Jio Studios and Aditya Dhar get in conversation with Allu Arjun
While the film has had its journey of ups and downs over the last few years, especially post the pandemic, Pinkvilla has learnt that Allu Arjun is in talks with Jio Studios to play the titular role of Ashwatthama in the Aditya Dhar directed The Immortal Ashwatthama. “Ashwatthama is Aditya Dhar’s dream, which will come to life with Jio Studios coming on board as the producers. The filmmaker and top officials at Jio Studios are in talks with Allu Arjun to play the lead. The conversations are in the initial stages at the moment, and Allu has shown some interest in the unique and ambitious world of the film. The conversation could materialize into something fruitful or could just fizzle out too, but, a couple of meetings have already taken place over the last few months,” a source informed.
The development has been buzzing across the industries – South as well as North – and once the collaboration materializes, it would be among the biggest till date. “Ashwatthama is among the biggest films of Indian Cinema and Allu Arjun’s involvement will take the stakes a lot higher. Everyone is hopeful for the things to fall in right direction, but it would still take some time to get a clearer picture on where the conversation is headed. Jio Studios is flexing it’s muscles by getting in conversation with Allu Arjun, and hopefully, this shall yield fruitful results,” the source added.
