Madhu Mantena is busy finalising the cast for his passion project 'Ramayan'. While Deepika Padukone has been casted as Sita and Hrithik Roshan is rumored to play Raavan, the original plan was to have Prabhas as Lord Ram. However, that plan couldn't be materialized since Prabhas has already signed up to play the same character in 'Adipurush'.

Madhu is now looking for a southern actor for the part of Ram. According to reports, he has approached superstar Mahesh Babu. A source revealed, "Madhu has offered the film to Mahesh Babu who also liked the script. Madhu feels he has the innocence to pull off Shri Ram's character. Mahesh Babu, on the other hand, has liked the script but is yet to give his nod to the project. What also helps is Madhu who has a connection with KWAAN, has managed to get all the three top stars who are clients of the same agency."

If Mahesh agrees to do the film, this will be one of the biggest casting collaboration of recent times.