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Prabhas strict on fitness, but cheats with biryani
Prabhas’s fitness regime, for his upcoming action thriller Saaho, has been in the news. After the Baahubali series, the Telugu star lost weight and had to work on his body to put in a high-octane performance for this multilingual film.
At the same time, Prabhas is a foodie and his love for biryani is very well known. A source close to the actor shares that he feasts on biryani during his cheat days and is at his happiest when he does that.
“Prabhas is very energetic throughout the shoot and is putting in his 200% while performing each stunt. While there is a strict regime that Prabhas follows in the workout as well as in his diet, however, after every action schedule of Saaho, the actor treats himself with his most favourite cheat meal — chicken biryani,” says the source.
Earlier, SS Rajamouli, who had directed the actor in the Bahubali series, revealed the love that Prabhas shared for biryani. The filmmaker had shared how, during his cheat day, which was once a month, Prabhas would simply gorge on “10-15 kinds of biryani, just biryani!... Varieties of fish, chicken, mutton... and not just curries, fries...”
Sujeeth’s Saaho is a big budget film, which is simultaneously being shot in three languages — Hindi, Telugu and Tamil.
On his birthday on October 23, Prabhas treated his fans across the nation with a special video giving a sneak peek into the film, which also stars Shraddha Kapoor. Shooting for the film is expected to get over by December or by early next year and the makers are reportedly eyeing an April release if things go according to plan.
That Prabhas is excited about the film was evident when he spoke to us earlier about it. He had said that while the Baahubali franchise involved periodic films, Saaho is based in today’s time and is high on technology. “I hope the film will be a treat for the audience,” the actor had said, adding that in a way it will also break his Baahubali image.
After Saaho, Prabhas will start working on his next trilingual film with director KK Radha Krishna. Actor Pooja Hegde will be seen opposite him in the film.