Mahavir Karna

Mahavir Karna (transl. Karna, the warrior) is an upcoming Indian Tamil epic historical drama film written and directed by R. S. Vimal, starring Vikram and Suresh Gopi. The film is based on the character Karna from the Indian epic Mahabharata. Earlier it was decided to make the film in Tamil, Hindi languages.[4][5] Later RS Vimal confirmed that the film will be made in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam languages.[6][7]

Mahavir Karna
Directed byR. S. Vimal
Written by
  • R. S. Vimal
  • B. Jeyamohan
    (Tamil & Malayalam dialogues)
  • Suresh Nair
    (Hindi dialogues)
Screenplay byR. S. Vimal
Based onMahabharata
by Vyasa
StarringVikram
Suresh Gopi
Music byA. R. Rahman
CinematographyK. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Production
company
United Film Kingdom[1]
CountryIndia
Language
  • Tamil
  • Telugu
  • Malayalam
  • Hindi
Budget₹300 crore[2][3]

Cast

Production

Development

On 15 January 2016, a mythological film titled Karnan was announced by R. S. Vimal, along with actor Prithviraj Sukumaran (who was cast in the title role) and debutant producer Venu Kunnappilly, at a function held at Burj Al Arab, Dubai. The film was based on Karna, a mythological character in the Indian epic Mahabharata. The official launch of Kunnappilly's production company Kavya Films was held at the function and a motion poster featuring Prithviraj was released. It was announced that the film would be a bilingual made in Malayalam and Tamil languages with dubbed versions in other Indian languages and it would be the most-expensive Malayalam film made until then. K. K. Senthil Kumar was announced as the cinematographer. The film was on the process of scripting at the time, written by Vimal himself, who was making his second directorial after Prithviraj-starring Ennu Ninte Moideen.[10][11] However, the project was shelved when Kunnappilly backed out, citing that the budget exceeded ₹60 crore and the final estimated budget was much higher than he could fund. Vimal revealed the updated budget to be ₹300 crore.[12]

Mahavir Karna was announced in January 2018 by Vimal and Vikram who was cast in the title role, produced by New York-based company United Film Kingdom, on a budget of ₹300 crore.[13] Vimal originally wrote the script in English and Malayalam. The script's Tamil translation was done by B. Jeyamohan, while Suresh Nair translated it into Hindi.[14] According to Vimal, the film is made in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam languages, with dubbed versions in other languages.

Filming

Principal photography began on 8 February 2019.[15][16]

References
  1. "Vikram-RS Vimal's 'Mahavir Karna' launched at Padmanabhaswamy Temple".
  2. "Vikram starts shooting for his multilingual mega epic from today – Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz.com. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  3. "Vikram to commence work on 'Mahavir Karna' soon". www.thenewsminute.com. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  4. "'Mahavir Karna' production delayed: Vikram focuses on releasing son's 'Adithya Varma' first?". www.thenewsminute.com. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  5. Menon, Thinkal (10 February 2019). "Vikram's Karna begins with Kurukshetra war sequence". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  6. "Vikram confirms doing a Rs 300 cr multilingual titled Mahavir Karna; film will release on Christmas 2019 - Entertainment News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  7. 100010509524078 (18 July 2020). "Vikram's Mahavir Karna on hold, not dropped". dtNext.in. Retrieved 22 January 2021.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/vikram-s-mahavir-karna-not-shelved-director-rs-vimal-104707
  9. https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/suresh-gopi-pivotal-role-mahavir-karna-93649
  10. Mathew, Suresh (18 January 2016). "Prithviraj Announces Biggest, Most Expensive Malayalam Film". The Quint. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  11. Saseendran, Sajila (17 January 2016). "Karnan: Biggest, most expensive Malayalam film". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  12. Sekar, Raja (8 January 2018). "Vikram confirms doing a Rs 300 cr multilingual titled Mahavir Karna; film will release on Christmas 2019". Firstpost. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  13. "Vikram to commence work on 'Mahavir Karna' soon". www.thenewsminute.com. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  14. Nair, Anjali R. (5 April 2018). "Mahaveer Karna Begins". Reporter TV. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  15. "Filming begins for Vikram's Mahavir Karna". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  16. "Vikram starts shooting for his multilingual mega epic from today – Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz.com. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.


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