: How Rana Daggubati lost weight and gained new insights into nature for ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’ #IndiaNEWS Gone are Bhallaladeva’s muscles, backbrushed hair and menacing eyes from Baahubali. In Prabhu

How Rana Daggubati lost weight and gained new insights into nature for ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’ #IndiaNEWS
Gone are Bhallaladeva’s muscles, backbrushed hair and menacing eyes from Baahubali. In Prabhu Solomon’s Haathi Mere Saathi, Rana Daggubati plays Bandev, an elephant-loving environmentalist who saves s forest from a corporation and a corrupt minister.Bandev’s unkempt appearance, bony frame and walking stick were inspired by Charlton Heston’s Moses in the Hollywood film The Ten Commandments, Daggubati told Scroll.in. “Prabhu sir is an extremely spiritual filmmaker,??? the 36-year-old actor said. “He told me that if Moses came to the world today, he would try saving the jungle and not man.???Haathi Mere Saathi was simultaneously filmed in Tamil (as Kaadan) and Telugu (as Aranya). All three language versions will be released in cinemas on March 26. The cast includes Zoya Hussain, Shriya Pilgaonkar and Anant Mahadevan. Vishnu Vishal plays a mahout in the Tamil and Telugu versions, while Pulkit Samrat plays the role in Haathi Mere Saathi. Daggubati’s upcoming films include the Telugu remake of the Malayalam-language Ayyappanum Koshiyum and Gunasekhar’s Hiranyakashyapa. “I need to regain weight for that,??? Daggubati said in the interview.Who is Bandev from Haathi Mere Saathi? The film is about fighting against urbanisation in a jungle, an elephant corridor. Bandev has lived in the jungle since he was 16-17. He’s the one who turned the barren land into a jungle by planting one lakh trees. He moves with the elephants...Read more

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