The Mahabharata story was a dream project for Rajamouli but looks like it has been materialising from a Malayalam director R.S.Vimal who has recently launched it. Titled as Karnan, Prithviraj will play the titular character and the project was started with the support of a Dubai-based production house.
It is planned to be made as a multi lingual in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi with a grand budget. The VFX team who worked for Baahubali are trying to be roped in. The rest of the important characters are going to be pan India personalities to help in better reach of the movie in all languages.
Prithviraj has shared that it was a dream project for him and will surely allocate dates for it. The script is being written by the director and will require nearly one year of pre-production works before running on the floor.
Actor Prithiviraj in Karnan