On Wednesday, Baahubali director SS Rajamouli took to his social media handle to announce that he and his family have been tested positive for the deadly coronavirus. The filmmaker said that he and his family members had not showed any symptoms of the virus. They are now "following all the precautions and instructions" and serving home quarantine now.

"My family members and I developed a slight fever few days ago. It subsided by itself but we got tested nevertheless. The result has shown a mild COVID-19 positive today. We have home quarantined as prescribed by the doctors," read SS Rajamouli's tweet.

"All of us are feeling better with no symptoms but are following all precautions and instructions...Just waiting to develop antibodies so that we can donate our plasma," Rajamouli further tweeted.

Rajamouli is known for the blockbuster hits such as the Baahubalu franchise, Magadheera, Sye, Vikramarkudu and Chhatrapati. His next film is Roudram Ranam Rudhiram (RRR), starring Jr NTR, Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn. The film’s shooting has been stalled edue to the coronavirus pandemic.