Ronit Roy as Bhishma

He is taking major training for his role from Prashant Sawant (SRK's trainer). He has stopped eating rice and fish.

Ram Kapoor as Dhritashtra

It is said that Ram is also on weight training and is working hard to prepare for this blind character.

Chetan Hansraj as Bheem

Chetan is training himself in a gym. It is said that while doing a dummy shoot, Aryan's biceps inspired him.

Hiten Tejwani as Karan

Interestingly, Hiten is already playing a modern day Karan in his show Kyunki but it will be more interesting to see him in mythological costumes designed by Manish Malhotra.

Aryan Vaidya as Duryodhan

He has replaced Akashdeep Saigal as Akash is busy with his reality show and a daily soap. Moreover, it is being said that he is too fat for the role.

Saakshi Tanwar as Ganga

She was shooting for the show recently in Ladakh and suffered from some altitude problems.

Akashdeep Saigal is playing Kans Mama. The character of Kans is not very prominent as he has a very short role while Rakshanda Khan as Amba, the sister of Ambica and Amablica, will be seen in amrapali costumes.

The main characters like Krishna, Draupadi and Arjun are still to be decided. A source told us, "Ekta is making the show for the new generation so it is going to be a contemporary one. Our target audience is the age group of 15-20 who have only heard about the old Mahabharat. It is going to be technically way better and Manish is working very hard on each and every costume."

Some of the members of the cast have already finished shooting in Ladakh. The rest of the show's shoot will begin on May 28 2008.

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