Overview
- Manchu Manoj plays Mahabir Lama, also known as Black Sword, in the Telugu action-fantasy Mirai.
- Hindustan Times reports the film has collected about ₹100 crore worldwide in five days.
- In new interviews, Manoj compares the antagonist to Thanos and Ravana to stress the role’s mythic scale.
- He says he empathises with Mahabir’s motives around equality but rejects the character’s violence and anger toward God.
- Manoj points out that the character’s fate is not shown on screen and says director Karthik Gattamneni has plans for Mahabir in the franchise.