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With many production houses eyeing on
interesting contents of books and adapting
them for the big screen and now Phantom
Films too seems to have been following a
similar path. The production house has
acquired the rights of Krishna
Udayasankar's Immortal' from Hachette
India.
Furthermore, we hear that they are looking
to develop the project as a trilogy on
Ashwathama in a modern context. The
book tells us a story about a flawed hero,
who cannot die but continues to suffer
insurmountable pain as a consequence of
it. Immortal' is the modern-day telling of
the story of the legendary misunderstood
warrior, Ashwathama, who having been
given the curse of immortality by Krishna,
has been roaming the earth for millennia in
search of mortality. As a result, the story
also (in a way) spans 4000 years.
A blend of history, myth, and fantasy,
Immortal' narrates the story of Professor
Bharadvaj, who is unwittingly pulled into a
hunt for the vajra', believed to have trans-
mutative powers that can unlock the
secrets of immortality.
A source close to the project said, "Our
adaptation of the book is beyond fantasy-
fiction and will be along the lines of a quest
genre', which will take our hero on an
adventure across the sub-continent, much
like Indiana Jones. So it will be a big scale
film, with both shreds of historical and
action-adventure storytelling. Krishna
Udayasankar has also written a three-part
series on the Mahabharata, called The
Aryavrata Chronicles'.
Madhu Mantena confirmed the latest
developments on the same and added, "We
are very proud to announce this
magnificent project as a Trilogy on
Ashwathama in a modern context. It's a
very powerful story written beautifully by
Krishna Udayasankar. The concept is
something that has not been experienced
on the big screen before and that too on
such a huge scale. We are very excited to
start this journey.
However, it is being said that the details of
the film are yet to be locked.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/phantom-films-get-rights-krishna-udayasankars-book-immortal/.
interesting contents of books and adapting
them for the big screen and now Phantom
Films too seems to have been following a
similar path. The production house has
acquired the rights of Krishna
Udayasankar's Immortal' from Hachette
India.
Furthermore, we hear that they are looking
to develop the project as a trilogy on
Ashwathama in a modern context. The
book tells us a story about a flawed hero,
who cannot die but continues to suffer
insurmountable pain as a consequence of
it. Immortal' is the modern-day telling of
the story of the legendary misunderstood
warrior, Ashwathama, who having been
given the curse of immortality by Krishna,
has been roaming the earth for millennia in
search of mortality. As a result, the story
also (in a way) spans 4000 years.
A blend of history, myth, and fantasy,
Immortal' narrates the story of Professor
Bharadvaj, who is unwittingly pulled into a
hunt for the vajra', believed to have trans-
mutative powers that can unlock the
secrets of immortality.
A source close to the project said, "Our
adaptation of the book is beyond fantasy-
fiction and will be along the lines of a quest
genre', which will take our hero on an
adventure across the sub-continent, much
like Indiana Jones. So it will be a big scale
film, with both shreds of historical and
action-adventure storytelling. Krishna
Udayasankar has also written a three-part
series on the Mahabharata, called The
Aryavrata Chronicles'.
Madhu Mantena confirmed the latest
developments on the same and added, "We
are very proud to announce this
magnificent project as a Trilogy on
Ashwathama in a modern context. It's a
very powerful story written beautifully by
Krishna Udayasankar. The concept is
something that has not been experienced
on the big screen before and that too on
such a huge scale. We are very excited to
start this journey.
However, it is being said that the details of
the film are yet to be locked.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/phantom-films-get-rights-krishna-udayasankars-book-immortal/.
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