

Karan will soon be adapting Amish Tripathi's best seller The Immortals of Meluha into a film. And now, back home, with the huge success of the adaptation of Chetan Bhagat's book in the form of 3 Idiots, producer Karan Johar too is contemplating to adapt a best seller into a film. However, the makers later through a statement clarified their stand.Īre you excited to see Padmavati? Let us know in the comments below.Often we have seen Hollywood films being adapted from some of the best selling novels. The said vigilante group accused the filmmaker of distorting the facts. The movie has already run into several troubles with Karni Sena members vandalizing the sets twice- first in Jaipur and later in Kolhapur. The movie stars Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor in the lead roles. The leading daily quoted a source close to Amish Tripathi saying, “His contract with Karan expired recently, so Dharma had to surrender the rights to the book.”Ĭurrently, SLB is busy with Padmavati which is scheduled to release this November. While the Melhuans battle it out with Chandravanshis and Nagas, Shiva begins his search to find his real self.

As the myth suggests, the Meluhans believe Shiva is Neelkanth, their saviour. This Amish Tripathi’s novel is set in the mystical land of Meluha traces the journey of Shiva. A leading daily quoted a source saying that Sanjay Leela Bhansali has now shown interest in turning the book into a film. Well, the buzz is that apparently, Sanjay Leela Bhansali is keen on adapting the book into a film. Recommended read: Karan Johar: Yash and Roohi are my superstars and the biggest stars that I have ever worked with Now, the latest we hear is that KJo had to surrender the rights after his production house was unable to make the film in time. Karan Johar earlier purchased the rights of Amish Tripathi’s bestseller, Immortals of Meluha, for Shuddhi which was supposed to be inspired by the book.
