MUMBAI: Aamrapali , the grand historical epic that airs on Doordarshan, has plans of reaching out to international audiences as well.

"We are looking at the international market now. We are planning a tie-up with leading channels abroad for this historical serial," says executive producer Dhaval Jatania.

The serial with an unbelievable budget of Rs 40 million has completed a year on Doordarshan and is all set to be wrapped up within the stipulated 52 episodes, asserts director Ravi Kemmu. "We banked on DD to air the serial because our primary aim was to reach a wider audience and as you can see it has borne rich fruits for us. Moreover we wanted to avoid any unnecessary intervention in our work as is the case with most of the private channels" he added when questioned on the choice of the channel to air such an expensive project.

The makers of this mega historical serial DV Rao of DVR Films and Dhilin Mehta of LR Enterprises Pvt Ltd also have Salaankhon ke peeche currently airing Thursdays on DD. The other projects in the pipeline include Andher Nagri Chaupat Raja , a satire which again has been shot on the sets of Aamrapali and Kuch Yaadein Kuch Waadein , a social drama. Negotiations are also on with one of the mainstream channels to air two other serials - a social drama and a thriller respectively.

The producers are also working on a movie project with an entirely new star cast which will be announced sometime next year.