Tripathi said he is thrilled to collaborate with Kapur, Varma and Roy. 'I loved the reimagining and the world-building involving two of my favorite gods! The scale of vision and the ambition of our show visually and emotionally is as huge a task but we want to bring to audiences a vision that has never been seen before on screens,' Varma added. Varma said the trilogy is a genre-defining book and has become part of the pop-culture of the country. Lending itself to a beautiful international series,” the filmmaker said in a statement. 'It’s not just mythology, it’s modern storytelling at its best. Kapur, best known for “Elizabeth” and “Bandit Queen”, said he is excited to direct the series adaptation of Shiva Trilogy, which he said was 'India’s great publishing sensation crossing every age and class'. Suparn S Varma of “The Family Man 2” fame will serve as a showrunner and also direct the series. The first book “The Immortals of Meluha” will be adapted into a digital show, to be directed by Kapur. International Art Machine has acquired the rights of Tripathi’s Shiva Trilogy, which includes the books - “The Immortals of Meluha” (2010), “The Secret of the Nagas” (2011) and “The Oath of the Vayuputras” (2013). Led by Roy Price, the studio has also lined up projects from Bollywood star Preity Zinta and critically acclaimed filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee.

The series is the first project from global studio International Art Machine, which on Wednesday announced its plans to venture into the Indian market. Veteran filmmaker Shekhar Kapur is set to direct the series adaptation of author Amish Tripathi’s critically-acclaimed book series 'Shiva Trilogy'.

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