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The Mahābhārata [videorecording] / co-produced by Channel Four Television, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Les Productions du 3ème étage ; screenplay by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière, Marie-Hélène Estienne ; produced by Michel Propper ; directed by Peter Brook.

Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, c2001.

2 videodiscs (325 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

This epic tells the story of two sets of cousins: the Pandavas, the five sons of Pandu, the king of Hastinapura, and the Kauravas, the one hundred sons of Pandu's brother, Dhritarashtra. The eldest brother of each set of cousins claims the throne of Hastinapura for himself and a struggle arises between them. At first the kingdom is divided, but, as a result of a rigged gambling match, the eldest of the Pandavas, Yuddhishtira, loses his half, and he and his brothers are forced into exile for thirteen years, after which time they will be given back their kingdom. However, when the eldest of the Kauravas, Duryodhana, refuses to do so the two sets of cousins gather their armies and go to war.

Mahābhārata (Television mini-series)

Television mini-series.

Krishna (Hindu deity) -- Drama.

Hinduism -- Sacred books -- Drama.

Brook, Peter.

Bihler, Urs.

Cieślak, Ryszard, 1937-1990.

Corraface, Georges, 1952-

Dioumé, Mamadou.

Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931- Mahā bārata.

Channel Four (Great Britain)

Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Productions du 3ème étage.

Image Entertainment (Firm)

Title on disc surface: Peter Brook's The Mahābhārata.

Mahābhārata.

Bhagavadgītā.

Making the Mahābhārata.

Adapted from the play by Jean-Claude Carrière.

Originally released as a television mini-series in 1989.

Includes documentary: Making the Mahābhārata (55 min.).

Director of photography, William Lubtchansky ; editor, Nicolas Gaster ; music, Toshi Tsuchitori.

Urs Bihler, Ryszard Cieslak, Georges Corraface, Mamadou Dioumé, Miriam Goldschmidt, Jeffrey Kissoon, Sotigui Kouyate, Tuncel Kurtiz.

DVD; Dolby digital; stereo.; dual layer.

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DVD 792.92 Mahabhar

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