For Aditya Dhar’s The Immortal Ashwatthama Allu Arjun is in disussions with Jio Studios
It’s frequently said that fate has its own agenda and that everything happens for a reason. Aditya Dhar has been enthusiastically working on his dream project, The Immortal Ashwatthama for the last 5 years, with all his energies spent to build a universe like never before taking references from the epic, Mahabharata. The director has throughout the years constructed a world by resurrecting Ashwatthama as a superhero with the ability to live forever. According to reports, Jio Studios will produce the two-part movie.
While the movie has experienced ups and downs over the past few years, particularly after the pandemic, Pinkvilla has learned that Allu Arjun is in talks with Jio Studios to play the title role of Ashwatthama in the Aditya Dhar-directed The Immortal Ashwatthama. “Ashwatthama is Aditya Dhar’s dream, which will come to life with Jio Studios coming on board as the producers. The filmmaker and top officials at Jio Studios are in talks with Allu Arjun to portray the lead. The negotiations are in the earliest phases at the moment, and Allu has expressed some interest in the unusual and grandiose setting of the film. The conversation could materialize into something fruitful or could just fizzle out too, but, a couple of meetings have already taken place over the last few months,” a source informed.
The news has been making waves in both the South and the North’s businesses, and when the collaboration happens, it will be one of the biggest ever. “Ashwatthama is among the biggest films of Indian Cinema and Allu Arjun’s involvement will take the stakes a lot higher. Everyone is hopeful for the things to fall in right direction, but it would still take some time to get a clearer picture on where the conversation is headed. Jio Studios is stretching it’s muscles by getting in communication with Allu Arjun, and hopefully, this should generate positive results,” the source added.
Allu Arjun and Sukumar are currently filming Pushpa: The Rule, and they will be very busy with this action movie through the end of this year. He has already agreed to star in a movie with Trivikram and another with Sandeep Reddy Vanga. The Stylish Star has spoken with many other directors over the years, including Atlee, but there hasn’t been any new information regarding development. There has also been a speculation of him cooperating with SS Rajamouli once the maverick filmmaker wraps up the Mahesh Babu picture, but we are yet to have a definite confirmation on the same.
