{"id":3379,"date":"2017-08-31T11:55:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T11:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=3379"},"modified":"2017-08-31T11:55:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T11:55:50","slug":"mohanlals-rs-1000-cr-mahabharata-nagarjuna-confirms-talks-with-filmmakers-for-karnas-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/mohanlals-rs-1000-cr-mahabharata-nagarjuna-confirms-talks-with-filmmakers-for-karnas-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohanlal\u2019s Rs 1000-cr Mahabharata: Nagarjuna confirms talks with filmmakers for Karna\u2019s role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So far, only Mohanlal has been finalised to play the role of Bheema, the central character of the film, which is based on renowned writer MT Vasudevan Nair\u2019s classic Randaamoozham. The Mahabharata would be the costliest film ever made in India as the projected budget of the film is Rs 1000 crore.<\/p>\n<p>Tollywood star Nagarjuna has revealed that he has been approached for a key role in The Mahabharata, starring Malayalam Superstar Mohanlal as the protagonist.<\/p>\n<p>The 58-year-old actor talking to a leading newspaper revealed that the talks are on, while he is not sure how long it will take for the things to finalise. \u201cDirector Sukumaran had initiated the talks with me some time ago for Karna\u2019s role. But, nothing is finalised yet and I\u2019m not too sure how long does it take for things to shape up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>So far, only Mohanlal has been finalised to play the role of Bheema, the central character of the film, which is based on renowned writer MT Vasudevan Nair\u2019s classic Randaamoozham. The Mahabharata would be the costliest film ever made in India as the projected budget of the film is Rs 1000 crore.<\/p>\n<p>The filmmakers have been considering some of the big names of Indian cinema. Given the scale of the production, it will also have many international technicians and actors in its cast and crew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis film will have an identity across continents, with their representatives donning the myriad characters in \u2018The Mahabharata\u2019. A global team led by an internationally renowned casting director will handpick the cast,\u201d the filmmakers said earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The Mahabharata will be split into two parts and the film has been scheduled to go on floors in 2018. While the first part will hit the screens in 2020, the second part will release within 90 days after that.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So far, only Mohanlal has been finalised to play the role of Bheema, the central character of the film, which is based on renowned writer MT Vasudevan Nair\u2019s classic Randaamoozham. The Mahabharata would be the costliest film ever made in India as the projected budget of the film is Rs 1000 crore. Tollywood star Nagarjuna [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3381,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3379\/revisions\/3381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}