Hollywood model parks will be designed with the props used in the making of Mahabharata
Indian cinema’s most expensive project The Mahabharata is still in it’s nascent stages. The Mahabharata aka Randamoozham will be made on an astronomical budget of Rs 1000 crores. Renowned ad filmmaker VA Shrikumar Menon will be directing this movie and UAE based Indian businessman Dr BR Shetty is producing this magnum opus.
The makers recently had a press meet in Abu Dhabi where they opened up about their vision for their project. They assured that many leading actors and technicians from India and across the globe will be associated with this project. Mohanlal has been confirmed to play the central role of Bheeman in this epic movie.
This magnum opus will be shot in over a period of two years in locations like Abu Dhabi, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Sri Lanka and many other places. The makers are planning to convert these shooting locations to Hollywood model parks after their filming.
The massive movie sets, which will include elaborate forests, into a tourist destination, where the movie would be screened all through the year. Director VA Shrikumar in a recent interview to Radio Mango UAE elaborated more about their plans.
He is quoted saying, “This is a global project. It is not only the most expensive Indian movie, it is also the costliest Asian as well as the most expensive non-English movie. This is a historic project as Mahabaratha is being made as a movie on such a big scale for the first time. So, it’s our duty to do something so that people will remember it for ages. We will be maintaining the sets we erect at particular places and convert it into something like a monument. Lavish sets of palaces, chariots and weapons used for shooting will all be treasured. People can relish the experience in these parks. All day long there will be screening of the movie, it’s making videos, researches and all the hardwork that has gone behind the project can be watched by the visitors.
Shoot for the movie will commence by August, next year. It will be made as a multilingual in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and English. This epic movie will be filmed in two parts and would have a worldwide release in 2020. The second part of the movie would be released from 90 days of the first part.
