Randamoozham’s feature film titled as The Mahabharata; to be made on a budget of Rs 1000 crores!
Earlier we had reported about MT Vasudevan Nair’s award winning novel Randamoozham being made as a feature film. It was also confirmed that Mohanlal would be playing the role of Bheeman in this epic drama. According to official reports from the makers, the movie has been titled as The Mahabarata.
This epic drama penned by MT Vasudevan Nair will be directed by popular ad filmmaker VA Shrikumar Menon. The movie will be shot in two parts and would have a worldwide release in 2020. Shoot for the movie will commence by 2018 September. The second part of the movie would be released within 90 days of the first part. The movie will be made as a multilingual in English, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. It will also be dubbed into all major Indian and foreign languages.
The Mahabarata will have some big names from around the globe as part of it’s cast and crew. The casting process has already started and is being managed by an international company. Apart from some big names from Indian cinema, many Hollywood actors would also be sharing screen space with Mohanlal. Reportedly, Amithab Bachchan has been approached to play the role of Bheemasenan in this Hindu epic.
MT Vasudevan Nair had recently spoke to a news portal “I had penned Randamoozham after researching for a long span of 10 years. Many had earlier approached me asking to make it a film but it never stuck to a budget that our industry puts in. It could only be shot on a big scale and that was the main reason for the delay in the project. But Shrikumar has given me his word that the movie would be shot on an international scale, referring to all the technical aspects of the movie.”
The Mahabarata is being funded by business tycoon BR Shetty at a whopping budget of Rs 1000 crores. It is worth a mention that Mohanlal and director Shrikumar are also teaming up for a 3D movie Odiyan, which is all set to go on floors by May, this year.
