Janmashtami: Imtiaz Ali announces his new project- Radha-Krishna’s eternal love story

Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali’s Window Seat Films, LLP, in collaboration with Anil D Ambani’s Reliance Entertainment took the opportunity of auspicious festival of Janmashtami to announce the next film on the eternal love story of Radha and Krishna.

We can’t wait for the film as Imitiaz Ali has made a lot of our favourite romantic films like Jab We Met, Love Aaj Kal and Rockstar.

In a statement issued by DNA, Imitiaz said that this was one of his dream projects and something that he always wanted to explore on the big screen.DNA quoted him saying, “I have always been fascinated by the eternal love story of Radha and Krishna. In all of Indian folklore I know of no other story, which is so intensely personal and yet has such an epic scale. It has been my dream to step into the world of Radha Krishna.”

Imtiaz also took to his Instagram to share a picture of a flute with a peacock feather and said, “I have always been fascinated by the eternal love story of Radha and Krishna. In all of Indian folklore I know of no other story, which is so intensely personal and yet has such an epic scale. It has been my dream to step into the world of Radha Krishna. And I shall do so with my next film in association with @reliance.entertainment which will be written & directed by me based on this epic love saga for generations. #WindowSeatFilms.”

I have always been fascinated by the eternal love story of Radha and Krishna. In all of Indian folklore I know of no other story, which is so intensely personal and yet has such an epic scale. It has been my dream to step into the world of Radha Krishna. And I shall do so with my next film in association with @reliance.entertainment which will be written & directed by me based on this epic love saga for generations. #WindowSeatFilms

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The daily quoted Shibasish Sarkar of Reliance Entertainment who said, “The story of Radha Krishna is one of the most fascinating love stories of all times and Imtiaz is India’s most accomplished film maker in this space. In its reach and appeal, it transcends boundaries of culture and language.Imtiaz’s idea to bring this eternal love story to the big screen is extremely fascinating and we are delighted to partner with him on this journey. We are exploring various collaborations on the project to make it of a scale befitting its epic nature.”

This is one of Imitiaz’s upcoming directorial ventures and the research of the project is currently underway.

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