The Immortal Ashwatthama Featuring Vicky Kaushal And Sara Ali Khan Is Not Shelved, Clarifies Producer Ronnie Screwvala

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Mumbai, August 29, 2021: Earlier in January this year, actor Vicky Kaushal reunited with the team of Uri: The Surgical Strike for an ambitious science-fiction superhero film, The Immortal Ashwatthama. The movie was expected to commence shooting in the second half of 2021, but the second covid-19 wave spoiled the party.

Recently, it was reported that the movie has been put on hold indefinitely due to budget issues. It was also said that producer Ronnie Screwvala had invested Rs. 30 crores loss on the pre-production work but now the investment has gone for a toss as the makers were not able to take the movie on floors due to various issues. Being an ambitious sci-fi film that needs a lot of VFX work, the budget of the film was increasing, and keeping that in mind, it was reported that the makers shelved the project.



However, the producer Screwvala has now clarified that the movie has not been shelved but has been postponed for another six to nine months. In a statement, Ronnie Screwvala said that in the final draft of the script, the ambition of the movie and budget did not match, plus the uncertainty due to covid-19, didn't help either.

The producer further said in the statement that keeping all things in mind, he along with Vicky Kaushal and director Aditya Dhar has decided to push the movie for another 6 to 9 months, for which, the leading lady of the film Sara Ali Khan also agreed. The team will now work to manage the budget and will kick off once the overall situation gets better.

#TheImmortalAshwatthama is just postponed, not shelved... Producer @RonnieScrewvala clarifies that their ambitious sci-fi project is very much on, however, will happen only later when situation is better! @vickykaushal09 @RSVPMovies pic.twitter.com/yUHjPX5ZFp

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Set around the contemporary times and modeled around Guru Dronacharya's son Ashwatthama, who in Mahabharata gets the curse to be immortal, Vicky Kaushal will play the character of Ashwatthama. Calling The Immortal Ashwatthama the biggest film of his career yet, Vicky Kaushal had earlier said it's going to be an exhilarating experience for him to explore technology alongside his craft.

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