Plot
In order to protect the citizens of Mathura from the wrath of an evil king, Lord Krishna and his brother, Balram, decide to flee from the city. Once outside the city limits, the two brothers are confronted by the king's magical army, which they vanquish. Thereafter, Lord Krishna is crowned the King of Dwarka, and his mother, Yashoda, advises that he should get married, and strongly recommends that he marry Devi Rukmani. Whilst Devi Rukmani, who is devoted to Lord Krishna, has to face her brother, who wants her to marry King Shishupal. In the midst of this dispute, Lord Nard Muni intervenes and advises her brother to hold a Swayamvar so that Rukmani can chose the best husband. Her brother agrees. Watch what happens when the Swayamvar takes place, where Shishupal is ready to wed Rukmani - by hook or by crook.
Kritavarma (Sanskrit: कृतवर्मा, Kŗtavarmā) was an important Yadava warrior and chieftain, and a contemporary of Krishna. He finds mention in several ancient Sanskrit texts including the Mahābhārata, the Vishnu Purana, the Bhagavata Purana and the Harivamsa.
According to the Puranas, he was born in the Andhaka clan of the Yadavas, and son of Hŗidika. Though he is depicted as a devotee of Krishna in the Vishnu Purana, apparently he was not in good terms with Krishna, and was one of the conspirators who plotted to kill Satrajit, Krishna's father-in-law during the Syamantaka Jewel episode.
During the great battle at Kurukshetra, Kritavarma was an ally of the Kauravas (as Narayani sena was with Kauravas he led them) against the Pandavas and led the Yadava army (also called the Narayani Sena). He was one of the three survivors of the entire Kaurava army and had helped Ashwatthama in carrying out his heinous night time massacre of Panchala warriors, in which the latter had slaughtered among others, Dhrishtadyumna (the Pandava commander-in-chief), Shikhandi and the five sons of Draupadi. The event is described in the Sauptika Parva of the Mahābhārata. He returned to his kingdom after the war and was later killed by Satyaki in Dwarka during the final destruction of the Yadavas, as we find in the Mausala Parva of the Mahābhārata.
Shilpa Shukla is an actress known for playing the role of Bindiya Naik, a member of the Indian women's national hockey team, in the sports-oriented movie Chak De India, starring Shahrukh Khan. Shukla has also acted in award-winning movies such as Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters) and Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi.
She is currently shooting for Star Gold's "Sabse favourite kaun" with co-stars Chitrashi Rawat and Tanya Abrol.
She was born into a Bihari family in Jamshedpur and brought up in New Delhi. Her father N.K. Shukla is a senior Income Tax official. She attended Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram, New Delhi till Class XII, then went to Miranda House, University of Delhi.
She started her acting career with eminent theatre Director Arvind Gaur of the Asmita Theatre Group, where she met her would be husband Mohit Tripathi, a talented Young actor of Asmita. Her major plays are Mahesh Dattani's Final Solutions and Tara, Govind Deshpande's (GPD) Antim Diwas, Ashok Lal's Ek Mamooli Aadmi, Girish Karnad's Rakt Kalyan (Taledanda) and Neil Simon's Log-Baag. After making his film debut with the critically acclaimed Khamosh Pani in 2003, she next appeared in Sudhir Mishra's Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi also in 2003. Though popular acclaim came her way, when she played an arrogant and stubborn role of Bindia Naik in Sharukh Khan starrer, Chak De! India in 2007, which got her a Filmfare Award nomination.