Abu Dhabi: Dr. BR Shetty, the proposed producer of the epic movie ‘Randamoozham’, said that he doesn’t know anything about the decision of author MT Vasudevan Nair to withdraw his screenplay for the movie adaptation of his novel ‘Randamoozham’.

I don’t care whose screenplay it is. That’s not my matter. My aim is to present the epic story of Mahabharatham before the world. I consider it as my duty as a true Indian, said BR Shetty to Mathrubhumi.

Epic movie Mahabharatam is a screen adaptation of Jnanpith laureate M T Vasudevan Nair’s Malayalam novel Randamoozham (Second Turn).

I decided to make a movie on Mahabharatham with a budget of over Rs 1000 crores. Preliminary discussions regarding this is over. Director Shrikumar Menon is working on it. The movie will be made in various languages including Malayalam and Hindi. There is no change in that. And I have no insistence on the screenplay.

I am unaware about the statements made by MT regarding this. I am not involved in and know nothing about the politics in film industry. I am an Indian who wishes to spend money for Mahabharatham. Film making is not my job. However, my dream is to make a movie out of Mahabharatham for the coming generation. My dream will materialize.

It doesn’t matter whose screenplay it is. I won’t make a second movie after Mahabharatham. I am a true Indian. This thought is the inspiration behind the decision, said Dr BR Shetty, the chairman of the UAE-based NMC group.