Ashwatthama has been in the news for a long time. There has been a lot of news about the lead star of the film. Earlier, the film was being made with Vicky Kaushal playing the leading role. Helmed by Aditya Dhar, there was a lot of buzz around the same and Vicky Kaushal had announced it too. As both of them delivered a blockbuster with URI, it was almost confirmed that Ashwatthama will be made in their combination.
But, then the news emerged that Vicky Kaushal is out of the project and Ranveer Singh is being considered. The latest reports had it that Allu Arjun is going to make his Bollywood debut with this film. Discussions regarding the same are also happened. But, now reports suggest Allu Arjun is rethinking about doing the film after Adipurush's result.
Stars are a little concerned over signing films that are high on VFX. They want to do simple films with filmmakers and trust only Rajamouli on the VFX front. Seeing what happened to Adipurush, Allu Arjun is now in two minds to trust a relatively new director with such an ambitious subject.
Allu Arjun is now doing Pushpa 2 The Rule sequel to smash hit Pushpa 1 The Rise directed by Sukumar. News is that he will soon announce his next biggie with Trivikram which would be a pan India Film mounted on a large scale.