SCOOP: Ranveer Singh buys the rights for The Immortal of Meluha trilogy for Rs. 40 crores from Amish Tripathi : Bollywood News

“Ranveer Singh was to lead Immortals of Meluha for Sanjay Leela Bhansali. However, the project never materialized. But the actor was always fascinated by the world, and had the dream of playing Lord Shiva in the spectacle. The minute rights of Immortal of Meluha expired on Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Ranveer went ahead and procured it under his own banner – Maa Kasam Films,” a source told Bollywood Hungama.

The source also informs that the sum splurged by Ranveer Singh to bag the rights is the highest ever for a novel. “Ranveer has bagged the Immortal of Meluha trilogy for a humongous sum of Rs. 40 crores. It’s a passion project for him, and he has put it under development. While 5 years back, he relied on SLB to bring this to reality, today, he is in a position of power to pick the director for this. He is committed to bringing the Meluha trilogy to the spectacle.”