Mahabharat

(1965)

Pandu and Dhirtrashtra are two brothers who rule Hastinapur. Pandu gets married to Kunti (Achala Sachdev), who conceives five sons and names them Yudhister, Bhimsen (Dara Singh), Arjun (Pradeep Kumar), Nakul and Sahdev, while Dhirtrashtra, who is blind, gets married to Gandhari (Mumtaz Begum), and gives birth to a 100 sons, including Duryodhan (Bhushan Tiwari) and Dushasan. Gandhari's brother, Shakuni (Jeevan), also resides with them. After Pandu passes away, Dhirtrashtra decides to bequeath the empire to Yudhister much to the chagrin of Duryodhan, who plots with Shakuni to kill them in a palace made of wax, but the brothers and Kunti manage to escape and live incognito in a forest where Bhimsem meets with, Hidimba, slays her demon brother, Hidimb, gets married to her and sires a son, an illusionist, Ghatotkach. The brothers do reveal their identity when Arjun wins a competition at Panchal to wed Draupadi (Padmini) defeating Duryodhan, Dushashan, Jarasandh and others. Kunti unwittingly asks the brothers to share Draupadi...