{"id":1554,"date":"2007-05-20T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-20T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/05\/hindu-and-buddhist-epics-on-their-way\/"},"modified":"2007-05-20T22:45:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-20T22:45:00","slug":"hindu-and-buddhist-epics-on-their-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/05\/hindu-and-buddhist-epics-on-their-way.html","title":{"rendered":"Hindu and Buddhist epics on their way!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Variety<\/a><\/i> reports:<\/span><\/p>\n

When you have the Dalai Lama\u2019s explicit blessing for your movie, the sky\u2019s the limit.<\/p>\n

That is the unique trump card being played by telecom mogul B.K. Modi, who is readying \u201cBuddha<\/a>,\u201d a $120 million English-language biopic of the Buddha through his M Pictures. Even more ambitious is \u201cThe Mahabharata<\/a>,\u201d another retelling of the epic tale that is a major tenet of Hinduism, which producer Bobby Bedi is pitching as a historical actioner akin to an Indian \u201cLord of the Rings.\u201d . . .<\/p>\n

Modi has corralled the talents of Hollywood-based producers Michael Shane and Anthony Romano (\u201cI, Robot,\u201d \u201cCatch Me if You Can\u201d) for \u201cBuddha.\u201d They will package it for global distribution either through a studio or the indie route. Production is skedded to begin at the end of this year.<\/p>\n

For his part, Bedi has called on \u201cThe Lord of the Rings<\/a>\u201d producer Barrie Osborne to manage the three-part \u201cMahabharata\u201d while he oversees the two separate TV series, the allied publishing activities and the game spinoff that is now being set up with Electronic Arts\u2019 Hong Kong division. Even with lensing in low-cost India, budget will be deep into nine figures. . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It could be interesting to compare the Buddha epic to Pan Nalin\u2019s low-budget Buddha biopic<\/a>, if they come out at the same time.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Variety reports: When you have the Dalai Lama\u2019s explicit blessing for your movie, the sky\u2019s the limit. That is the unique trump card being played by telecom mogul B.K. Modi, who is readying \u201cBuddha,\u201d a $120 million English-language biopic of the Buddha through his M Pictures. 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