TV series

The Mahabharata

1990 · 1 season

A solemn, theatrical retelling of an ancient epic, demanding patience as it unfolds grand moral conflicts with ritualistic gravity.

Overview: The Mahabharata is a 1989 film version of the Indian epic based on the history of India, Mahabharata directed by Peter Brook. Brook's original 1985 stage play was 9 hours long, and toured around the world for four years. In 1989, it was reduced to under 6 hours for television. Later it was also reduced to about 3 hours for theatrical and DVD release. The screenplay was the result of eight years' work by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière and Marie-Hélène Estienne. For the casting an international selection of actors was intentionally chosen, to show that the nature of the Indian epic is the story of all humanity.
How it feels: Earnest, dark, tense and melancholic. Measured and demanding.
About: Power, family, war, fate
Content: Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
family
war
fate
morality
Places: fantasy world
military
Era: timeless
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild