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The Mahabharata is an upcoming two-part Indian multiligual epic film based on the 1984 Malayalam novel Randamoozham by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. Randamoozham retells the Indian Sanskrit epic Mahabharata from the view point of Bhima. Vasdevan Nair will write the screenplay of the the film, which will be directed by V. A. Shrikumar Menon and produced by B. R. Shetty. The announced budget of the film is ₹1000 crore (US$155 million), making it the most expensive Indian film till date. The film will be shot in English, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu and will be dubbed into other foreign and Indian languages. The production of the film is expected to begin in September 2018 for a release of the first part in early 2020. The second part will be released 90 days after the first part. The film will star Mohanlal as Bhima. The rest of the cast is yet to be finalized.