SUCH DEDICATION! SS Rajamouli Asked Prabhas To Give One Year To Baahubali; He Gave Five!
SS Rajamouli thought that Baahubali starring Prabhas will be completed in just one year.
Film director SS Rajamouli says the character of Baahubali from his hit franchise was written only for southern star Prabhas, whose performance has been lauded.
He also says that he asked Prabhas to give one or one and a half year to Baahubali but the film took five years to complete and Prabhas was there with him.
We Worked On A Film 10 Years Before This
'We (Prabhas and I) worked on a film 10 years before this and we have been close friends.''
We Would Chat For Hours
''We would chat for hours and hours together deep into the night, just not about Baahubali, but different aspects of filmmaking, the philosophy of filmmaking.'
We Strike A Chord With Each Other
'We strike a chord with each other, we understand each other very well and he knew that I had a burning desire to make a war film and he was game for it.'
Prabhas Kept Himself Free
Rajamouli said Prabhas kept himself free for over three years for the film.
Prabhas Laughted At Him & Said He Can Never Make Baahubali In One Year
'In fact, he was so much into it, when I asked for his dates for one and half year for this film, he laughed and said you can never make this film in one and half years.''
In The End It Took Us Five Years
''He kept himself free for three and half years. In the end, it took five years to make it and he was there for us.'
Prabhas Was There
Prabhas was there even before the makers started writing the characters.
Baahubali Was Written For Prabhas
'I mean we took Anushka or Sivagami or Kattapa, we took the actors based on the characters that were written, but with Prabhas, the character was written for him,' he said.
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion has surpassed box office records in India.
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