Rajamouli's 'Baahubali' franchise will forever be remembered as a game changer in the Tollywood industry. The movie took the Telugu Film Industry to new heights. Now, the production company Arka Media Works which bankrolled 'Baahubali' is making a Netflix original 'Baahubali' web series titled as 'The Rise of Shivagami'. Just as the title suggests, the web series is going to narrate a tale of Shivagami and is set before the birth of Baahubali. It is going to be a nine-episode web series which will be released on Netflix exclusively.
Neelakantan is the scriptwriter of this web series and he is penning to make the audience explore more about the Baahubali characters. The story is set 30 years before the birth of Amarendra Baahubali and shows the transformation of a Shivagami from a rebel to the queen. Also, the story discusses how Mahishmathi city became a kingdom.
The writer is shaping the story in a unique way and is drawing the inspiration from so many existing folk tales and mythological stories.