Bahubali: Netflix to make a limited series on a budget of Rs 200 crores? Here’s what we know

SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali created history with its massive numbers at the ticket window. The Prabhas and Anushka Shetty starrer is hands-down one of the most memorable and successful franchise of recent time. Streaming giant Netflix was planning to make a limited series touted as a prequel to Bahubali. But looks like there is some change in the plans now.

According to a report in Bollywood Hungama, Netflix has let go of the already shot Rs. 100 crore version of Bahubali: Before The Beginning, and has now started work on a new version of the show. And this time around on double the cost i.e Rs. 200 crores.

Talking about the Netflix Original, a trade source told Bollywood Hungama, “Netflix was not satisfied with the product they had in hand and hence decided to scrap it completely. They reworked on the script, star-cast and technical team and are now reshooting Bahubali: Before The Beginning, on a never seen before, unheard scale for their streaming. They see the potential in Bahubali of being India’s answer to Game of Thrones, and hence, they have decided to take things a notch higher. The overall budget for the new part is Rs. 200 crores, and if we add the scrap value, the project now is worth Rs 300 crore.”

 

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Bahubali produced by SS Rajamouli along with Netflix and is planned as a 9 episode, two-season limited series, showcasing the rise of Shivagami set in the world of Mahishmati. It’s said to be a prequel to Bahubali. While the original cast was to feature Mrunal Thakur as Shivagami, it’s still not known if she will continue to play the queen or has been replaced by someone else in this revamped version of the series.

The first of two cinematic parts of the film follows Shivudu / Shiva, an adventurous young man who helps his love Avanthika rescue Devasena, the former queen of Mahishmati who is now a prisoner under the tyrannical rule of king Bhallaladeva. The story concludes in Baahubali 2: The Conclusion.

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