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STAR All Hail the Macho Star While men envy him, women adore him. But Rana Daggubati, the class act that he is, takes both of these in his stride. That the man, whose popularity graph is soaring north, has a razor sharp mind in addition to a superb physique is a wellestablished fact. However, what many don’t know is that this down-to-earth actor is also pragmatic and professional to the core. At least, two of Rana’s films are bound to go down the annals of history this year. Yes, the actor’s film, The Ghazi Attack, which will be India’s first film on war at sea, is scheduled to hit screens on February 17 while his sequel to India’s biggest blockbuster Baahubali, which has already made history, is all set to release in April. That apart, Rana, who was born in Chennai, is also playing the lead in a period Tamil film that is set in the pre-Independence era. The actor, in an exclusive interview to Lulu Happiness, opens up to Manigandan KR on all of these and his love for Kerala where he is scheduled to shoot for his Tamil film. Excerpts follow... Baahubali 1 has been a tremendous success and expectations for the sequel have skyrocketed. Having worked on both parts, which would you say was more demanding, Baahubali 1 or Baahubali 2? We shot both of them together. Most of Part Two was shot when we were filming Part One and what got better was we were also learning, figuring out how to do the war sequences correctly. By the time we got to filming Part Two, we had gained certain experiences. Part One did extremely well as a franchise and we could afford better budget and better technicians. So, things got definitely simpler and more organised while we were filming Part Two. You sport an even more impressive physique in the sequel than your already spectacular appearance in Part One. Tell us about the efforts that you have had to put in for Baahubali 2. The war happens in the sequel and Rajamouli wanted me to play an old person. I had to look old but also be strong. In the war sequence, there are a lot of action sequences and we needed to look the part to pull off an entire war together. So, that’s what Rajamouli gave us and that is what we worked for and things worked out quite well. How many hours did you have to spend in the gym to ensure you got that beefed up look? I used to do two sessions a day, about an hour-and-a-half each and it went on for a couple of months that way. I don’t train on Sundays because the body needs rest to kind of recover and get back. What was the biggest challenge with regard to working on Baahubali 2? Be it the body, be it the look we are trying to get, it is not really challenging because right from Day 1 we understood what we were supposed to do. Our brief was exact and we had to just get there. The challenging part was doing two films at the same time. As I was shooting for Baahubali 2 and The Ghazi Attack at almost the same time, my size was the bigger issue. I had to look extremely thick and beefy for 20 LULU HAPPINESS FEB-MAR ‘17
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