India Today rated Part 1 3/5 and highlighted the series' approach of telling the war through distinct perspectives, while noting uneven voice performances in places.Read at source
Kurukshetra: The Great War of Mahabharata 2025 
Streaming / TV Series · 2025 · Historical
Kurukshetra: The Great War of Mahabharata
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 3.3 Mixed
10 Oct 2025
Synopsis
Kurukshetra: The Great War of Mahabharata
Kurukshetra: The Great War of Mahabharata is an Indian Hindi-language animated mythological television series that retells events from the Mahabharata through a character-focused format. The series is conceptualised and created by Anu Sikka and written and directed by Ujaan Ganguly. It is produced by Tipping Point, with animation by HiTech Animation, and includes lyrics and voiceover by poet-lyricist Gulzar.
- Director
- Ujaan Ganguly
- Release
- 10 Oct 2025
- Studio
- —
- Run time
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- Language
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Reviews
4 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Mixed
Wikipedia-cited reviews for Kurukshetra: The Great War of Mahabharata are mixed overall across 4 collected excerpts. The numeric critic average from cited scores is 65/100. Positive excerpts point to emotional impact.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-keyless-enricher) from 4 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- emotional impact
Positive 3
Koimoi described Part 1 as an ambitious retelling and praised elements of its presentation while also identifying issues it felt limited the execution.Read at source
The Times of India gave Season 1 a critic rating of 3.5/5 and described the show as visually ambitious and morally layered, while pointing to moments where emotional impact and dubbing did not fully match the scale of the storytelling.Read at source
Critical 1
In a review of Part 1, Scroll.in wrote that the adaptation simplifies a complex source text and relies heavily on spectacle, and criticised its shifting timelines and compressed flashbacks while noting that ethical dilemmas still emerge despite the streamlined storytelling.Read at source
Details
Technical specs
- Release date
- 10 Oct 2025
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Ujaan Ganguly
- Distributor
- Netflix
Trivia
- The series was conceptualized and created by Anu Sikka, with Ujaan Ganguly serving as the writer and director.
- Poet-lyricist Gulzar contributed lyrics and voiceover elements to the production.
- The animation for the series was produced by HiTech Animation under the Tipping Point banner.
- The series was released in two parts, with Part 1 premiering on 10 October 2025 and Part 2 on 24 October 2025.
- The season consists of 18 episodes, with Part 1 focusing on nine chapters aligned to key characters.
- Netflix lists Sahil Vaid as the voice actor for Krishna and Vinod Sharma as the voice actor for Sanjaya.
Tags
Indian Series2025Historical FictionReleasedNot listed in source page
