 In the two-year gap between "Student No.1" and "Simhadri", Rajamouli planned his first mythological film with Malayalam actor Mohanlal, but the film eventually got shelved.In 2015, Assistant art director Manu Jagath, who later worked as the art director for Baahubali, released several sketches he had drawn for the shelved Mohanlal project.Rajamouli's third movie was "Sye", with actors Nithin and Genelia D'Souza.