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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