Shruti Haasan in a poster of Sanghamithra (Courtesy: arrahman)
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Shruti Haasan co-stars with Jayam Ravi and Arya
"Sanghamithra will be grandly entertaining," says director Sundar C
The first instalment of Sanghamithra will release in 2018
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Director Sundar C, who has been working on the film for three years, describes Sanghamithra as a 'fantasy' inspired by Tamil history and set in the eighth century, reports PTI. "Sanghamithra will be grandly entertaining. This is the film that I have always been aspiring to make. I've had the Sanghamithra idea with me for a decade now. I was waiting for the right kind of budget and the necessary technology to come my way. The time is now ripe. I wanted to be sure that I'd be able to do full justice to the magnitude of the tale before embarking upon making it," he says.
Of the film, he said, "Sanghamitra will go beyond the Rajamouli-directed VFX blockbuster. Baahubali took south Indian cinema to the national level while Sanghamithra will take it to the global league. That is what we are aiming at and that is why we are in Cannes to launch the film," Sundar said.
Sundar C is known for films such as Rajinikanth's Arunachalam and Kamal Haasan's Anbe Sivam. "All the hits that I have delivered thus far were only stepping stones towards this film. Sanghamithra is going to be 'the' film of my directing career," Sundar said.
The first instalment of Sanghamithra is scheduled to release by the end of 2018.
(With PTI inputs)
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