Mahesh Babu settled upon Rajamouli over ‘Ramayana’
Mahesh Babu settled upon Rajamouli over ‘Ramayana’
Undoubtedly, South Superstar Mahesh Babu is the most worthy actor to depict Lord Sree Ram on the screen. Many directors in the South and North film industry expressed the same multiple times in the past.
He was approached to play Lord Sree Ram in Nitish Tiwari directorial “Ramayana”, but he let go of the opportunity only to be a part of Rajamouli’s next film. With Ramayana’s glimpse hitting the online today, this discussion is back in film circles.
Mahesh Babu was always open to working with Bollywood directors, but his first preference would be Telugu cinema and Telugu directors. Hence, when the opportunity of Ramayana knocked on his door, Mahesh was ready to do it, but it clashed with his already committed film with Rajamouli.
Team Ramayana reportedly demanded dates from Mahesh Babu, amidst which he was already occupied, and even alloted the dates to Rajamouli’s producers. Hence, Mahesh could not do the film. Even as a strategic move, Mahesh would always pick Rajamouli’s film because it elevates his market, stardom, and reach multifolds, compared to the result of Ramayana.
Ramayana might also win laurels to Mahesh Babu but a film with Rajamouli adds more value to his filmography at this juncture.
However, some of Mahesh’s fans today expressed their disappointment for Mahesh skipping Ramayana but they will surely be compensated with Rajamouli’s project, a globe trotting African adventure drama.
News Edit KV Raman
