The Mahabharata Production 2019

The Mahabharata: Of Vengeance and Promises

The die is cast. Fate is driving towards us, and there is no stopping her.
With Kathak, Bharatanatyam, Carnatic and Hindustani music, join Navatman in its multi-year series Broadway-style production that celebrates the largest epic in the world:The Mahabharata.

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The time is now

To overcome cultural bias, one must empathize with "the other": our art, our heritage.

To embolden cultural pride, we tell our stories from new perspectives and in new mediums.

To foster cultural respect, we seek out those who will listen.

This is the Mahabharata

The largest epic in the world covers concepts of caste, gender, humanity, in ways we could not fathom.

Of the 5-6 renditions of the Mahabharata floating out there, and 3 major translations, this is one of the biggest works a team of storytellers can take on in their life. Many give up trying to understand the magnitude of what is covered. And the Navatman team is taking it on, providing:

New interpretations of the oft told story.
Unexplored or quiet connections of gender, equality, caste.
Creating empathy in the world around us.
Expanding perspective for the next generation.
Representing cultural spaces of music and dance from the diaspora into the European world.

100,000 verses*
3 translations researched
7+ adaptations read
Thousands of person-hours
...will become

The Mahabharata translated to film and to theater by Navatman.

With an artistic team having decades of experience, advisors from various academic standpoints, and a range of artists from all over the country, the Navatman team is putting together a 3-part series that you won’t want to miss.

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Determine for yourself the values of dharma (duty), tapasya (meditation), and more as humanity’s best intentions take us down the path of loyalties and retribution.