No, Mahabarata was nothing like Game of Thrones, it was directed with impeccable precision. The so called Cooler was not a cooler but part of a pole. The meme people cunningly cropped only part of picture where it looks like a cooler. And the whole world inclined forward to believe it.
Here is the correct picture.
BR Chopra was fantastic. Even Mukesh Khanna (played Bhishma's Character) made a statement that he won't believe any mistake in BR Chopra's creation. So won't I. :-)
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