S S Rajamouli recently opened up about helming 'Mahabharata.'

He, however, added that it will take him years before starting the project and he wants to helm at least three to four films before taking up Mahabharata.

“If I get to the point of making Mahabharata, it would take me a year just to read the versions of Mahabharata that are available in the country. At present, I can only assume that it would be a 10-part film,” Rajamouli said while speaking with his brother-in-law Dr AV Guruva Reddy as quoted by Indian Express.

“Every film I make, I feel that I’m learning something to ultimately make Mahabharata. So that’s my dream and every step is towards that,” the filmmaker added.

This is not the first time that SS Rajamouli has opened up about making a film on Mahabharata. Earlier also, he had said that his version of Mahabharata will be different from what everyone has read as of now and that the characters in his film will be ‘enhanced’. “The characters that I write for my Mahabharata will not be the same as you’ve seen or read before. I will tell Mahabharata in my own way. Mahabharata (story) will be the same, but the characters will be enhanced and the inter-relationships between the characters will be added,” he had said.