Nothing big is happening for me in Bollywood: Rana Daggubati

After the humongous success of the multilingual Baahubali franchise, audiences are keen to see what the cast of the film is up to next. Actor Rana Daggubati, whose negative role as Bhallaladeva in the film won him several accolades, is busy with his Telugu projects currently. Ask him what’s in store for his fans in Bollywood, and the actor is prompt to reply, “My film Haathi Mere Saathi (trilingual project) will be in Hindi. [However, as for an out and out Hindi production], nothing interesting is happening as of now. But, I am busy shooting for NTR, which is a biopic and I will play NTR Rama Rao’s son in the film. We are very close to wrapping up the film and I am just busy with that.”

Rana’s filmography boasts of diverse roles, however, with films such as Leader (2010), The Ghazi Attack and Nene Raju Nene Mantri (both 2017), it seems like he is inclined towards larger than life, and strong headed characters.

Probe him on that and he confesses, “I love such characters. But characters are never measured like that when you read them. It’s about how interesting a film is going to be.”

Apart from acting, Rana has also presented a short budget film titled Care of Kancharapalem, wherein every actor is facing the camera for the first time. Talking about lending his name to the film, Rana states, “It’s an honest film. I am part of this project because of the way it shows the heartland of India — it’s beautiful. When I first saw the film, I thought the characters looked familiar. What the makers have done is that they have taken people from the town on Kancharaplem, given them workshops and taught them acting. This is the kind of cinema I want to promote.”

Rana Daggubatti