'Baahubali' update: Heat wave forces director SS Rajamouli to stop shoot

The high temperature in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana is wreaking havoc for people in the two states. Director SS Rajamouli who was shooting for Baahubali 2 at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad was forced to stop shooting thanks to the soaring temperature. 

According to sources, the director was busy shooting the film but the heat started to adversely affect the people on set. Rajamouli was trying to finish certain portions quickly but the heat did not allow the team to work efficiently. In the end, the ace director was forced to give the entire team a month-long break from the shoot. The team will now relax during the peak summer and come back to sets when the temperature hopefully dips. Currently, the temperature there is around 45 degrees celsius.

.@BaahubaliMovie has shooting break in May n it was planned much earlier. Post prod. training n set work will continue for June schedule.

— Shobu Yarlagadda (@Shobu_) April 17, 2016

Rajamouli was keen on spending more time on post-production but it looks like that may not be a possibility. He wants to wrap the shoot as early as possible and release the film on April 14, 2017.  This month-long break is likely to have caused some upheavals in his shoot schedule. The film was rumoured to release in December 2016 earlier, but the shoot for the second part was delayed due to unknown factors.

Several people in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have died of sunstroke because of the scorching heat. The state governments have advised people to keep themselves hydrated and remain indoors during the peak hours of the day.