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Every month OTT platforms are flooded with new series and films. While some of these films turn out to be a huge hit others are a miss. However there are some movies and series which have been titled as iconic most watched or most expensive. Today we will discuss a series which is all of them. It is one of the iconic series most watched and one of the most expensive web series ever made on an OTT platform. The special thing is that even after so many years of streaming this series remains trending and the audience still watches it with great interest. This series falls under the fantasy drama genre and has 8 seasons which include 73 episodes. Created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss this series is based on writer George R.R. Martins book A Song of Ice and Fire. If you are wondering which series is under discussion it is none other than the iconic Game of Thrones (GOT). Game of Thrones has 8 seasons and 73 episodes. Many of these episodes were made by different directors such as Tim Van Patten Alan Taylor and Miguel Sapochnik who directed a famous episode like Battle of the Bastards. The series has been shot in different countries including Ireland Croatia and Spain. While many actors have been a part of Game of Thrones it was Peter Dinklage who was most liked in the role of Tyrion Lannister and he also won four Emmy Awards. Other actors who featured in GOT are Kit Harington (Jon Snow) Emilia Clarke (Daenerys) Lena Headey (Cersei) and Sophie Turner (Sansa). The story of Game of Thrones is based on fixed places named Westeros and Essos where many big houses fight each other for power. From politics deception war to desire for power you name it and you have it in the series. Coming to the cost of Game of Thrones the first season of the show has 10 episodes which cost Rs 498 crore. After this 50 episodes were made from seasons 2 to 6 the average cost of which was about 9 million dollars due to which the total expenditure reached about Rs 3735 crore. Then 13 episodes were made in seasons 7 and 8 but their cost was the highest about Rs 1618 crore. A total of about Rs 5851 crore was spent on the entire series.