Producer Madhu Mantena has announced that he is working on creating a mythological universe. He posted on his social media, “Working on India’s first cinematic universe based on Indian history and mythology. Our first film begins in Treta Yuga. 1.8 billion years have passed in this Kalpa so far…” The story will start in the Treta Yuga and then move to Dwapara Yuga and finally to the Kali Yuga.
He will make the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the mytho-verse. The Ramayana film will be directed by Nitesh Tiwari and Ravi Udyavar and will be based on a screenplay by Sridhar Raghavan. The live-action trilogy will be co-produced by Allu Aravind and Namit Malhotra (founder of Prime Focus). The Mahabharata film will be made by Mantena in collaboration with Deepika Padukone.