India, Oct. 7 -- For years, rumours have swirled around one of India's biggest blockbuster franchise - Baahubali - suggesting that Hrithik Roshan was originally approached to play the now-iconic role essayed by Prabhas. But producer Shobu Yarlagadda has finally set the record straight, putting an end to all speculation.

"There's one more thing that I'll only bring up, because I see all this online chatter that we asked Hrithik and all that for Prabhas' role in Baahubali. That never happened, from Day 1 it was Prabhas," he revealed in a recent interview with Gulte.

Yarlagadda explained that the character was written with Prabhas in mind from the very beginning, and there were no auditions or offers made to any other actors. It's a revela...