Overwhelmed by the success of Raajneeti, which was a contemporary adaptation of The Mahabharata, Prakesh Jha is taking a step ahead by making a full-fledged film that will be centred on the character of Draupadi, the wife of the five pandavas.

He intends to make this film for the international audiences. And guess what??? He plans to rope in Hollywood star Angelina Jolie for this flick.

Jha says that he wanted to make a film on Draupadi for quite some time. He even tried roping in Madhuri Dixit for the role a few years back, but the project just fell through. Now, he’s reviving the film which he calls “the ultimate tribute to womanhood”.

“I’m going to make it as an international film with an international cast…” Jha was quoted as saying.

Now, the question is, will Jolie, or any other Hollywood star for that matter, be able to do justice to the complex character of Draupadi???

UTV has always had a long run history of working with reputed film makers and it continues to do so! UTV joins hands with ten time national award winner Prakash Jha for his next production RAJNEETI. Over the years Prakash Jha Productions has made several critically acclaimed and popular films including APAHARAN, GANGAAJAL, MRITYUDAND and DAMUL.

Based on the story by Prakash Jha, Anjum Rajabali and Prakash have worked on RAJNEETI’S screenplay for the last four years. Star cast for the film is one of the best and most exciting in recent times. The cast of the film includes Nana Patekar, Ajay Devgan, Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajpai, Katrina Kaif & Naseeruddin Shah. The first schedule of the film has been completed and second schedule is likely to begin soon. The film is slated for release in the first half of 2010.