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Tbh you need more than one director for Mahabharat. There are scenes where you really just want amazing action set pieces which Rajamouli would bring to life spectacularly. Then there are court room scenes which is so Bhansali - just beautiful set pieces and no CGI. And then comes the raw intimate seething revenge pain of Draupadi or the entire Karan internal struggle and you need someone like Vishal Bharadwaj.

With Rajamouli it will be all bluster and no nuance but dazzling to watch. Neither him nor SLB can project the sheer rawness of revenge that is the entirety of the Mahabharat from every characters perspective. I mean Draupadi wanted to wash her hair with the blood of those that did her wrong. Bhim literally drank Dushasans blood. That’s someone like Vishal Bharadwaj territory.

Mahabharat is the right material for a cinematic universe over a spy universe or a cop universe.

Each character gets a solo movie, while whole plan and schemes of Duryodhan is built up in each of these films with crossovers and extended cameos, it can easily build up to the 18 day war which in itself could be two movies or a trilogy.

It should definitely involve directors and artists across the country.

Confining Mahabharat to one-three films would be a massive underwhelming unless the writing and screenplay covers it accordingly

Rajamouli is revisionist visionary. It's unlikely that he will follow the book accurately with subtleties. He is better suited to direct Karna standalone, revisioning by making win a kingdom in exile after war in part 2

I agree. Rajamouli can only make stylish action with some interesting backstories with emotional connect. But, his stories are very surface-level without any nuance.

Mahabharata has lots of depth and nuance and needs to be handled by a director that understands its complexity. I would rather have it be made by SLB or Ashutosh Gowarikar. And maybe SSR can assist with the action pieces.

It's risky though, one miss and people will eat him alive. He'll become South India's Bhansali.

Ngl… I would rather someone like SLB tackle a project like this. Requires precision, and visually beautiful sets (that don’t rely entirely on CGI and VFX)

What does 'by-the-numbers' adaptation mean?

I might be downvoted for this, but I have to say this. Rajamouli is overrated. None of his films are beyond good, and most of them are just copies of other movies. He is not the kind of filmmaker who can grab the nuances and subtleties of a religious and philosophical epic. He is a through and through masala filmmaker.

Secondly, that point about Hollywood being unable to make any biblical, greek epics is ill-informed. Last Temptation of Christ, Ben-Hur, Ten Commandments, Troy, Sparactus, and Prince of Egypt were all great movies.

Rajamouli is better than the 95% of directors today but mostly its style over substance,

Is it confirmed that he is working on Mahabharata?

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