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Shyam Benegal has announced his next project and as expected, it’s different. It has been confirmed that Banegal is all set to direct a historic epic on Gautam Buddha.  Tiwari, who scripted films like Bose, the Forgotten Hero and Mission Kashmir, has been roped in to write the script and dialogues.

"This is a historic moment for South Asian Cinema. We are about to tell the story of a man who was born in the Indian subcontinent and redefined the way the world thinks. The Buddha's philosophy is more contemporary today than ever before," said Yash Patnaik, CEO of  Beyond Dreams Entertainment Limited.

The film will be shot in Sri Lanka and Patnaik has already done the location study along with Benegal and Tiwari.