Aamir Khan To Begin Work On Mahabharat From August; Reveals He Won't Cast Any Known Faces

We all know Mahabharat is Aamir Khan's dream project. In several interviews, he has spoken highly about the Hindi epic. Earlier, on Raj Shamani's podcast, Aamir said he will start working on the film after the release of Sitaare Zameen Par. Now, as the film has released, Mr Perfectionist will start working on Mahabharat soon.

Aamir Khan to start working on Mahabharat

In an interview with Screen, Aamir Khan revealed the production of Mahabharat will begin in August. "Well, I’m starting work on it in the month of August. It will be a series of films. It’ll be back to back. Because you can’t tell the Mahabharat in just one film. And you know, the Mahabharat is very dangerous. It’s again a story which is in my blood. No one can do anything about it. I need to tell it. So I’m starting work on it," he said.

When asked about the cast in the magnum opus, the Laal Singh Chaddha star said he plans on casting new and unknown faces. For him the characters are the stars. "I don’t plan to take any known faces in the film. For me, the characters are the stars. I want unknown faces. There’ll be entirely new cast for it, is what I’m thinking," he added.

Earlier, on Raj Shamani's podcast, Aamir had said, "I feel like that’s one project which, once I’ve done it, might leave me with the feeling that there’s nothing more I can do after that."

He called it "layered, emotional, vast in scale, and full of grandeur" and "everything that exists in the world can be found in Mahabharat."

Aamir's recent release was Sitaare Zameen Par, which has collected Rs 150.05 crore, in eighteen days. Directed by RS Prasanna, the sports drama marks Aamir return to the big screen after a hiatus of three years.