Rana Daggubati Breaks Silence: Rana Daggupati has been on headlines for rumours about his presence in SS Rajamouli’s upcoming pan Indian project ‘Varanasi’. After the announcement of the film and few updates about the film, fans started making theories that Rana Daggupati will be a perfect choice for the role of antagonist, considering his cruel and ruthless bulk appearance.
Rana Daggubati Breaks Silence on Rajamouli’s Varanasi
This has come from a previous, first ever telugu pan Indian film Bahubali where Rana Daggupati played the antagonist against prabhas, directed by SS Rajamouli. This is one of the most iconic castings of Indian cinema, considering the pan Indian and global recognition that the film got.
Now, Rana Daggupati clarified tha rumours saying, “I was never supposed to do that film.”
Rana Daggupati further said, “There are many stars who do independent stuff outside of their mainstream world. There are so many of them who’ve done indie films by taking pay cuts and backends. Having said that, doing indie films only interest some kind of stars and actors. Some may not be interested but to each their own.”
“Stars sell but some films don’t require a star. For instance, when you watch a film like Neelira, you don’t know who’s the protagonist and who’s the antagonist. If we would place a star or two in it, watching the film would become all about waiting for the star to appear onscreen,” Rana explained.
“If we had cast a star in Neelira, the audience’s focus would only remain on him and not on the other characters or the story. There’s a reason why stars aren’t cast in some films. The biggest merit of Neelira is that when you watch the film, you’ll see that you haven’t seen anyone on that screen before but you’re with the characters right since the very beginning. You remain neutral till the time they react to a certain issue. And that’s an experience a star will never be able to give you,” Rana concluded.
