KP Sasikala’s threat to stall the release of The Mahabharata met with a series of trolls
MT Vasudevan Nair- Mohanlal team’s The Mahabharata has hit the first roadblock. The Mahabharata is the official adaptation of the legendary writer’s Randamoozham, which is based on the Hindu epic Mahabharatha. While making a movie on mythology and history, filmmakers are bound to face a few hurdles and it is no different in the case of The Mahabharata.
Hindu Aikya Vedi chairperson KP Sasikala recently said that they will not allow the release of the movie with this title. According to her, Randamoozham is a novel that twisted the writings in the real epic Mahabharatha and hence the movie adaptation of the novel should not be titled as The Mahabharata.
She stressed that Mahabaratha is related to beliefs and hence a novel that distorted the history and belief would not be allowed to release with this title. She warned that if the makers did not change its name, the Kerala Hindu Aikya Vedi would not allow its screening. She has said that the movie adaptation of Randamoozham should also have the same title.
However, her words did not go down well with social media users who lashed out at her with a series of trolls. Mohanlal fans in particular trolled her severely threatening to stall the movie’s release.
The Mahabaratha is being planned as the most expensive Indian movie ever with a massive budget of Rs 1000 crores. UAE based Indian businessman Dr BR Shetty is producing this venture.
MT Vasudevan Nair’s Randamoozham told from the perspective of Bheemasenan. Mohanlal has been roped in to play the central character of Bheeman in the film. Leading actors and technicians from Indian cinema and across the world will be part of this epic movie. Renowned ad filmmaker VA Shrikumar Menon is helming this project.
The Mahabharata is being planned to be made as a multilingual in English, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu languages. It will be made as two parts and is set to go floors by September next year.
