I agree gops, this is too good to be true.. in any case, I have stopped trusting timesofindia online...
Rahul praying with all his heart that this turns out to be true... but knows it probably wont work out... On 7/4/05, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If ARR's name was there, it would be all-ARR! Its semi-ARR because of the > inherent assumption that MR would work with ARR :-D I hope he doesnt have > any nasty surprises lined up for us there.... > > > Vijay Iyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > gops, why is this semi a r r i coulndt find his name anywhere ! > > Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds too good to be true... > > Lord of the Epics > > Producer Bobby Bedi plans to make a Mahabharata trilogy akin to The Lord Of > The Rings with Shah Rukh, Aamir & Rani > NONA WALIA , The Times of India > > The Mahabharata. Hindu mythology's greatest epic might just become > Bollywood's biggest ever cinematic venture. The magic of this powerful epic > is currently being recreated by producer Bobby Bedi into a trilogy with a > budget of Rs 300 crore. ''The trilogy will capture the battles, intrigues, > spiritual complexity and cultural aesthetics of India, 4,000 years ago. This > will be my big project for the next three years,'' says Bedi, adding that he > discovered the power of the Mahabharata's storyline after reading Girish > Karnad's script for Agnivarsha. > > What will bring the superstar touch to the Mahabharata is the cast: Shah > Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan (together on the screen for the first time) and Rani > Mukherji. ''While Rani will play Draupadi, Shah Rukh and Aamir will play > Karan and Arjun, but I can't reveal who's who. I hope to make a historic > movie series in the manner of The Lord Of The Rings. My Mahabharatawill have > the same imagination, special effects and creativity of Peter Jackson's > trilogy. In fact, we've asked The Lord Of The Rings' team to work with us on > this project. Mani Ratnam will direct the trilogy, which will roll > soon,''says Bedi,the chairman of CII's entertainment committee. > > Bedi plans to take India's most ancient story to Gen Now across the > globe. ''I want American, British, Japanese and Indian kids to watch the > movie and understand the significance of the Mahabharata.Telling this > dramatic story will be a big challenge. Imagine something similar to Harry > Potter and The Lord Of The Rings — that's the canvas I'm thinking of.To be > able to make something of that magnitude, we need space. The sets of the > movie will span 18 acres in Haryana or the foothills of Punjab.Designer JJ > Valaya will work on the clothes, he'll drape all the characters — remember, > everybody in that era wore clothes without stitches. I've asked Sufi > musician Madan Gopal to do research on the sights and sounds of that period. > Besides, I have asked artist Manjit Bawa to think of the visuals, what the > houses and temples of the Mahabharata period should look like,'' informs > Bedi. > > Bawa, however, might not be able to give his undivided attention to Bedi's > project due to other commitments. ''Bobby has contacted me but I'll be too > busy this year to work on the project full-time. It will be an exciting > project,'' he says. > > In the current context, Bedi, who is also working on Cost Of Freedom, a > biographical film on Raja Ravi Verma's life, is excited about his upcoming > movie The Rising.''When you make a period film, you need to ask yourself who > is going to watch a film on nationalism. For me, the story of Mangal Pandey > is the story of the Sepoy Mutiny, it's about romanticising history and > making it part of our popular culture.'' > > "We neglect our cities at our peril. 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