Devotee: Somebody said you want to film the Bhagavad-gītā, Swamiji?
Prabhupāda: Yes. If you can take up, I can direct you. (exclamations from guests)
Devotee: In Sanskrit or in English?
Prabhupāda: English. Yes.
Devotee: OK, Swamiji. (laughter)
Prabhupāda: But it will be very expensive to arrange for the warfield. senayor ubhayor madhye. We require so many elephants, so many chariots. That panoramic manifestation of warfield, it will be very expensive. Where are the elephants? They don't find here elephants.
Devotee: Oh, you can rent elephants.
Prabhupāda: Uh?
Devotee: You can rent elephants.
Prabhupāda: You can rent, but how many you can rent?
Devotee: Well, how many do we need? (laughter)
Prabhupāda: You know, there is, there were eighteen akṣauhiṇī senā, eighteen groups of akṣauhiṇī. One akṣauhiṇī, so many hundred thousands of soldiers, so many hundred thousands of chariots, so many hundred thousands of elephants, horses. That is one group. Such eighteen groups were present there. At least, to make a successful scene we require at least fifty elephants to make a show. And chariots. Then it will be something scenic. Bhagavad-gītā, I think, has not been attempted by any cinema company for this reason. It is very difficult to make arrangement for the war scene. This is not modern war. There are many modern war films. You can present that. But it is different kind of war. So if you want to present Bhagavad-gītā as it is, then these things will be required.
Devotee: Are there elephants available in India, Swamiji?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Elephants, there are many in India. Elephants, camels, horses also. Still there are many.
Devotee: Could we film on location, on the battlefield?
Prabhupāda: Oh, yes. The battlefield is still existing, Kurukṣetra. Yes. It is about hundred..., about within two hundred miles from Delhi. It is not far off.