Kangana Ranaut and Vivek Oberoi spoke on Janmashtami.

Kangana Ranaut and Vivek Oberoi spoke on Janmashtami.

In 2010, Janmastami passed away some time back. Actress Kangana Ranaut and actor Vivek Oberoi spoke on Janmashtami this year.

Vivek Oberoi in fact played the role of Kisna in Subhash Ghai’s big budget film. He said that he was born on Krishna Janmashtami. According to mythology, the day when Lord Krishna was born there was heavy floods which washed away everything. Krishna’s father Vasudev had to carry him on his head, cross the river and send him away from Mathura.

Vivek Oberoi said that he also faced rain on the day he was born. He was born in Hyderabad. His father Suresh Oberoi had to take his mother to hospital in fiat car amidst flood like situation.

When Kangana Ranaut was asked just like Lord Krishna teasing the gopis during his times, who was the bollywood actor who had an image like Lord Krishna, instead of naming the young heartthrobs like Ranbir Kapoor or Imran Khan he mentioned the name of Amitabh Bacchan. According to her he was the Lord Krishna of the modern times.

Kangana Ranaut had mentioned that she was very fond of Krishna Janmashtami and celebrated it with pomp and grandieur.

Revisiting film Mahabharat on Krishna - Janmashtami.

Revisiting film Mahabharat on Krishna-Janmashtami.

Indians have a separate religious sentiment associated with Lord Krishna, the renowned avatar of God Vishnu. The film Mahabharat made in 1965 is revisited on the eve of Krishna Janmashtami to be celebrated all over India tomorrow on 1st September, 2010.

The film Mahabharat was directed by director Babulal Mistry in 1965. Actor Abhi Bhattacharya played the celebrated role of Lord Krishna in the film. He had the challenging task of chanting the slokas from Bhagwat Geeta, which moulded Arjun in the battle of Kurukshetra and led to victory of the Pandavas. Very significantly Pradeep Kumar played the epic role of Arjun in the film.

Actor Dara Singh played the role of Bhima in the film, while Jeevan played the role of Shakuni. Actress Padmini played the notable role of Draupadi in the film. Composer Chitragupt composed the music of the film, and the songs sung by Rafi in the film were very memorable.

In the late 80s and early 90s, eminent filmmaker BR Chopra made Mahabharata in Doordarshan, and as TV serial had remained extremely successful. Nitish Bharatdwaj played the role of Lord Krishna in the serial. All the episode related to the birth of Lord Krishna flabbergasted the audience. His mama’s role was played by Goga Kapoor. The viewers saw the battle between Lord Krishna and Mama Kanghs was very well depicted by BR Chopra.

Nitish Bharadwaj studied Bhagwat Geeta, very well and his performance in the battlefield of Kurukshetra where he persuaded Arjun to fight the battle had remained matchless. The character of Arjun was played by Feroz Khan. The pandavas were heavily dependent on Lord Krishna in their war against the kauravas. Lord Krishna only asked Bhima to hit Duryodhana on his uru, meaning the thigh, which led to his victory. Lord Krishna asked Arjun to throw his arrow at Karna when his chariot got stuck in mud and he tried to release it. The same Lord Krishna, provided cloth to Draupadi, at a time when Duryodhana asked Dushshashan to take away her clothes.

Lord Krishna is worshipped as God by numerous hindus all across the world, and the effort of filmmakers in reaching the epic related to Lord Krishna had always been considered noble and appreciated. Both the film Mahabharata and the serial Mahabharata should be restored.