Poetic Obituaries: In his later years [Baldev Raj (B.R.)] Chopra

turned to television, serializing Hindu epic poem "Mahabharat," which aired on pubcaster Doordarshan beginning in 1988-89. With its 98% world viewership the serial has entered the Guinness Book of Records.

from Variety: Bollywood vet B.R. Chopra dies

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