Rana Daggubati remembers his first day of shoot

Rana Daggubati made his acting debut with the Telugu film titled, Leader (2010). The actor recalled his first day as an actor on the film set and shared, “On the first day itself, I had scenes with Suhasini Maniratnam, who was playing my mother in the film. Sekhar Kammula, my director, and his ADs all chilled-out people, were a bit overwhelmed since the scale of this film was slightly big.” The actor shared that it was Suhasini, who made him feel comfortable rehearsing the scenes with him and chatting about things. “I was happy to face the camera,” recalled Rana. 

Remembering the first day on the set of his first Hindi film, Dum Maaro Dum (2011), directed by Rohan Sippy, shot in Goa, Rana shared, “I’d been hanging with Prateik and Rohan for a while during the training. Since we were around the same age, it turned out to be the best film shoot of my life. For my first shot, it was Prateik and me enjoying ourselves at a carnival. And for the first five days, it was only that, after which the main work started.”

Rana further shared that although he felt a sense of accomplishment shooting two films in two different industries in his very first year, the euphoria soon faded away as his next films in both languages tanked the year after. “In my first three years in the industry, I had two hits and two flops. That was a reality check!”

Well, that was the thing of his past. The Baahubali films have brought him fame of a lifetime. Presently, the actor is in celebratory mode after his engagement to event manager and interior designer Miheeka Bajaj. Congratulations Rana!