Aamir Khan has often spoken about ‘Mahabharat’ as his dream project. It’s been many years since Aamir is dreaming about it but has always maintained that it’s a huge responsibility. He has admitted that he’s taking his own time because he doesn’t really want to go wrong with it as it would hurt sentiments. Meanwhile, now in a recent interview, Aamir has confirmed that he will finally begin work on it from next month.He said in an interview with Screen, “Well, I’m starting work on it in the month of August. It will be a series of films. It’ll be back to back. Because you can’t tell the Mahabharat in just one film. And you know, the Mahabharat is very dangerous. It’s again a story which is in my blood. No one can do anything about it. I need to tell it. So I’m starting work on it.”When further asked about the casting, he said, “I don’t plan to take any known faces in the film. For me, the characters are the stars. I want unknown faces. There’ll be entirely new cast for it, is what I’m thinking.”Earlier, when Aamir was asked about the character he would love to play in ‘Mahabharat’, he had said he’s really impressed with Lord Krishna. “The character of Krishna inspires me—that’s the character I truly love.”Aamir said at the India@2047 Summit hosted by ABP Live, “Actually… mujhe Krishna ka kirdaar bohot hi prabhavit karta hai… I’m very inspired by him. So that’s a character I really love (Actually… I find the character of Krishna deeply impactful… I’m very inspired by him. So that’s a character I really love)” However, he added further, “Kyunki yeh bohot bada project hai, toh main kuch badi cheezein bolna nahi cha raha hoon (Since this is such a big project, I don’t want to say anything major right now).“
