![]() ![]() Shaktimaan aired from 27 September 1997 to 27 March 2005 on Doordarshan, and its running days had become sacred for children who sat glued to their television sets to watch the heroic antics of their favourite superhero. ![]() His next phenomenal performance came in “Shaktimaan,” which gave India its first true superhero. ![]() Mukesh Khanna as Bhishma Pitamah in Mahabharat They offered me the role of “Duryodhana” but it was a negative role and I refused it. When they were looking for people for the series all they wanted were tall people so I got noticed for that. Later, he was offered the role of “Dronacharya” and eventually, he landed the role of “Bhishma Pitamah.” While talking about how he got the role of Bhishma Pitamah, he says, Initially, he was approached to play the role of “Duryodhana” in Mahabharat, but he refused it as he didn’t want to play a negative role. R.Chopra’s Mahabharat (1988), he went on to become one of the most popular television actors in India. Mukesh Khanna gained his identity through television where he did many successful projects, especially Mahabharat and Shaktimaan. In 2005, he made his Telugu debut with the film “Dhana 51.” In 2014, he made his Marathi film debut with the film ‘Ardha Gangu Ardha Gondya.’ In the same year, he made his Malayalam debut with the film ‘Rajadhi Raja’ in which he played the role of ‘Sikhander.’
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