Actors
Were
Paid
Same
Amount
According
to
Tellychakkar
report,
Mahabharat
actors
received
a
fee
of
about
Rs
3,000
per
episode
and
the
series
consisted
of
94
episodes
in
total.
Budget
Of
Mahabharat
BR
Chopra's
daughter-in-law
(Ravi
Chopra's
wife),
Renu
was
quoted
by
HT
as
saying,
"The
budget
was
Rs
6
lakh
per
episode,
but
Ravi
told
his
father
that
however
much
he
tried,
he
couldn't
bring
it
lower
than
Rs
7.5
lakh."
Common
People
Worked
For
Free
Most
of
the
shooting
happened
at
Mumbai's
Film
City,
but
the
war
sequences
were
shot
near
Jaipur.
Renu
said
that
they
wanted
to
hire
extras
for
the
role
of
the
soldiers,
but
when
they
reached
the
spot
the
next
day,
they
found
a
crowd
of
locals
waiting
there.
She
revealed
that
due
to
popularity
of
the
show,
the
locals
were
eager
to
be
a
part
of
it
and
didn't
even
want
any
money
for
it.
People
who
came
as
extras
did
not
take
money.
Renu
Added…
"We
didn't
hire
any
extras
for
the
soldiers
-
except
the
front
row
ones.
The
locals
would
just
come
and
be
a
part
of
the
shoot
from
6
am
to
6
pm
every
day."