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Handsome hunk Vicky Kaushal’s next actioner flick is the superhero trilogy, ‘The Immortal Ashwatthama’.
He will be essaying the role of the mythological character Ashwatthama, the son of Dronacharya who was given the boon of immortality in the Mahabharat.
This action movie is a modern-day adaptation of the epic. Kaushal is teaming with Director Aditya Dhar for the venture. As reported by Filmfare, as part of character prep, Vicky will need to train intensively and weigh more than 100 kgs for this role!
He will also have to train in horse-riding and various martial art forms, including jujutsu and krav maga.
As per Midday report, the film will go on floors by April 2021.
“Takht was supposed to wrap up by December, and we were scheduled to kick off our film by early 2021. [Despite the change in the line-up], we are sticking to the schedule; the film will go on floors by April 2021. Vicky needs to train for three months for the movie. So, once he wraps up his Yash Raj Films’ project, he will begin prepping in February,” said Dhar.
Talking about the locations, he continued –“We will begin shooting in Europe, primarily the UK, and then head to Iceland. The final schedule will be in Mumbai. The plan may change depending on the COVID-19 crisis in these countries.”
He concluded by saying that lockdown had been productive in taking care of pre-production. “We have finalised our HoDs [head of departments] and begun our discussion with the VFX team. Since nobody has attempted such a subject before, we don’t have a reference point. So, the VFX and design teams have to use their imagination and create [the universe] from scratch.”
