Roopa
Ganguly
first
became
a
household
name
after
starring
as
Draupadi
in
BR
Chopra’s
Mahabharat
on
Doordarshan.
The
national
award-winning
actress,
in
a
recent
interview
with
the
Times
of
India,
opened
up
about
the
show’s
return
on
Colors
TV
for
a
re-run
amid
COVID-19
lockdown
and
its
massive
impact
on
the
Indian
audience.
Roopa
said,
“There
were
so
many
people
from
my
generation
who
wanted
to
watch
Mahabharat.
Also,
I
am
sure
that
the
younger
generation
might
have
heard
tales
about
the
show
from
their
parents
or
grandparents.
Now
that
a
channel
like
COLORS
has
taken
the
onus
to
narrate
this
tale
to
the
masses,
everybody
who
has
been
wanting
to
watch
the
show
now
knows
that
they
have
to
tune
into
the
channel.”
Revisiting
her
fond
memories
of
the
golden
days,
the
53-year-old
added,
“We
had
put
in
a
lot
of
hard
work
and
we
were
confident
that
people
would
like
the
show.
But
slowly
we
got
to
know
about
the
impact
it
had
on
people.
We
got
the
news
that
trains
used
to
stop
at
stations
which
had
a
television
so
people
could
watch
Mahabharat.
At
that
time,
we
were
very
busy
shooting
the
show,
so
we
never
really
realized
that
the
show
had
become
such
a
huge
hit.
I
didn't
even
get
a
chance
to
watch
the
show
properly
at
that
time.
I
am
watching
the
show
properly
now
and
there
are
so
many
flashbacks,
so
many
memories
of
shooting
those
scenes.”
For
the
unversed,
the
iconic
mythological
series
originally
began
its
journey
on
the
small
screen
in
October
1988.
The
cherished
magnum
opus
ran
till
June
24,
1990,
for
a
total
of
94
Sundays
in
a
row
to
everyone’s
delight.