Prabhas has earned worldwide acclaim for his role of Amarendra Baahubali and Mahendra Baahubali in SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali series. The magnum opus has crossed the Rs 1,500 crore mark in terms of worldwide collections. The actor will be seen in upcoming film Saaho, that goes on the floor from July.
Directed by Sujeeth, the film is bilingual i.e. in Telugu and Hindi. For the latter version, Prabhas will hire a Hindi tutor and work towards having a command on the language so that he can speak his own dialogues.
Baahubali was originally a Telugu film and dubbed in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam. Prabhas’s dialogues were dubbed by film actor Sharad Kelkar. But Prabhas will be working on his Hindi for the film, DNA reported. As of now, he is currently holidaying in the US after the success of Baahubali.
Prabhas is known for pushing himself beyond comfort zone for the films. Baahubali is itself an example wherein he did not sign any film during the shooting of the historical fictional epic. Besides this, the actor trained for 30 days for one action sequence. He got fitness equipment installed in his home that cost him Rs 1.5 crore.
Prabhas in Baahubali 2 (Courtesy: Twitter/@taran_adarsh)
Saaho is an action film and the director Sujeeth had recently said that most of the film’s budget will be spent on fight sequences. Kenny Bates, a renowned international stuntman known for his work in Hollywood flicks like Die Hard and Transformers, has been roped in for the film. The music of the film will be composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy while Sabu Cyril will be the production designer.
