Malayalam filmmaker to visualize Way of Mahabharata drawing parallels from contemporary life
This ambitious big-budget project is being produced in six languages, with the title, cast, and production details to be announced soon. Artists and technicians from multiple regions and linguistic backgrounds are coming together, united by a single creative vision that transcends boundaries.
Thiruvananthapuram: Drawing from this timeless wisdom, film-maker Jayaram Kailas is bringing a bold new cinematic vision to life. Rooted in the epic yet deeply connected to the modern world, the film explores how the Mahabharata continues to guide human beings through moral conflicts, personal struggles, and life-altering choices. With the powerful tagline "Way of Mahabharata,” the project seeks to show that the answers we search for today were already asked and explored thousands of years ago.
For the first time in Indian cinema, an epic of this magnitude is being envisioned in direct conversation with contemporary life. The film does not merely retell mythology. Instead, it draws parallels between the ancient and the present, revealing how the philosophies of the Mahabharata can serve as a compass for navigating today’s complex world. The story, screenplay, and dialogues, crafted entirely by Jayaram Kailas, approach the epic with care, depth, and sensitivity, honoring its spirit while reinterpreting its essence for a global audience.
This ambitious big-budget project is being produced in six languages, with the title, cast, and production details to be announced soon. Artists and technicians from multiple regions and linguistic backgrounds are coming together, united by a single creative vision that transcends boundaries.
Conceived to meet the standards of major international film festivals, the film will also be released in English, taking the essence of the Mahabharata beyond borders. A strong emphasis has been placed on visual storytelling, with VFX designed to stand shoulder to shoulder with global productions. World-class overseas studios are handling VFX and color correction, ensuring a visually rich, immersive experience unlike anything Indian audiences have seen before.
At its core, this film is an attempt to pass on fragments of an eternal truth to remind the world that the Mahabharata is not a story of the past, but a living philosophy, still shaping the choices, conflicts, and destinies of humankind.
The script puja for the film, which is set to go on floors with the tagline "Way of Mahabharat,” was held at Mookambika on 04 January 2026.
Dr. K. N. Narasimha Adiga formally handed over the script to director Jayaram Kailas, in the presence of renowned astrologer Jithesh Panicker Guruvayur, marking a symbolic beginning to the journey ahead. The team has confirmed that the film’s title and further details will be revealed soon. The director also shared via his Instagram page that the project has officially secured its copyright, sealing the story as it steps into its next chapter.
The Mahabharata is not just an ancient epic. It is a mirror held up to humanity across time. Its wars are not only fought on battlefields but inside the human heart. Its questions about duty, desire, power, loyalty, and truth remain painfully relevant even today. Every generation, knowingly or unknowingly, lives its own Mahabharata.