None of the worldwide travels and master plans submitted by top architect firms for the construction of Amaravati could match the expectations of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who is awestruck by Mahishmati, the VFX kingdom in Baahubali.
In a decision that took many by surprise, the CM has reportedly appointed director S.S. Rajamouli as the adviser to London-based architect Norman Foster, the man behind the England Supreme Court, and the upcoming Masdar city in Abu Dhabi, to design the 900-acre capital city of Amaravati.
A few days ago, Hyderabad had hosted an informal discussion along officials regarding the construction, and Rajamouli was allegedly a part of it.
The million-dollar question is, how can someone who created an imaginary city with the help of computer graphics give advice on designing a capital city?
However, Vijayendra — Rajamouli’s father and script writer for Baahubali — has squashed the rumours. He says, “It was too unreal to be true.”
He further states, “Amaravati is not a film set. Even if architects want the city to resemble Mahishmati, it is not the director they would approach, but the art director.”
So, does he deny that Rajamouli was contacted to design Amaravati? “He might have been contacted as one of the many influential figures in Andhra,” he says.
