Mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan will portray the role of one of the most honored figures in the epic Mahabharat: Bhishma Pitamah in Rajkumar Santoshi’s next film.
The film titled Mahabharat, is tipped to be the biggest Hindi film Indian cinema has ever produced. According to the estimates the budget of the movie could touch or exceed Rs 100 crores.
Santoshi seems to have mega plans for his next celluloid venture after Khaki, which is yet to hit the theatres.
Mahabharat, will boast of some of the biggest stars in Bollywood.
Apart from Bachchan as Bhishma Pitamah, Mahabharat will have Sunny Deol as ‘Karan’ and Arjun Rampal as ‘Arjun’, while Sanjay Dutt will essay the role of ‘Duryodhan’. Santoshi has also signed Ajay Devgan for the role of ‘Lord Krishna’.
And the icing on the cake is that Aishwarya Rai will enact the role of ‘Draupadi’ in the film.
Mahabharat will be made in two parts simultaneously and will be released in two separate versions of 2.30 hours each, because the duration of the film will exceed 5 hours. Though both would be ready at the same time, the second part will be released after a 6-month gap at least.
Mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan will portray the role of one of the most honored figures in the epic Mahabharat: Bhishma Pitamah in Rajkumar Santoshi’s next film.