Dushshasana

Duhshasana (Sanskrit: दुःशासन; Duḥśāsana in IAST transliteration, and sometimes written Dushasana and Dushyasana) was the second son of the blind king Dhritarashtra and Gandhari in the epic Mahābhārata, and the younger brother of Duryodhana.

Birth and development[link]

When Dhritarashtra's queen Gandhari's pregnancy continues for an unusually long period of time, she beats her womb in frustration and envy of Kunti, the queen of Pandu, who had given birth to three of the five Pandavas. Due to her actions, a hardened mass of grey-colored flesh emerges from her womb. Gandhari is devastated, and calls upon Vyasa, the great sage who had blessed her with one hundred sons, to redeem his words.^{[citation needed]}

Vyasa divides the flesh ball into one hundred equal pieces, and puts them in pots of ghee, which are sealed and buried into the earth for one year. At the end of the year, the first pot is opened, and Duryodhana emerges. The next one to emerge is Dushasana.^{[citation needed]} Dushasana is devoted to his older brother Duryodhana, and is also closely involved in the various schemes and plots to kill the Pandavas.

Draupadi's humiliation[link]

Draupadi s presented to a parcheesi game

After Yudhisthira loses his kingdom, his brothers and his wife Draupadi in a game of dice with Shakuni, Dushasana dragged Draupadi in the assembly at the behest of his brother Duryodhana, and tried to disrobe her. Draupadi prayed to Krishna and he made her sari to be of infinite length, so Dushasana could not take it off. However, the princess was humiliated as she was dragged into court by her hair. Because of this humiliation, Draupadi vows that she will not tie her hair until she washes it with the blood of Dushasana's chest.

Bhima pledged to tear open Dushasana's chest and drink his blood.

Death[link]

Bhima fulfilling his promise regarding Duhshasan in the Mahabharata field

In the Kurukshetra War, Bhima kills Dushasana, tears his chest and drinks his blood, as pledged and helps Draupadi redeem her vow while redeeming his own. Dushasana's death greatly agitated Karna and Duryodhana, and demoralized the Kaurava Army watching Bhima in his ecstasy of wrath.

The name[link]

The name is often derived from two elements, the Sanskrit: duh, meaning hard, tough, and ''shasana, meaning ruler, punisher.

References[link]

• The Mahabharata (1999) by Krishna Dharma

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Tanikella Bharani
Born	(1956-07-14) July 14, 1956 (age 55) Secundrabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Actor, Writer and Director
Years active	1984 to present
Spouse	Durga Bhavani
Children	Maha Teja, Soundarya Lahari
Parents	Sethu Ramalingeswara Rao, Laxmi Narasamma.

Tanikella Bharani (Telugu: తనికెళ్ళ భరణి) (born on 14 July 1956) is an Indian film and theater actor, dialogue writer, screen writer, poet, magazine editor, playwright and director. He has worked in more than 500 films (Including Tamil, Kannada and Hindi).

Early life[link]

Tanikella Bharani was born in Secunderabad at Gandhi Hospital(then it was King George Memorial (KM)), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh to TVV Setu Ramalingeswar Rao and Laxminarasamma of Brahmin community. He is a commerce graduate, B.Com and a PG Diploma in Theatre Arts.

His great grand father is Diwakarla Venkatavadhani, a Telugu scholar and Divakarla Tirupati Sastry. His uncle is Viswanatha Satyanarayana.

Career[link]

Bharani did stage plays in the mid 70s and during this time he made the acquaintance of Rallapalli, a Tollywood actor. With his help Bharani started writing small dialogues and stage scenes. Later, he took a diploma in Theatre arts. Following Rallapalli's advice he moved to Chennai.

He started his career as a dialogue writer for Kanchu Kavachum in 1984. and has written dialogues for various movies like Ladies Tailor (1985 film), Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi Recording Dance Troupe (1987), Varasudochhadu (1988), Chettu Kinda Pleader (1989), Swara Kalpana (1989), and Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi (2004). Bharani also penned and sung the lyrics of Gundammagaari Manavadu (Bhale Bhaleti Mandu).

He has acted in more than 500 movies starting with 'Ladies Tailor‘ (1985) & Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi Recording Dance Troupe’ (1987) in which he was seen as Dora Babu. In 1989 he appeared in the hit film Shiva by Ram Gopal Varma which starred Nagarjuna. With the release of the film Shiva, he received much recognition and his character Nanaji impressed the whole Telugu audience. He also played the lead role in the Hindi comedy film Main Tere Pyar Mein Pagal in 1999. His powerful antagonism in ‘Samudram’ got him the Nandi award as the Best Villain.

After 2000, he started playing more mature roles in movies like Manmadhudu (2002), Okariki Okaru (2003), Samba (2004), Malliswari, Godavari (2006), Happy (2006), and more.

He played one of the lead roles in Rajubhai (2007).

He is very much popular in the background of movie industry, often quoted as "Maga Saraswathy" ( Male god of education) by different actors and actresses.

Personal life[link]

Bharani is married to Bhavani and has a son, Maha Teja and a daughter, Soundarya Lahari.

Books[link]

1. Parikini ^[1]
2. Nakshatra Darshanam ^[2]
3. Maathralu ^[3]
4. Endaro Mahanubavulu ^[4]

Awards[link]

State Government Awards (Nandi Awards) 

• Best Villain - Samudram
• Best Character Actor - Nuvvu Nenu
• Sangam Academy award for completing 25 years in Telugu Cinema ^[5][6]

Awards for Short Films (as a Director) 

• Idaho Panhandle Award, Hyderabad International Film Festival Award as the Best Debut Director for Sira, The Ink.
• Sira,the ink:-movie won the `Best Antiterrorism Message Award’ at the 'Idaho Panhandle International Film Festival'. (The movie directed by tanikella bharani and first surrealistic movie in telugu surreleastic:correlating the shattered images of your dream and made as movie)^[7]

• 10th Mumbai International Film Festival Award
• Hyderabad International Film Festival Award as the Best Director for Blue Cross.

[edit] Filmography ^[8]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Tanikella Bharani at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.filmchamber.com/tmpl.asp?it=privtanikella
• http://www.tanikellabharani.com
• Interview on telugucinema.com