Director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, who last made The Vaccine War, announced his next film Parva, which is said to be a modern-age franchise inspired from the Hindi epic Mahabharata. The filmmaker made the announcement on social media on Saturday.

Parva will be based on book Parva, written by SL Bhyrappa, in Kannada. The book is a retelling of Mahabharata that is narrated through the personal reflections of the principal characters. The franchise will consist of three parts. Prakash Belawadi will serve as the co-writer.

At the launch event held in Bengaluru attended by Vivek, producer and actor Pallavi Joshi, co-writer, Prakash Belawadi, and author Bhyrappa, the filmmaker said, "We, at I am Buddha Production are grateful to the almighty to be presenting Padma Bhushan Dr SL Bhyrappa’s modern classic: PARVA - AN EPIC TALE OF DHARMA."

Pallavi Joshi said, "I want to understand the mammoth responsibility that we have on our shoulders. It is not easy handling a subject like Parva, handling the vision of the author.”

Parva will be made in Kannada and English.