Mahabharat: Future of mega series 'Mahabharat' stuck in balance, first effect of merger of Disney india and jio Cinema
Due to the possible merger of jio Cinema and Disney's indian companies Star Studio, Star tv Network, and Hotstar, the mega series 'Mahabharat', announced in Anaheim, USA last year, is stuck in limbo. The announcement of making this series with producer madhu mantena was made with much fanfare. Work on the web series 'Mahabharata' has not started yet and according to the information, it is difficult to make it shortly.
It is also looking difficult to make the web series 'Mahabharat' because, after the merger of reliance and Disney, the first epic that seems to be getting ready to start is the second film of director Ayan Mukherjee's film trilogy 'Brahmastra 2: God'. Sources say that after coming under the ownership of jio Cinema, the acquisition of Disney's indian film production arm Star Studios will also be completed. After this, the intellectual property rights of the film 'Brahmastra' series will also come to Jio.
Walt Disney's established company Disney Studios completed 100 years of its establishment this year. The celebration of the hundredth year was started by Disney in september last year in the city of Anaheim, its first adventure park, Disneyland. In this event named D23 Expo 2022, Disney informed the visitors about its business spread across the world. The focus was more on the entertainment content that this company has been working on creating in the local languages of all the countries of the world.
On this occasion, Disney announced to creation of big-budget entertainment content in local languages in China, Japan, Korea, Spain, and also in india by the year 2025. And, the most important thing during this announcement was the production of a mega series on 'Mahabharata'. indian representative and content head Gaurav Banerjee, who was present with Disney's international Content and Operations Head Rebecca Campbell, had then told that the indian branch of Disney will make this series with producer Madhu Mantena.
Earlier, filmmaker madhu mantena was also going to make a film 'Draupadi' with deepika Padukone. 'Draupadi' was shelved long ago and now according to the latest information, the production of 'Mahabharata' has also been sidelined as part of the plans of the company. Filmmaker and actor aamir khan also worked for many years on plans to produce a series on 'Mahabharata'. But, aamir khan has also diverted his attention from this plan.
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