The never-before-seen or heard amount of US$28 million in any Indian film production was first tagged to Bahubali: The Beginning. At the time it was the most expensive Indian film. That was in 2015, after which there have been many films that have breached the US$30 million figure, with the most expensive film currently being the tamil film - 2.0. The films cast includes Rajnikanth and Akshay Kumar and was directed by S. Shankar