Costing a bomb

IN Media Watch Briefs | 17/09/2013

TV entertainment is getting more big budget than ever before. Launched on Sunday on Colors, every episode of Bigg Boss will cost approx Rs 1.5 crore for the season which will last for  95 days. Similarly, each episode of Mahabharat – that began airing on Star Plus from Monday - will cost around Rs 80 lakh. And Anil Kapoor’s 24 that will air on Colors in a few weeks' time, will cost Rs 50 crore for 24 episodes, plus the franchise fees.(Business Standard)