Editing Mahabharata (section)

=== In film and television ===
[[File:FullPagadeYakshagana.jpg|right|thumb|Krishna as portrayed in [[Yakshagana]] from [[Karnataka]] which is based largely on stories of ''Mahabharata'']]

In [[Cinema of India|Indian cinema]], several film versions of the epic have been made, dating back to 1920. The ''Mahābhārata'' was also reinterpreted by [[Shyam Benegal]] in ''[[Kalyug (1980 film)|Kalyug]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/01/17/stories/2003011700990100.htm |title=What makes Shyam special |publisher=Hinduonnet.com |date=17 January 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112210119/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/01/17/stories/2003011700990100.htm |archive-date=12 January 2011 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> [[Prakash Jha]] directed 2010 film [[Raajneeti]] was partially inspired by the ''Mahabharata''.<ref name="Raajneeti Controversy">{{cite news |title=Fact of the matter |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/article439799.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=27 May 2010 |author=Kumar, Anuj |access-date=11 August 2013 |archive-date=30 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330142142/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/article439799.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> A [[Mahabharat (2013 film)|2013 animated adaptation]] holds the record for India's most expensive animated film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/mahabharat-theatrical-trailer-animated-film-112591.html|title=Mahabharat: Theatrical Trailer (Animated Film)|date=19 November 2013|access-date=16 December 2013|archive-date=17 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217000203/http://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/mahabharat-theatrical-trailer-animated-film-112591.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1988, [[B. R. Chopra]] created a television series named ''[[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)|Mahabharat]].'' It was directed by [[Ravi Chopra]],<ref name="TV">{{IMDb title|qid=Q3312543|title=Mahabharat}} (1988–1990 TV series)</ref> and was televised on India's national television ([[Doordarshan]]). The same year as ''Mahabharat'' was being shown on Doordarshan, that same company's other television show, ''[[Bharat Ek Khoj]]'', also directed by Shyam Benegal, showed a 2-episode abbreviation of the ''Mahabharata'', drawing from various interpretations of the work, be they sung, danced, or staged. In the [[Western world]], a well-known presentation of the epic is [[Peter Brook]]'s nine-hour play, which premiered in [[Avignon]] in 1985, and its five-hour movie version [[The Mahabharata (1989 film)|''The Mahābhārata'']].<ref>{{IMDb title|qid=Q2917578|title=The Mahabharata}} (1989 mini-series).</ref> In the late 2013 ''[[Mahabharat (2013 TV series)|Mahabharat]]'' was televised on STAR Plus. It was produced by Swastik Productions Pvt.

A [[Zee TV]] television series aired from 26 October 2001 to 26 July 2002 and starred Siraj Mustafa Khan as [[Krishna]] and Suneel Mattoo as [[Yudhishthira]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/international-news/zee-tv-to-launch-two-mythological-serials-4627.html|title=Zee TV to launch two mythological serials|date=2001-12-25|website=Exchange4Media Dot Com|language=en|access-date=2022-06-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020113/spectrum/tv.htm|title=Good Lord!|date=2002-01-13|website=Tribune India Dot Com|language=en|access-date=2022-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/sanjay-khan-excited-about-maha-kavya-mahabharat/articleshow/1632627753.cms|title=Sanjay Khan excited about Maha Kavya Mahabharat|date=2001-10-21|website=Times Of India Dot Com|language=en|access-date=2022-07-02}}</ref>

Uncompleted projects on the ''Mahābhārata'' include one by [[Rajkumar Santoshi]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/feb/24/news1|title=In brief: Mahabharat will be most expensive Indian movie ever|newspaper=The Guardian|date=24 February 2003|via=www.theguardian.com|access-date=12 December 2016|archive-date=26 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326140711/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/feb/24/news1|url-status=live}}</ref> and a theatrical adaptation planned by [[Satyajit Ray]].<ref>{{cite web|title=IndiaStar book review: Satyajit Ray by Surabhi Banerjee |author=C. J. Wallia |year=1996 |url=http://www.indiastar.com/satyajitray.html |access-date=31 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514050120/http://www.indiastar.com/satyajitray.html |archive-date=14 May 2008 }}</ref>