Finally Megastar Mammootty reveals about Karnan movie
Megastar Mammootty’s magnum opus Karnan has been the topic of discussion for sometime now. There is still doubts on whether the project is happening or not.
Mammootty in a recent interaction with his fans in UAE, was asked by someone about the status of Karnan. The actor said that he is not supposed to talk about the movie right now. He also said that when the makers are the ones to divulge more about the movie.
Karnan is written by actor/screen writer P Sreekumar. He had announced the movie few months back. He had said that he was writing the script for many years and Mammootty would be playing the character of Karnan. National award winning filmmaker Madhupal will direct this epic director.
But after that there was no official announcement regarding the movie for sometime. There were reports about Mammootty dropping the project because he did not want to have a competition with Prithviraj, who incidentally is also doing a movie titled Karnan.
But P Sreekumar recently said that the project is indeed happening and Mammootty will play the lead. He also said that the scripting is in its final stages and will take some time to start shooting. He also said that they are planning to make the movie on a budget of 70 crores.
Meanwhile post production for Prithviraj’s Karnan is fast progressing and the movie will go on floors by March. This movie will be directed by Ennu Ninte Moideen fame RS Vimal. This epic drama is planned on a massive scale with a budget of over 300 crores.
Fans and Cine goers of the state are still awaiting for an official word from writer P Sreekumar or director Madhupal about when Karnan will go on floors.
