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In the late 1990's, the Mahabharata TV series was televised and shown on India's national television (Doordarshan), directed by B. R. Chopra and his son Ravi Chopra. It became the most popular Indian TV series in history.
When Mahabharat was first broadcast in India, it shattered television records by reaching 97.8% viewership there.
It also entered the Guinness Book of World Records as having been watched by over 96% of the worldwide Indian population.
It was also shown in the UK by the BBC, where it achieved audience figures of 5 million, unheard of for a subtitled series being aired in the afternoon
In the West, the most acclaimed and well known presentation of the epic is Peter Brookâs nine hour play premiered in Avignon in 1985 and its five hour movie version (1989) , which was shown on other TV networks, including PBS (through the "Great Performances" show) and Danmarks Radio (credited in the movie's credits).
However, there have been film versions of the Mahabharata long before these two versions, the earliest of which was shown in 1920.
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