History spun the dice - but Roopa Ganguly’s take on Draupadi was destiny’s best wild card. On a muggy Calcutta afternoon in the late ’80s, Roopa, not yet a household name, gets telegrammed by the Mahabharat team, calling her to Mumbai with urgency. In another timeline, Juhi Chawla would’ve been Draupadi. Fate twisted. Call it the cosmic roll of the dice or good old Bollywood jugaad. Not the Obvious Pick - But the Right One Roopa Ganguly as Draupadi in Mahabharat Forget glitzy auditions and read-throughs. Roopa entered the fray almost by accident. She wowed viewers in Ganadevta, a Bengali TV serial, catching the sharp eye of lyricist Pandit Narendra Sharma. Next thing, BR Chopra’s team telegrams her: “Please contact us immediately. We have you in mind for Draupadi.” No fanfare, no agent wrangling - just her raw screen-test fired straight to Chopra and his crew. Ravi Chopra, notoriously hard ...
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