Randamoozham the all time classic novel written by Late M T Vasudevan Nair is to be directed by a top Director selected by Mani Ratnam and accepted by the Late Author. As per sources, MT's daughter Aswathi V Nair who hold the rights had initiated a dialogue between MT and Mani Ratnam and the Director had said that he does not have the time to involve in a big project that requires years to fulfill. He had at that time was involved in the making of the Kalki's Ponniyin Selvan novel. He then was asked to suggest the name of another Director. He then said a name of the person and it was approved by MT. As further talks were to go forward, MT fell ill.
Aswathy had piloted the web series Manorathangal production with the help of Priyadarshan who coordinated with OTT platforms. The project Randamoozham was initially given to Director Srikumar Menon who directed Odiyan. Menon had got producers B R Shetty to fund it with a Rs 1000 crore budget. As the project was dragging, MT took back the rights from Menon. At the outset, Hariharan who had directed MT's novel was tipped to do the project.
Now the talk is that Mani has recommended Director Lijo Jose Palliserry who directed Malaikottai Valliban with Mohanlal. Lijo has two production houses that has co- produced films. The book is a look at Mahabhartham through te eyes of Bhima. He is always second to everyone despite his contributions to the victory in the war. Even his son's death in the war stands second to the death of Arjunan's son.
he book unravels all the hardships and dilemmas encountered by Bhima which remain unnoticed. It explores the emotions of the mighty Pandava as a son, brother, husband, and father. The story brings to light his affection for his wife, Draupadi, and how unnoticed his acts of love remain. The novel has been translated into multiple languages. It was translated into English as Second Turn by P. K. Ravindranath in 1997. Another English translation by Gita Krishnankutty published in 2013 is titled Bhima: Lone Warrior.[4][5] The book was translated into Tamil by Kurunjivelan as Irandaam Idam with the cover illustration by Trotsky Marudu. source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randamoozham
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