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The Mahabharata Reviews

1989

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Based on the legend central to Indian culture, this tells the story of the feud between two groups of cousins which escalated and resulted in a devastating global war. Read more

Director	Peter Brook
Genres	Drama

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- Based on a complex and subtle anonymously written Indian narrative 3,500 years old, The Mahabharata - originally... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
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- - 9
  - 0
  An Epic Indian Poem
  
  Considering Mahabharata is the oldest and biggest epic poem written in Sanskrit, it is surprising no one has tackled the subject with full justice apart from ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Kiran Sidhar
  - London
  - 17 Jun 2005 at 00:36
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- - 1
  - 2
  rubbish
  
  watched this with an open mind but after 30 minutes switched of and cancelled disc 2 it was painfully slow and dragged on
  
  Report this review
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- - tammo
  - 5 reviews
  - lochgilphead
  - 03 Feb 2008 at 18:46
- - 1
  - 0
  Excellent
  
  I thought this was brilliantly acted and very moving. Was surprised the actors in it hadn't been in more films I recognised and not snapped up by Hollywood... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Fife
  - 13 Jan 2008 at 17:31
- - 2
  - 0
  The Mahabharata
  
  I've been meening to read the (big!) book for a while but have always thought it a little daunting. After watching this film however I am more familiar with... read more »
  
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- - Mahesh Patel
  - England
  - 09 May 2006 at 17:18
- - 3
  - 6
  Horrible!
  
  Unrealistic, Flawed, Pathetic, dull, and just horrible! The Indian version by B. R. Chopra is brilliant and magnificent. I'd high expectations from this one... read more »
  
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- - Kedar Joshi
  - Cambridge, England
  - 14 Oct 2005 at 07:52
- - 1
  - 6
  Enigmatic?
  
  I was rather surprised to see black (Negro) people as Bhishma, Kunti, Bhima, etc. I'd have thought they were supposed to be Ksatriyas (the warrior cast). ... read more »
  
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- - Kedar Joshi
  - Cambridge, England
  - 13 Oct 2005 at 11:16
- - 6
  - 1
  Excellent although with a bit of flaws
  
  An excellent adaptation of the greatest epic ever written. Although there are a few flaws in this film. There are some incorrect facts compared to the indian ... read more »
  
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- - Minz
  - 2 reviews
  - Dagenham
  - 27 Jul 2005 at 19:18
- - 9
  - 0
  An Epic Indian Poem
  
  Considering Mahabharata is the oldest and biggest epic poem written in Sanskrit, it is surprising no one has tackled the subject with full justice apart from ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 115249
- - Kiran Sidhar
  - London
  - 17 Jun 2005 at 00:36
View all members' reviews (7)

- - 9
  - 0
  An Epic Indian Poem
  
  Considering Mahabharata is the oldest and biggest epic poem written in Sanskrit, it is surprising no one has tackled the subject with full justice apart from ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 115249
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Kiran Sidhar
  - London
  - 17 Jun 2005 at 00:36
- - 6
  - 1
  Excellent although with a bit of flaws
  
  An excellent adaptation of the greatest epic ever written. Although there are a few flaws in this film. There are some incorrect facts compared to the indian ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 128219
- - Minz
  - 2 reviews
  - Dagenham
  - 27 Jul 2005 at 19:18
- - 2
  - 0
  The Mahabharata
  
  I've been meening to read the (big!) book for a while but have always thought it a little daunting. After watching this film however I am more familiar with... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 242267
- - Mahesh Patel
  - England
  - 09 May 2006 at 17:18
- - 1
  - 0
  Excellent
  
  I thought this was brilliantly acted and very moving. Was surprised the actors in it hadn't been in more films I recognised and not snapped up by Hollywood... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 512476
- - a customer
  - Fife
  - 13 Jan 2008 at 17:31
- - 1
  - 2
  rubbish
  
  watched this with an open mind but after 30 minutes switched of and cancelled disc 2 it was painfully slow and dragged on
  
  Report this review
- 521570
- - tammo
  - 5 reviews
  - lochgilphead
  - 03 Feb 2008 at 18:46
- - 3
  - 6
  Horrible!
  
  Unrealistic, Flawed, Pathetic, dull, and just horrible! The Indian version by B. R. Chopra is brilliant and magnificent. I'd high expectations from this one... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 160901
- - Kedar Joshi
  - Cambridge, England
  - 14 Oct 2005 at 07:52
- - 1
  - 6
  Enigmatic?
  
  I was rather surprised to see black (Negro) people as Bhishma, Kunti, Bhima, etc. I'd have thought they were supposed to be Ksatriyas (the warrior cast). ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 160498
- - Kedar Joshi
  - Cambridge, England
  - 13 Oct 2005 at 11:16

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