Many period films have been made in bollywood and most of the films have been hits. people are interested in period films and even the makers do not shy away from making such films. Not only this, they think that the film will be a hit, hence they invest a lot of money and also include a big star cast. What happens if the film flops in such a situation? Something similar happened with the 2013 film Mahabharata. The makers had invested a lot of money in the film, not only this, 8 superstars were cast in this film. But this film flopped miserably.

The film Mahabharata was made by Aman Khan. The film was produced by Kaushal Kantilal Gadha and dhawan Jayantilal Gadha. Mahabharata, released in 2013, was made with a budget of Rs 50 crore. This film was the first most expensive animated film in india at that time.

This was the star cast

The makers had cast 8 superstars in the film. In which amitabh bachchan gave the voice of Bhishma. Apart from this, ajay Devgan, Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee, Jackie Shroff. shatrughan sinha and vidya balan lent their voices. Apart from these, anupam kher and deepti naval also lent their voices. This film was released on 27 december 2013. But it flopped as soon as it was released. Made with a budget of Rs 50 crore, the film earned only Rs 1.5 crore and was sold out from the box office within a week.

The actors did not get the film

When this film flopped, it was said that the budget of the film was so high because of its large cast, but later it was revealed that none of the stars had received fees for the film. Everyone did the dubbing portion for free so that the budget could be saved for animation and publicity, however, it did the opposite and the film flopped.