Director: B.P. Mishra; Writer: B.P. Mishra; Cinematographer: Adi M. Irani; Cast: Khalil, Ermeline, Jilloo, Jagdish, Hadi, Elizer, Rustom Irani, Prithviraj Kapoor
Summary: After its success with
AlamAra (1931), the
studio made this big-budget
Mahabharata
adaptation starting with Duryodhana's
(Jagdish) scheme to appropriate the kingdom
of Hastinapur by eliminating his Pandava
cousins. When the Pandavas return from
banishment with Draupadi (Ermeline), won by
Arjuna (Kapoor) in a tournament, they
establish their capital at Indraprastha. The film
shows the Rajasuya Yagna ceremony and
culminates in the famous dice game in which
Duryodhan, backed by his scheming Uncle
Shakuni (Hadi), wins the Pandavas' kingdom
and then Draupadi herself, whom Yudhishthira
(Elizer) then wagers and loses. Duryodhan
commands that Draupadi be stripped naked in
open court but Krishna (Khalil) saves her
honour with a miracle. lrani plays Bhim and
Jilloo is Kunti.
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