Overview
- SS Rajamouli confirmed in a Collider interview that roughly 50% of filming is complete and that principal photography is planned to finish by June 2026.
- The director said post-production will be VFX-heavy after completing an elaborate Ramayana-inspired sequence that he called the most demanding so far.
- He stated the film will be a single installment with a runtime under three hours, countering earlier two-part speculation.
- Prithviraj Sukumaran portrays the main antagonist, Kumbha, shown as wheelchair-bound and technologically equipped, a performance Rajamouli praised.
- Industry reports cite an estimated budget of about Rs 1,400 crore (around $150 million), with some coverage noting Prime Video’s Citadel Season 1 at roughly $300 million for scale.