It is not unknown that Aamir Khan’s dream project is to bring the Hindu tale of Mahabharata alive on celluloid. Aamir has time and again spoken excitedly about the project and now it looks like it will happen sometime soon.
If a report in Mid-Day is to be believed, Aamir is all set for his most ambitious endeavour with a budget of over Rs 1,000 crore and apparently, India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani will co-produce the film with Aamir. Interestingly, a source revealed to the tabloid that it would be a "one-off" engagement.
Though there has not been any confirmation, rumour mills are abuzz with Aamir planning a ‘Mahabharata’ franchise on the lines of ‘Lord of the Rings’ and ‘Game of Thrones’.
The superstar had earlier revealed that making a film on ‘Mahabharata’ was his dream, something he couldn’t do as it’d take him 15-20 years.
However, months later, rumours got stronger as Aamir allegedly opted out of a biopic on astronaut Rakesh Sharma, to focus on his ambitious project.
Ambani owns stake in Viacom 18 and has recently invested in production houses like Eros and Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji. He is also planning a Netflix-like offering on his famous Jio platform, on which Siddharth Roy Kapur is working on, bringing ‘Narcos’ co-creator Christopher Branchato for a writers’ masterclass recently.
The report claimed that it was not yet clear if Ambani will get into full-fledged production with this massive project and in all probability it's only a "one-off" project.
