Right after the success of Baahubali, Tollywood Jakkana Rajamouli speaking to scribes expressed his desire to come with a grandiose project on Mahabharata.During that time many rumours spread that Rajamouli's next will be Mahabharata and speculation too started about the star cast. However Rajamouli poured cold water on all of them saying he will think about Mahabharata only in future and not at present.
In the meantime it is comingout that Jakkana is losing the Mahabharata war. Already Mohan Lal is starring in 1000crs project on Mahabharata and Shah Rukh Khan expressed his desire to star in Mahabharata.Now inside talk is Mr. Perfectionist Aamir Khan is set to start his Mahabharata.
Sources say Aamir roped in director Advaith Chandan of Secret Super Star fame to direct the first instalment of Mahabharata. Inside talk is Aamir walked out of the biopic on Indian astronomer Rakesh Sharma, titled Salute to concentrate on Mahabharata. Sources say Amir will be seen as Karna or Krishna in the prestigious project.