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2023 will be remembered as a year when Bollywood slowly tried to revive and reshape its future by banking on the shoulders of major superstars, especially after a gloomy 2022 when #BoycottBollywood trended and several prospective movies bombed at the Box Office. The year also marked the emergence of matinee idol Shah Rukh Khan with two major hits after a long four-year pause. IBNS-TWF correspondent Supriyo Hazra navigates each month the graph of newsmakers of the year.
Actor Pankaj Dheer revealed that he was the first choice to play the role of Arjuna in BR Chopra's Mahabharat, but he was asked to leave the show after he refused to shave off his moustache for the role. He later bagged the role of Karna in the same TV series.
This actor has immortalised one of the noted characters from the Indian epic on television, and even before the series, he made India proud by winning gold and bronze medals at the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.