Roopa Ganguly, who had played the role of the mythological character Draupadi in the hit television series Mahabharat, the 1988 mega-mythological serial is nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
Mahabharat, The 94-episode Hindi series originally ran from 2 October 1988 to 24 June 1990 on DD National. It was produced by B. R. Chopra and directed by his son Ravi Chopra.