India’s most expensive movie to be based on the grand epic ‘Mahabharata’ has captured people’s imagination and swiftly gone viral. The 1000 Cr budgeted Mahabharata is expected to hit the box office in the early months of 2020. This project will be directed by filmmaker VA Shrikumar Menon and will be based on the novel Randamoozham, which depicts the Mahabharata scenario through the eyes of Bhima, the mightiest Pandava. The Bhishma’s role is expected to be played by famous South Indian actor Mohanlal.
The writer of this novel MT Vasudevan Nair alias MT will be writing the screenplay of the movie too. Nair who is a prolific writer in modern Malayalam literature has won the highest number of National Award for his work in cinemas till date. The Padma Bhushan honoured author has till now written more than 54 screenplays, 9 Novels, 18 short story anthologies, and various plays; his remarkable works includes Naalukettu, Manju, Kaalam, Asuravithu, Iruttinte Athmavu and Randamoozham.
The movie will be made in two parts, and the sequel of this movie will be released after 90 days of the release of its initial part. The film is expected to be shot in English, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu and will later be dubbed in various other national and international languages too. BR Shetty, a UAE-based billionaire, will be funding this movie, and he expects this film to reach more than three billion people across the globe. The founder chairman of UAE Exchange describes the cinema in these words, “The movie will be a true ‘Make in India’ made for the world.”
News source: www.businesstoday.in
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