Is Baahubali 2's success the reason why Ramayana is being made with this whopping budget?

It's not easy to do justice to period dramas, especially when the budget is limited. The recent buzz is, three producers– Allu Aravind, Namit Malhotra and Madhu Mantena, have joined hands to bring Ramayana to the big screen.

It looks like the success of Baahubali series has now opened up the budget for period dramas. Now, Ramayana is set to make it on the silver screen with a whopping budget of Rs. 500 crore, according to Mumbai Mirror.

Ramayana will be shot in 3D and will be released as a three-part series in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil. Baahubali effect, again?

And will SS Rajamouli himself will direct Ramyana?

One of the producers, Allu Aravind told Mirror: "It's a huge responsibility but the Ramayana needs to be told on the big screen in the most magnificent way possible. We are committed to delivering a spectacular extravaganza." The Tollywood producer is known for films like Ghajini and Magadheera. He and Madhu have worked together on Ghajini.

The producers have been working on the script for over a year. "They realised that the epic hasn't been presented on the big screen for many years now, not since Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan with Arun Govil and Deepika Chikhalia as Ram and Sita was telecast on Doordarshan in 1987-88, followed by another adaption of the epic by Sagar Arts in 2008 with Gurmeet Choudhary and Debina Bonnerjee in the lead. They wanted to bring the epic to the big screen this time," the source added.

Will Ramayana be able to mint money like Baahubali series? Who will play the epic characters? Only time will tell.