Mahabharata project he was rumored to be doing.“The idea interests me greatly, for if India is to ever entertain the world on a scale when you can say, iske aage aur kuch nahin, it’s the ultimate, it has to be the Mahabharata. That would be one definitive thing India could give to world cinema. It has the potential to be the baap of Lord Of The Rings!”
“It has to be something like seven or maybe even 10 films, for a global audience, with the potential for all the spin-offs that make such huge products commercially viable games, products, all of that. The idea both excites and scares me. But it is only an idea as of now. If I were to actually attempt to make this, it would take 10, maybe 15 years of my life.”
“I find Karna, Arjuna, Krishna, to be the central characters. Karna fascinates me as the most charismatic character, someone who finds the dice loaded against him from day one. But I would probably be better cast as Krishna because in my mind the actor who plays Karna would be maybe someone 6 feet two, of a warrior’s physique. I would be able to carry off Krishna well, I think. And Arjuna’s character fascinates me for the primary reason that he is the only one who questions war. It’s only Arjuna who has self doubt, and he admits it. That is a very brave thing to do.”
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