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The Mahabharata

Still from The Mahābhārata

Saturday, 16 February 2013: The Mahabharata

Saturday, 16 February 2013, 15:00

Venue: Forest Row Village Hall (see Locations and Tickets for further details)

Programme category: Transition Forest Row

Director: Peter Brook, UK/France 1989, 318 min, U

The Mahābhārata is the greatest of the Indian epics, and this film version by Jean-Claude Carrière and Peter Brook is an astonishing, compelling rendering, based as it is on their earlier theatre production.

There will be two breaks: one at about 4.45 for half an hour for tea; and a second at about 7pm for food.

Tickets will be £15/12 (concs) including food (vegetarian supper from Khan’s), and you are strongly advised to book in advance (not least since it is cheaper). Tickets available from Eventbrite and you can buy them in person from Bramble Corner in Forest Row.

Further Reading

It is prudent to read the basic story before you come, though we will be providing an outline as well:

Reviews

In addition to those above, there have also been some critical views of the project from India, which are also worth reading:

Trailer

2 Responses

  1. Brad Scott / 2-17-2013 / ·

    Collecting together some of the wonderful feedback we’ve had from this screening:

    What an amazing village I live in. Just came home from a packed village hall where we all watched 6hrs of the Mahabharata together. Our local Indian restaurant – Khans- supplied a delicious meal halfway through and Pupak made delicious Indian tea, sweets and lassi. So blessed to live in an enlightened community. Gratitude.

    It also got a great audience score of 93.1:

    I was on the edge of my seat for most of it. Stunning.

    It was glorious. I enjoyed the film, but most of all I loved the community spirit and sharing dinner with so many people in the village. It was like being at a festival. I wish we can have more such wonderful community events, even if life is only an illusion!

    And here’s a picture of the hall during the meal break:

    Picture of the packed hall for last night's screening of... on Twitpic

    This was a brilliant evening, and well organised, an excellent way to absorb this classic.

  2. Brad Scott / 2-21-2013 / ·

    And a couple more bits of great feedback:

    Thank you!! What a fantastic evening!

    it was truly epic in every sense. One of the best cinema experiences of my life

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