Mahabharat: Has Aamir Khan shelved his ambitious project?

Mr Perfectionist Aamir Khan’s ambitious project Mahabharat has been in news for quite a while. Last we heard AK was planning to make it into a webseries. However, the latest reports suggest that the actor has shelved his ambitious project. Read on to know why the actor won’t be going ahead with this project.

Sharing about the reason why Aamir is dropping this project, a source told SpotboyE, “After weighing all pros and cons Aamir Khan has decided not to make the Mahabharat. More importantly, the scale on which he planned the project was commercially not viable. Also, setting aside five years of his precious time for the Mahabharat meant losing out on doing at least three feature films. So No Mahabharat.”

The ‘PK’ actor has been reportedly planning his dream project for the last one decade. He has also started discussing the script with a lot of veterans and mythological experts.And after almost two years of detailed research on the subject and a determination to do justice to the epic saga, Aamir has decided to shelve his plans for making Mahabharat, at least for now.

“Aamir can’t afford to devote two years of his life to make a web series (Mahabharat was planned as a web series). He needs to quickly announce his presence in a big star-studded feature film directed by a reliable director,” said the source to the portal. Significantly, Aamir had opted out of astronaut Rakesh Sharma’s biopic to concentrate on his dream project the Mahabharat.

 

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Meanwhile, Aamir is about to finish the shoot of his much awaited inspirational flick, Laal Singh Chaddha. The film is a remake of the 1994 Tom Hanks classic, Forrest Gump. It also features Kareena Kapoor and Mona Singh and is directed by Secret Superstar (2017) director Advait Chandan. The film’s shoot commenced in October 2019 but was halted in March 2020 owing to the Coronavirus pandemic. It finally resumed in October 2020 with the plans to release the film during Christmas 2021.

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