One of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ, St. Thomas, came to India after Christ was crucified with a mission to spread the Word of God. St. Thomas was also part of the famous ’Last Supper’.A film is being planned to bring to light the life of St. Thomas with a whopping budget of Rs. 50 Crores. The project will be inaugurated tomorrow by Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and is expected to match Hollywood big-budget movies such as Ben Hur and the Ten Commandments in budget and quality. The film on the life of St Thomas, produced by Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore, would have spiritual consolation for people of all walks of life.
The makers of the film have planned to shoot in locations such as Chennai, Iddukki, Munnar and a few places abroad. The movie will also feature Hollywood stars in it.The film will be released in 2010.
Rajnikanth, Kamal Haasan, Ajith, Vijay and Vikram will be playing guest role in this film. The film would initially be made in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi and later dubbed into various other languages, including English and French. The Government of Canada and Vatican will finance this project.
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