The Immortal Ashwatthama was one of the highly awaited movies among the Indian cinema fans but for quite some time, there was no update regarding the film. The director of The Immortal Ashwatthama was Aditya Dhar and it starred Vicky Kaushal, Allu Arjun and Sara Ali Khan in lead roles.
There is bad news for fans as director Aditya Dhar has confirmed that The Immortal Ashwatthama has been shelved and the reason that he gave for it is that the mythological superhero action movie is very huge for the Indian cinema and he and his team felt that it is impossible to make such a big movie as there will be budgetary limitations.
While speaking on the trailer launch of Article 370, Dhar said, “We have put that on the back burner right now. I’ll be honest, the kind of vision we all had for that, it was too big to work for Indian cinema. The kind of VFX quality we were looking at, nobody has even strived for it here.”
While referring to James Cameron and his movie Avatar, he said, “James Cameron thought of Avatar 27 years ago, but he waited for the market to grow. The tech to come to that level where he could actually present it. I’m, of course, not him, but if we have to achieve excellence, there can’t be any mediocrity. I can’t make it for the heck of it. Even if it takes five years of my prime time, the film has to be brilliant.”
He further added, “Once a film is made, then it remains for posterity. It can’t be something mediocre. It can’t have that intent that I just want to make money. It should strive for excellence. I truly believe that as makers we have a huge responsibility of representing our country in the right way.”
Will The Immortal Ashwatthama be made and if yes, when?
