allu-madhu A triumvirate of filmmakers has come together to make the epic Ramayana as a live action 500 crores feature film.

On Tuesday, three known film producers, Allu Aravind, Namit Malhotra and Madhu Mantena have joined hands to make the great Indian epic Ramayana into a film.

The live-action feature will be a Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu trilingual. The film is touted to be the nation's most ambitious project with an estimated budget of 500 crores.

The film will be shot in 3D and will be released in three part series.

Allu Aravind, one of the producers shared,"It's a huge responsibility but the Ramayana needs to be told on the big screen in the most magnificent way possible. We are committed to delivering a spectacular extravaganza".

The ace Tollywood producer is known for films like Ghajini and Magadheera, Madhu Mantena and him collaborated on Ghajini.

A source close to the development shared that the trio has been working on the script for over a year.

He further added,"They realised that the epic hasn't been presented on the big screen for many years now, not since Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan with Arun Govil and Deepika Chikhalia as Ram and Sita was telecast on Doordarshan in 1987-88, followed by another adaption of the epic by Sagar Arts in 2008 with Gurmeet Choudhary and Debina Bonnerjee in the lead. They wanted to bring the epic to the big screen this time"

Namit Malhotra asserts that he has always intended to raise the bar in our cinema, his company, Prime Focus, has handled the stereo conversion and visual effects of high budget Hollywood franchise films like Ghostbusters, Star Wars, Transformers, X-Men: Apocalypse and The Martian.

Namit Malhotra who is involved in this mega venture shared in his personal capacity,"Three generations of my family have been in the movies and we have a world-leading capability in bringing such stories to life. There cannot be a better time and opportunity to tell the greatest Indian story to the world in a way that preserves its respect and vision. The partnership with Allu sir and Madhu has aligned me with the best partners who share the same vision and passion, to make this a cinematic experience, all Indians can be proud of".