Did you know Mahabharat, despite being one of the most iconic shows of Indian cinema, suffered huge financial loss? For making each episode, makers lost tons of money.
If ever there is a talk of TV serials based on mythological stories, then BR Chopra’s Mahabharat is mentioned. BR Chopra’s Mahabharat is considered to be one of the most successful TV serials. This serial was directed by BR Chopra’s son Ravi Chopra. Now Ravi Chopra’s wife Renu Chopra has given some information related to the production of the serial. She said that when Mahabharat was in the production stage, the makers used to suffer a loss of lakhs every week.
BR Chopra’s Mahabharat is one of the most successful TV serials. The wife of the serial’s director Ravi Chopra has talked about this. So many lakhs were spent on a single episode of Mahabharat, the makers faced losses and made the serial
How many lakhs are spent to make one episode?
According to Times Now, Renu Chopra said that the company that was paying her for the first two or three episodes was giving her six lakh rupees. And about 7-8 lakh rupees were spent on the first episode itself. She said, “Then Ravi went to his father (BR Chopra) and said I cannot make it, no matter how much I try, it will not be made in six lakhs.”
What advice did BR Chopra give to his son?
Renu Chopra further said that then BR Chopra told him that you are making it, are you happy? So Ravi said- yes. After this BR Chopra advised his son, “You make it with all your heart, don’t worry about money, money will come later. Despite the financial problems, the makers made that serial.
Makers lost nearly Rs 2 lakhs every week
Renu Chopra further added, “So when we were making that, we used to lose Rs 2 lakhs every week. Later things got better. I am sitting here because we got financial support from Mahabharat and other things.”
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