Who Would Play Mahabharatam Characters in South India

Imagine if the Mahabharatam were to become a Tamil Blockbuster movie with current actors and actress. Below are the lists of actor/actress who I think suitable to play characters in Mahabharatam. 

1. Shantanu - Mammoty

Shantanu was a Kuru king of Hastinapura and great-grandfather of the Pandavas and Kauravas. He is the father of Bhishma.

2. Satyavati – Nathiya

Satyavati was the queen of the Kuru king Shantanu of Hastinapur and the great-grandmother of the Pandavar and Kauravar princes 

3. Pandu – Srikanth

The father of the Pandavas and rightful King of Hastinapur instead of his blind brother, Dhritarashtran. Pandu was an excellent archer and Maharathi. 

4. Kunti – Priyamani

 Kunti was the wife of King Pandu of Hastinapur and the mother of Pandavar and Karnan who she bore to Surya, the solar deity.

5. Viduran – Prasanna

Barring Krishnan, Viduran was most respected as an adviser by the Pandavars. He was the half-brother of Pandu and Dhritarashtran and arguably one of the wisest characters in the epic.

6. Sri Krishnan - Jiiva

Sri Krishnan was the mortal incarnation of Lord Vishnu and the principal protagonist with Arjunan in Mahabharata.  

7. Yudhisthiran - Naren

The eldest Pandavar, Yudhisthiran was wise, just and kind: the most noble of all the brothers. For his piety, he was known as Dharmaraja the Righteous King.

 8. Bhiman – Ganesh Venkatraman

The mightiest of the five Pandavas had a fiery temper. Bhiman is responsible for slaying all hundred Kauravar brothers in the Kurukshetra War.

9. Arjunan - Siddarth

A gifted archer and warrior, Arjunan the protagonist of the Mahabharata with Krishnan was Guru Drona's favourite. 

10. Nakulan and Sahadevan –Gautham Karthik (in a double role)

Nakulan and Sahadevan were twins born to Madri (Pandu’s second wife), who had invoked the Ashwini Kumaras using Kunti's boon.

11. Draupadi – Amy Jackson

Draupadi was wife to the five Pandava brothers and the chief female protagonist in Mahabharata. She was the most beautiful woman of her time.

12.Dhrishtadyumnan – Neil Nithin Mukesh

He was the commander of the Pandavar army during the Kurukshetram War. Dhrishtadyumnan killed Drona, the royal guru, when he was meditating, which was against the rules of engagement

13. Abhimanyu – Kishore Goli soda

Abhimanyu inherited both courage and fighting ability from his father, Arjunan, and his grandfather, Lord Indra. He was considered to be an equal to his father owing to his prodigious feats

14.Balaraman – Vidyut Jamwal

Balarama taught both Duryodhanan and Bhiman the art of fighting with a mace. When war broke between the Kauravars and the Pandavars, Balaraman cared for both sides, and so remained neutral.

15. Ghatotkachan – Manoj Bharathiraja

Ghatotkachan is the son of Bhiman and his maternal parentage made him half-rakshasan and gave him many magical powers and important fighter in the Kurukshetram war, the climax of the epic.

Lets wait for the some really interesting characters who was on the wrong side of Kurukshetram war. Who are suitable to play them? See you on next post.

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