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After scores of articles that you must have read about 'Mahabharata' cast including Aamir Khan, it has finally been confirmed. Shah Rukh Khan revealed that the epic film will have Aamir play the role of God Krishna. 

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It all started when Shah Rukh was asked at an event if he wanted a part in the film, to which he said, “Krishna from Mahabharata” but went on to add “Krishna from Mahabharata has already been taken by Aamir so I will not be able to do that.”

It is said that the film will be made on a budget of around Rs 1000 crore but will now be made as a seven-part web series. 

Earlier, Aamir was to star in astronaut Rakesh Sharma’s biopic but he gave up the role to Shah Rukh in order to work on his dream project. The writer of the film, Anjum Rajabali, had also confirmed the same and said, “Frankly, I was very keen that Aamir should do the film. He liked the script, we discussed it a lot and we had a lot of hopes about it. Unfortunately, Aamir is consumed with a larger sort of project called Mahabharat.”

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Aamir saw a major flop at the box office with his latest release ‘Thugs of Hindostan’ bombing. The film had Amitabh Bachchan, Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Shaikh.