The other day I chanced upon an episode of 'Suryaputra Karn' on some Hindi General Entertainment Channel. I could recognize two people immediately - Lord Krishna because of the peacock feather in his crown and Karn because of the symbol of the Sun on his forehead. Here's how I sorted out the rest of the cast.

It is always easy to figure out who is playing Bheem - in the bygone era, this would be someone who is the tallest or one with muscles or a lot of bulk. But these days even actors playing Dhritarashtra sport six packs. :-) In this episode I located someone who was boiling with anger, was tallest and had a tad more muscles than the rest. Bingo! One down, four to go. The two people who looked like they would cry at the drop of the hat (despite their muscles!) and stood next to each other had to be Nakul and Sahadeva - the Maadreyas or sons of Maadri. The calm one had to be Yudhisthira, so the remaining Pandav would be Arjun. Mercifully, there were only 2 prominent people from the Kaurava camp in that scene. The older gentleman had to be Shakuni - I have no idea why all actors playing Shakuni have to resort to over-acting. The Gandhar prince is supposed to be calculating and shrewd, not ludicrous. Anyways, so the other dude with black markings on his forehead must be Duryodhana. He seemed to have watched that film in which John Abraham plays the psychotic boyfriend too many times. His expressions were spot-on for that role.

Wonder what the rest of the cast looks like :-)