Like almost everyone here, I'm also a fan of Mahabharat. But see this video. At 07:00, BR Chopra says: "...हम तो नहीं मानते इसे [महाभारत को] हिन्दू story... मगर लोग मानते हैं, we can't help it.."
Similar statements have been made by others in the video. +

+ Below, a TOI report from 1991 writes that BR Chopra says that "there is no mention of religion in the epic though for all purposes Hindus have APPROPRIATED it as their own, thus giving it a religious garb." (emphasis added). +

https://web.archive.org/web/20110716105254/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/essays.nsf/%28docid%29/D8FC3F972470D71BE5256C5E00549F21

+Does that matter? To me it does.

Many people have pointed out the deviations in the Mahabharat serial from the Epic.

I agree that makers must have some creative freedom but then I also want to know from which mindset/ideology these 'innovations' have actuated. +

This 'Mahabharat/Geeta isn't Hindu' etc stem from Western ideas like "Hinduism is a modern construct", "be spiritual not religious" et al.

If the makers have such ideology then surely it'll creep into their 'creative innovations', and pass off as authentic traditional knowledge.

Those who think I'm far-fetching, see this nonsense-
A serial named 'Ravan' shows kid Ravan wants to root out 'अन्याय और अत्याचार' from the world and goes to meet his 'role model' Parshuram because Parashuram talks of "सामाजिक न्याय" (Social Justice)!

So, now Ravan and Parshuram are champions of the philosophy of Social Justice!
Parshuram gives his blessings to Ravan "एक महान भविष्य तुम्हारी प्रतीक्षा कर रहा है। जीवन के प्रत्येक संकट में भृगुवंशी परशुराम तुम्हारे साथ है" !

This is not creative freedom, this is sheer fraud.