India, Oct. 7 -- Ever since SS Rajamouli's Baahubali: The Epic, an amalgamation of Baahubali: The Beginning and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, was announced, there has been a lot of chatter about everything from the film's run time to how Hrithik Roshan was once supposedly approached to play Prabhas' role in the film. In an interview with Gulte, producer Shobu Yarlagadda of Arka Media Works clarified it all. Here's what he said.

Recently, following the announcement of Baahubali: The Epic, there has been considerable online chatter suggesting that Hrithik was the first choice to play Prabhas' role in the film. Shobu, however, brought this up unprompted and shut down the rumours. He said, "I see online chatter that we asked Hrithik and stuff...