Actor Rana Daggubati, who is preparing to release the upcoming web series ‘Rana Naidu,’ recently opened up about the emergence of South films in the country with the success of films like ‘RRR’ even in the West. In an interview, he spoke about the perception of South films and how the audience didn’t even know the name of some famous South actors a few years ago.
Speaking in an interview, the actor said that he has been trying to make films that would cater to audiences in every region for quite some time now. Rana then went on to share a hilarious conversation he had with a friend in Mumbai a few years back.
“I was away for a few years while filming for Baahubali, so when I met this friend, I told him about the film. When he asked who was playing the titular role, I said Prabhas, and he was like ‘Who’s Prabhas?’ I didn’t know how to explain that to him so told him the names of his few films. He had not watched any of those films and then he told me something really crazy. He said the only Telugu actor I know is Chinu’s husband. I was wondering what he meant and then I realised that Chinu was Namrata Shirodkar. I was shocked that they knew of Mahesh Babu in that sense. I told him just wait for four-five years, and an army of us will land up here,” said the actor.
The actor’s ‘Rana Naidu’ is the Indian adaptation of Ray Donavan, in which he has teamed up with his uncle Venkatesh for the first time. The movie also stars Surveen Chawla, Sushant Singh, Abhishek Banerjee, Gaurav Chopra, and Ashish Vidyarthi.
