The feature debut of director Arjun Sajnani, this epic entertainment — which was released in the wake of the Oscar-nominated LAGAAN — relates a portion of the classic saga
The Mahabharata, by way of the stage production by noted Indian playwright Girish Karnad. The lavish spectacle was shot at Hampi, the well-preserved ruins of the monumental capital city of India's 13th-century Vijaynagar Empire, and at 126 minutes in length, it's considerably shorter than the average Indian commercial film. The story opens in a timeless ancient India, during a crippling ten-year drought. Brahmin High priest Paravasu (Jackie Shroff), who abandoned his beautiful and loving wif...
Released:
2002
Rated:
NR
Length:
126 mins