EXCLUSIVE: Rana Daggubati OPENS UP on Dulquer Salmaan’s performance in Kaantha, “I don’t know who else would have pulled this off”

Rana Daggubati is one of the producers of the upcoming Tamil period film Kaantha along with Dulquer Salmaan, who also plays the lead. The movie, currently in the post-production stage, is set to release later this year.

In an exclusive chat with Bollywood Hungama, Daggubati, while speaking about the film, was all praise for Dulquer. He said, “Dulquer and I have been friends for, maybe, two decades now. It’s amazing that we got to get together on Kaantha. It’s because of Selva (Selvamani Selvaraj), the filmmaker, that we found a story that was very honest and truthful. It captures the milieu of the 1950s very beautifully in a human story.”

Raggubati believes the film couldn’t have been made without Dulquer. “Still early on to tell but I think if it wasn’t Dulquer, I don’t know who else would have pulled this off,” he said.

Rana Daggubati is also excited as his SS Rajamouli directed magnum opus Baahubali will be releasing in theatres as a five-hour version of both the movies in the series on October 31. It is titled Baahubali: The Epic. “I think the beauty of Baahubali is the fact that it hasn’t dated even now,” he said. “It’s so relevant and cool. From the time we put out the teaser and trailers out, people got very excited, like it was a (new) release itself.”

On what one can expect from Baahubali: The Epic, Daggubati added, “This time in the theatres you will get to see a version that the audience has never seen before. It has two parts together, re-cut and re-mastered by Rajamouli. We got to see it, we were very excited for the audience to get a glimpse of it.”

Ever since the release and the subsequent success of both the Baabubali movies, Rana Daggubati and Prabhas have acquired the tag of ‘Baahubali actors’. When asked whether he is happy with such a tag, Daggubati said, “Well, anybody who is associated with Baahubali will be happy about it. I think Baahubali is something that even the audiences are happy if they are associated with watching it. So yes, it’s always a great honour.”

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