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In 1997, India's most expensive film was Initially offered to Rajinikanth and Amitabh Bachchan, the role eventually went to...
Published: April 1, 2025 8:36 AM IST By India’s most expensive film was being made in 1997, but this film could never be completed and before going to this actor the script was first offered to Rajinikanth and Amitabh Bachchan. Unfortunately, neither of the stars decided to make this film. Instead, the film was offered to Kamal Haasan.
The title of this film was ‘Marudhanayagam’. Kamal Haasan starred in the never-completed Marudhanayagam. While Nasar, Vishnuvardhan, and Satyaraj also played an important role in it.
A real story of the freedom fighter Marudhanayagam was a biographical film. This film was based on the life of 18th century freedom fighter Marudhanayagam Pillai. In 1997, ‘Marudhanayagam’ was to be made with a budget of approximately 85 crores.
According to reports, if this amount is considered in today’s terms, it will reach more than 600 crores. The lead role was offered to a Hollywood actress It is said that popular Hollywood actress Kate Winslet was offered the lead role of Marsha in the film, which she refused to do. According to reports, megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Thalaivar Rajinikanth were offered cameo roles in the film.
Three countries were jointly making ‘Marudhanayagam’ ‘Marudhanayagam’ was being produced jointly by Indian, French and English production houses. It is believed that if this film had been released, it would have proved to be a bigger box office hit than ‘Baahubali 2’. Why could ‘Marudhanayagam’ not be completed? In 1998, India’s nuclear test failed in Pokhran range.
This angered the British government and the British production house withdrew from the film. After this, the film could not move forward. For breaking news and live news updates, like us on or follow us on and .
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