Aamir Khan, as we all know, has been on a longish sabbatical from acting. He is now ready to get back to the grind. An impeccably informed sources inform Zoom that he intends to return to his Mahabharat project which he abandoned a few years back because S. S Rajamouli wanted to do Mahabharat, and, well, the political scenario was not conducive to Aamir attempting his interpretation of the Hindu epic.
But now, Aamir has gathered enough oxygen in his lungs to do what he wants to. And Mahabharat it is. Initially, Aamir wanted to play Lord Krishna. Now there is no clarity on whether he would want to play the same role.
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Aamir is always a dreamer. But he’s a pragmatic dreamer. He won’t just get into a situation without a full understanding and appraisal of the situation. In 2018-19 he felt the time was not right for the Mahabharat. Now into the project, he won’t withdraw.
The scale on which Aamir plans to make the Mahabharat makes it a very expensive project. And Aamir wants to cast only A-listers. He had set 2019-20 aside for the project. But when it didn’t materialize for various reasons he went ahead and signed Lal Singh Chaddha. Now it’s Mahabharat.