Mahabharat [1988] [DVD]

There is no doubt that Mahabharat is the greatest epic full of knowledge and this serial from B.R. Chopra successfully brings up the core values out of it. It is one of the best series ever made on the epic with great attention to dharma (righteous duty) and karma (action). This series brings out much of the important philosophical and devotional content of the epic with practical depiction of human relationships and its complexities in various dimensions which can be applied even in this modern society and can be learned from. Performance of each character is par excellence. Language is pure and beautiful. Dialogues are exceptional, the best, and are always meaningful. Narration by Samay (time) is excellent. The music is very good, you will love some of the songs. In total, all fields and areas of Film/TV Series making, make this product a wonderful and an excellent one. The series is contained in a good quality set of 16 DVDs. Subtitles are also available in English but, are sometimes not in synch with the video. It is more than worth a buy.

On the whole ok Some of the video quality was very poor! Disappointed!!!

Those of you looking to buy this product know what Mahabharat is and its cultural and social importance in the life of Indians. I however bought for nostalgic reasons. I still remember those days growing up in Delhi, when Doordarshan was the only state channel to watch. How everyone waited for Sunday 9:00 AM for this epic to be aired, how the streets across the country went deserted with not a soul in sight 'cause everyone is watching Mahabharat, how buses and train schedules were changed so that people could watch this epic and how those miserable power cuts a stark reality those days would never *dare* to switch off electricity during its air time lest they had a death wish an wanted the local distribution center completely gutted :) Coming back to the product, the packaging is decent. The video quality is fine. But don't expect HD quality 'cause it is not. The discs also have the entire making of Mahabharat which itself makes this a worthwhile buy. The only gripe I have with the making is that instead of it being a single DVD, is distributed over 8 DVDs :( Other than the above, it is a series which redefined television and in a sense redefined India. A must watch!

Grew up watching this series and wanted to have a collection to myself. Searched online and came across this copy and it had good reviews. So went ahead and bought it. Print and sound are decent. Do not expect it to be sharp on your HD screen, but good for most part. What would make it great is a digitally enhanced version. But pretty satisfied with this, would recommend it.

This is a first quality product and finished in a good quality package. The packaging is a little different than what I am used to but how else do you compact 16 DVD's to a small a package? (The dvd's are not individually boxed, but loosly sleeved with 2 DVD's at a time.) The subtitles in English are a little off sync (varies) as well as the translation is a bit loose at times so there is some loss of meaning of the dialog from time to time. Perhaps a re-write of the subtitles and a re-sync would be a big help by someone whose first language is English. Other than that the quality of the product is first class for an Indian classic.

I dont want to say anything more besides it is a bootleg and the subtitles were missing and lagging big time. The sound and the video was choppy.

I bought this DVD with the idea of getting more deeply into the Mahabarata. The acting is poor, a third grader could do better special effects. There is a lot of spoken Hindi with very little english subtitle. After the second disc I changed my mind about purchasing their version of the Ramayana. This is a very poor product. It's better than nothing at all, but not much.

Hello, We received the Mahabharata DVD set. Very 1st DVD of the set is deffective and not working. We have already contacted DVDCD house informing the deffect in 1st DVD. We hope that the DVDCD house will replace the deffective DVD with new one very soon. Thank you for kind co operation

Bild- und tonqualität: für 25 jahre alte röhrenfernseher optimiert, geht so. Der inhalt macht das alles wett! Sprache: Hindi mit englischen/französischen untertiteln. Ich verstehe es nicht ganz, wieso es keine englische synchronisation gibt. Von der Odyssee würde man eine griechische fernsehserie doch auch synchronisieren, wenn sie 5 millionen zuseher_innen erreicht. Ich hoffe ja, dass die aktuell (seit herbst 2013) laufende serie auf Star Plus auch noch - zumindest untertitelt - auf dvd erscheint. Aber das ist zukunfktsmusik. (Ich hab nur einen untertitelten trailer gesehen, für den rest muss man Hindi verstehen.) Die vorliegende dvd box enthält die komplette serie von Baldev Raj Chopra von 1988-1990. Die untertitel könnten besser sein: Ab und zu erscheinen sie etwas zu kurz am bildschirm, im großen und ganzen aber in ordnung. [Dafür einen ganzen stern abzuziehen erscheint mir kleinlich.] Die Zeit höchstpersönlich erzählt als stimme aus dem off (und manchmal symbolisiert durch eine anthropomorphe silhouette, das sich endlos drehende rad des entstehens und der vernichtung, sterne und planeten... ach ja, die stehenden töne der sitar nicht zu vergessen und ab und zu ein feines "klingeling"), und die Zeit nimmt sich zeit: 94 episoden à ca. 45 minuten. Trotzdem kann natürlich nicht alles erzählt werden. Das komplette epos Mahabharata ist (laut Amartya Sen) 10 mal länger als Ilias und Odysse zusammengenommen. Wer ins original hineinlesen will (d.h. "nur" übersetzt, nicht gleich umgestaltet und nacherzählt), dem lege ich diese ausgabe ans herz: Mahabharata - Die Große Erzählung von den Bharatas: In Auszügen aus dem Sanskrit übersetzt, zusammengefaßt und kommentiert von Georg von Simson (keine nachdichtung, versgruppen prosa übertragen) Kitschig find ich die verfilmung schon, kostümfilme neigen ja gern dazu. Aber es ist definitiv kein so scheußlich süßlicher musical-kitsch wie die bollywoodfilme mit Shah Rukh Khan [geschmackssache, ich mags halt nicht]. Mahabharat ist da weniger perfektionistisch: Die special effects sind teilweise mehr lustig als wirklich gut (z.B. wenn die flussgöttin Ganga ihre kinder ertränkt, sieht man deutlich, dass sie aus plastik sind - 1. folge), aber für eine fernsehproduktion vor 25 jahren ist der aufwand für die ausstaffierung der schauspieler und schauplätze unglaublich.

This is a classic. It creaks, the acting is wooden and the English voice overs are hilarious. But it is a massive 94 part epic unparallelled in it's breath and scope. A real marathon of colour, action and visuals of India's main epic tale of the God's, their offspring and the effect of their doings on the human race. Awesome and thoroughly recommended. They don't make them like this any more!!

Die Bestellung bei Amazon wird erheblich erschwert, weil das Produkt aus unerfindlichen Gründen keine Altersfreigabe hat, so dass man recht umständlich mit Personalausweisvorlage vorgehen muss. Der berufstätige Mensch wird hierdurch erheblich genervt!!

Great! This was a gift for my dad Really good price as it has 16 disks and there is a description on each episode

........the subtitles are terrible I find it hard work concentrating on the action and subtitles on this one....(I'm a huge 'fan' of subtitles, but I've never had this prob before) It's SO out of sync........ Otherwise, I'm enjoying it... By the end I guess I'll be used to the dreadful spelling, timing and other subtitle probs. But from what I've seen, it's worth the effort (I hope)