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In the late 1980s, the [[Mahabharat (TV series)|''Mahabharat'' TV series]], directed by Ravi Chopra,<ref name="TV">{{IMDb title|id=0158417|title=Mahabharat}} (1988–1990 TV series)</ref> was televised and shown on India's national television ([[Doordarshan]]). 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 Mahabharata'' (1989)]].<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0097810|title=The Mahabharata}} (1989 mini-series)</ref> | In the late 1980s, the [[Mahabharat (TV series)|''Mahabharat'' TV series]], directed by Ravi Chopra,<ref name="TV">{{IMDb title|id=0158417|title=Mahabharat}} (1988–1990 TV series)</ref> was televised and shown on India's national television ([[Doordarshan]]). 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 Mahabharata'' (1989)]].<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0097810|title=The Mahabharata}} (1989 mini-series)</ref> | ||
Among literary reinterpretations of the Mahabharata is [[Shashi Tharoor]]'s major work entitled ''[[The Great Indian Novel]]'', an involved literary, philosophical, and political novel which superimposes the major moments of post-independence | Among literary reinterpretations of the Mahabharata is [[Shashi Tharoor]]'s major work entitled ''[[The Great Indian Novel]]'', an involved literary, philosophical, and political novel which superimposes the major moments of post-independence India in the 20th century onto the driving events of the Mahabharata epic. | ||
Mahabharata was also reinterpreted by [[Shyam Benegal]] in [[Kalyug (1980 film)|Kalyug]]. Kalyug is a modern-day replaying of the Mahabharata.<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=2003-01-17 |accessdate=2010-09-01}}</ref> [[Prakash Jha]] directed 2010 film [[Raajneeti]] was partially inspired by Mahabharata.<ref name="Raajneeti Controversy">{{cite news |title= Fact of the matter |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/article439799.ece |publisher=The Hindu |date=27 May 2010 |author=Kumar, Anuj}}</ref> | Mahabharata was also reinterpreted by [[Shyam Benegal]] in [[Kalyug (1980 film)|Kalyug]]. Kalyug is a modern-day replaying of the Mahabharata.<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=2003-01-17 |accessdate=2010-09-01}}</ref> [[Prakash Jha]] directed 2010 film [[Raajneeti]] was partially inspired by Mahabharata.<ref name="Raajneeti Controversy">{{cite news |title= Fact of the matter |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/article439799.ece |publisher=The Hindu |date=27 May 2010 |author=Kumar, Anuj}}</ref> | ||