The shoot for SS Rajamouli’s upcoming sci-fi epic, Varanasi, is underway in Hyderabad. The pan-India film is reportedly filming several underwater sequences at the Hyderabad Film City Studio in Gaganpahad. A new report claims that the film’s makers requested the city’s water body for 150 water tankers for the shoot, but were denied amid the ongoing high water demand during a harsh summer in the Telangana capital. In Varanasi, Mahesh Babu portrays Rudhra, a time-travelling adventurer. Hyderabad city officials deny Varanasi makers’ request A report in Telangana Today states that representatives of Sri Durga Arts, one of the producers of Varanasi, approached the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) requesting 150 water tankers of 10,000 litres each. The letter stated that water was required to fill a pond for underwater sequences. The letter, addressed to HMWSSB Managing Director K Ashok Reddy, said that the water needed to be purified to meet the shoot’s quality standards. The production house assured it would pay tanker charges from the supply point to the shooting location at …