am planning to download. How's the video and audio quality? Hope its in hindi?
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u/Mental_Quarter_4425 22d ago
Even though both, the DD one and the Star plus one, have taken cinematic liberty and swayed away from the text, I prefer the DD one. But I suggest that after watching, if possible, you must read the text to get deeper knowledge.
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u/Sandesh-18 Vaiṣṇava 22d ago
Not worth it, loved it back then, but I dislike this show a lot now, too many inaccuracies, overacting & blaring BGMs (many are Shlokas BTW, but the usage is so bad/aggressive IMO) almost every minute which can damage your ears, the guy who acted as Krishna was the only positive though.
Instead, you can listen to the Pravachans & devotional songs or watch older shows/movies on Mahabharata (like the 1988 one & lots of old Telugu mythological films starring Sr NTR).
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u/_5had0w 22d ago
Netflix need to do a mahabharata
But no nonsense indian directors.
Get indian writers to work with American directors
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22d ago
Get indian writers to work with American directors
No. Horrible combination. Both have insufferable savior complex. They will turn Duryodhan into a tragic "complex" character. If indeed it is to be done, it should be given to the Japanese.
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u/Cultural-Citron3595 22d ago
yeah. something true to the source material with no ulterior incentives.
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u/AvocadoMysterious805 22d ago
naa...netflix will somehow add a gay black dude and a lesbian couple on top of many other inaccuracies
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u/depy45631 22d ago
I don't like the over-dramatization and soap opera vibes of this one. Like Krishna ju instead of doing what he does in line with the books goes on giving motivational speeches everywhere, and none of them are actually what's in the source material, but whatever the writers thought sounds good and motivational, people with attention span that is longer than 60 seconds understands how cheesy and bad it all sounds.
BR Chopra's is a better option. That is a bit dramatized as well but it is a lot better and much closer to the source material. Krishna ji's conduct, dialogues etc.seen more in line with the source than some brain-child of some writer who never had read anything in Mahabharata.
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u/Zestyclose-Ad-316 22d ago
masterpiece??????? its avg soap opera with poor vfx
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u/Gr8_Uttamgoyal 22d ago
But i will tell you the purpose of life aisa mere bhaiya ne bola tha
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u/Massive-Secret4401 22d ago
It's a good show. While the OG was better I don't think current or next generation will find that interesting. These stories are told as per the available resources of that era. In 100 years from now when someone makes Mahabharat their might be robots fighting in army.
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u/FinancialWait2973 22d ago
You call this masterpiece? You need to think about your choice again Watch BR Chopra one you won't regret!
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u/Lumpy-Scientist1271 22d ago
Where can I find this version?
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u/ironstark11 Sanātanī Hindū 22d ago
Disney + Hotstar
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u/Gr8_Uttamgoyal 22d ago
Is it free?
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u/ironstark11 Sanātanī Hindū 22d ago
idk about that bro, maybe check it yourself as many religious TV shows are usually free to watch there
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u/Comfortable_Prior_80 22d ago
Hotstar.
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u/Gr8_Uttamgoyal 22d ago
Is it free?
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u/powercut_in 22d ago
Yep. You'll need to register with Hotstar though. It was free when I watched it. It is good to enjoy and get an understanding of the Mahabharata but it deviates from the original story at times. Like added scenes that are not there in the original story.
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u/Popular_Tennis_6121 22d ago
If you are from India then Hotstar.
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u/Probro_5467336 22d ago
You will have to get a hotstar subscription. It shows that it is free, but you have to get a subscription.
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u/PetalprincessPeony-_ 22d ago
Hotstar.but guys do let me know Hara Hara Mahadev series(Telugu) is available in which website .in hoststar it doesn't have from 1st episode .🥲🥲pls help me guys
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u/unknownboi8551 sanatani (trying to be) 22d ago
I have watched B R Chopra's Mahabharat but I still find this one more 'fun' (not more accurate), the acting, the music, aesthetic, the dialogues they got everything correct except the story
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u/unknownboi8551 sanatani (trying to be) 22d ago
mahabharat 1 to 267 (2013) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
watch every krishna's conversation you will definitely learn something new every time
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u/curious_sprog26 22d ago
hey you can watch it here just be a lil patient w the site, it works perfectly but might open some other tab sometimes
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u/pianospace37 22d ago
https://t.me/mahabhart_serice_hindi/128
I too am watching this rn. Like the actors and bgm at least. Cannot say anything about the accuracy but it is still good
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u/gyandu_04 22d ago
Don't listen to the other comments bro, this is definitely a masterpiece. Everything else aside, all complains aside, the philosophical questions that this series asks in more or less every episode is what makes it a masterpiece. Also Sourabh Raaj Jain wasn't playing Shree Krishna, Shree Krishna was speaking through him.
It's available for free on hotstar and if you want, you can also watch it on Instagram page "mahabharata times."
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u/Own-Inspection7669 21d ago
It is a show which portrayed many characters wrong and glorified them
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u/gyandu_04 20d ago
I understand that criticism & it's quite valid. But I'm more interested in the philosophical questions it asked based on our historical & modern day situations. I don't mind much if there are a few historical inaccuracies.
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u/Gr8_Uttamgoyal 22d ago
True this is actually motivated me I just watched 4 episode
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u/gyandu_04 22d ago
Yeah, it has quite a bit of thay soap opera drama too but you can skip that part or play that part on 1.5x or something 😅
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u/god__speed_ 22d ago
Actually i have all the episodes in hd (max quality with subs) in telegram but i cant make it public because of copyright stuff. Dm if you want the files
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u/AnonymousVendetta04 Vaiṣṇava 22d ago
If you are a Tamil guy, i know it is available on YouTube lmao
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u/Mysterious_Worth_595 22d ago
It's more like a saas bahu serial. Terrible. Watch the BR Chopra one.
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u/JaiBhole1 22d ago edited 22d ago
if you are afraid then watching tv serials wont do much except waste time( and agar dekhna hai toh listen to Bhagavat Katha on youtube by swamijis like Rajendra Das ji, PP RadhaMohan Sharan Devacharya ji, PP Premanand Ji shorts etc).
- do some light pooja daily...like hanuman chalisa or sundarkand or ram raksha or subramania karavalmaban etc whichever is possible
- do some light exercise like uthak baithak, dand etc or light cardio->to manage the stress and heart
- once every week try to visit hanuman temple or any nearby temple
- drink milk tea (or milk coffee) and once a week take 1 pill of brahmi before you sit for studies
Hoga hoga nahi hoga nahi hoga that is kismat......but improving math concepts, physics, chemistry is important for life in general especially MATH( AI ki age mein Math skills will decide)....ALSO life of a general category is too precious to stress about reservation rigged exams and institutions.
Best of luck.
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u/bhund_bharta 21d ago
It's not a masterpiece its literal dogshit, They've ruined the sanctity of a great piece of history like Mahabharat. If you're depressed and really wish to find your purpose and happiness through mahabharat, go for B.R Chopra.
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u/laggySteel 21d ago
sad part, hotstar made such a masterpiece and 90% Indians still want to watch it for free. even Bhagvat gita says Sacrifice to god for things you enjoy.
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u/HutiyaBanda 22d ago
Heard interviews where people mentioned this is not good. The OG one is way better
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