2nd June 2023, Mumbai: At a recent event, actor Rana Daggubati, who most recently appeared in the Netflix series Rana Naidu, expressed how enthusiastic the Telugu film community is for Prabhas’s Project K, which is being helmed by Nag Ashwin. He predicted that the movie would push limits.
Prabhas and Nag Ashwin, best known for Mahanati, are working together for the first time on Project K, a science-fiction thriller being created on a sizable budget. Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone both play major parts in the movie.
Recently, Rana attended India Today Conclave South 2023. Rana discussed Project K being a global Telugu picture and how, in his opinion, it could shatter barriers that even SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali films and RRR couldn’t. The talk was titled ‘The Rise of the Pan India Star: How to break borders of language and geography.’
“We sincerely honour each other’s movie. Another movie, Project K, is being directed by Nag Ashwin and stars Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, and Deepika Padukone. In Telugu, we are highly anticipating that movie. That movie, in my opinion, will push limits that Baahubali and RRR haven’t. Pushing that limit to the next edge, he continued. I am eagerly anticipating that movie, which has the potential to break international boundaries for Telugu cinema.
RRR, starring Ram Charan and Jr. NTR and directed by SS Rajamouli, made history in March when it won the Oscar for Best Original Song. Naatu Naatu was live-performed at the Oscars and received a standing ovation.
The first movie, Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), was simultaneously shot in Tamil and Telugu, and the plot was continued in Baahubali: The Conclusion, which was released in 2017. Alongside Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah, Ramya Krishna, Sathyaraj, and Nassar, Prabhas played two roles in the first movie. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, which also starred Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah Bhatia, Ramya Krishna, Sathyaraj, and Nassar, brought the plot to a close.
Several individuals commented to a video of the actor uploaded on Twitter in response to Rana’s claim, echoing similar sentiments. Keep your expectations very high, a Twitter user said. Project K will be a unique film that may compete with any other film, not just those from India but also Hollywood (sic).” Yet another person said, “My faith in Project K just skyrocketed after seeing this (sic).”
On Tuesday, social media was ablaze with rumours that Project K antagonist Kamal Haasan had been offered a whopping 150 crore in compensation by producer Ashwini Dutt.
The first Installment of Nag’s future series, Project K, is produced by Vyjayanthi Movies. During the production banner’s 50th year, in February 2020, the movie was announced. The soundtrack is being written by Mickey J Meyer, while Dani Sanchez Lopez is the movie’s cinematographer. Written by: Khushboo Singh