Mahabharata epic set to become India's most expensive movie ever

Randamoozham, starring veteran actor Mohanlal, will cost Rs 1,000-crore (£150m) and is to be funded by UAE-based billionaire BR Shetty

India is set to make its most expensive film ever with an 1,000 crore rupees (£120m) adaptation of epic Sanskrit poem the Mahabharata.

Entitled Randamoozham, the two-part film will be financed by United Arab Emirates-based billionaire BR Shetty, and will dwarf the budget of the current record-holder, the two-part epic Baahubali, which cost a combined Rs430 crore (£51m) to make.

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