 Prasad later developed the idea as a script for an English-language film set in 1830s America, in which an African-American boy dies in an attempt to free his family from slavery and is reincarnated as a fly.After completing "Maryada Ramanna" (2010), Rajamouli reconsidered the concept after thinking of directing a film that was distinct from any other.He decided to make "Eega" a bilingual film in Telugu and Tamil – each scene including speech was filmed twice, once for each language.