In the West, the top 30 highest grossers like Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean are all fantasy films. He said, "Fantasy as a genre is largely untapped in India. Shiv said the climax will have battle between Vikram's and Bhadrakaal's armies. The king agrees and later realises that he was being used by Bhadrakaal for some wrongdoing. Bhadrakaal who lives in a cremation ground wants Vikram to get Betaal for him. Shiv said only two of the 25 stories from the original Betaal Pachisi have been included in the film. The story also dwells on the love triangle of Vikram, princess Vasantsena and Kanupriya, the spy girl of Ujjain army. The film starts when Vikram defeats the Shakh warriors and returns to his kingdom in 57 BC and Vikram Samvat year begins," Shiv added.
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When King Vikram was born, Betaal was 40 and Bhadrakal 20 years of age. "All the three are born on the same nakshatra but with a gap of 20 years. The story dwells into the adventures of legendary king Vikramaditya of Ujjain as well as a spirit called Betaal and tantrik Bhadrakaal. We will shoot in Baroda and Ujjain," he added.
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"The process of finalising the cast is on. Sagar Arts has tied up with foreign consultants for VFX. Big stars are not required as the subject is bigger," he added. "We want to ensure that the budget is spend on making international quality special effects and production values. Shiv said the film is being made at a budget of Rs 25 crore with mostly new faces. Shiv told PTI the film will go on floors in March next year and will be ready for release by the end of December 2011 or early 2012. The veteran filmmaker's grandson Shiv Sagar has taken up the mantle of producer and creative director of the movie. The other two queens experienced the contact of the lotus and the moon rays respectively, but she was bruised without even touching the pestle.Sagar Arts, the production house of late Ramanand Sagar, is all set to explore the fantasy genre on big screen with their upcoming project Vikram Aur Betaal. Here, Betal paused to ask Vikram, “Which of the three queens was the most sensitive, and why?” Vikram answered, “Mrigankavati was the most delicate. The first queen was wounded by a lotus, the second was burned by the rays of the moon, and the third was bruised by the sound of a pestle. Her attendants had to take her back to her bed, where examination showed that her own hands were covered in bruises, just from hearing someone else’s hands pound the grain with the pestle. Unable to walk, she sat down, shaking in pain. Unwise, because she distinctly heard the sound of a pestle pounding some rice in a distant house. It was a quiet night, and very unwisely, she was out in the open air. Then the third queen, Mrigankavati, concerned for the king’s emotional state, set out to meet him. The cool rays of the moon (a cliché in Sanskrit) were enough to give her blisters! Her attendants had to treat her with delicate sandal paste and a soft bed of lotus leaves. We’ve all had a bad case of sunburn some time, but Taravali holds the unique distinction of having experienced ‘moonburn’.
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It was a cool night, and the breeze blew Taravali’s veil aside, exposing her delicate self to the rays of the moon. He went on the terrace with her and retired by her side. The king was distraught, so of course he sought the company of Taravali to console him. Indulekha was so sensitive that she fainted from pain! The royal physicians had to be summoned to bandage the wound that the lotus caused and treat her with every royal ointment they had. Once, the king was sitting by the side of his first queen, Indulekha, when a blue lotus that she had tucked behind her ear fell on her thighs. King Dharmadhvaja had three beautiful queens: Indulekha, Taravali, and Mrigankavati. Vikram carried Betal over his shoulders, and Betal, who liked his entertainment, much as we all do, launched into a story. Well, wait till you hear the story of King Dharmadhvaja’s queens. We all know the story of the Princess and the Pea, in which an innocent pea tucked beneath the cushions causes a delicate princess a night of sleeplessness and bruises on the back. But we live in unprecedented times when incumbents blatantly refuse to concede elections and instead take to ranting on Twitter.īut let us forget that for a moment and turn to a handy tale from the Vikram-Betal collection. The Raghuvamsha has a memorable passage: King Dilipa hands over the throne to his young son and retires to the forest with the queen because, Kalidasa tells us, “This is the family tradition of the Ikshvaku kings.” Granted, in a democratic republic, officials no longer hand over charge to their own children (or so it is supposed to be), but usually to someone their own age, and more often than not, to someone equally attached to power.