Prithviraj Sukumaran Upcoming SS Rajamouli’s ‘Baranasi’ will play the main villain Mahesh Babu And Priyanka Chopra. As the film is currently in production, the Malayalam actor shared interesting experiences from the sets.Directed by the visionary ‘RRR’ director, ‘Varanasi’ is a global adventure thriller being shot in various locations around the world. Prithviraj Sukumaran recently revealed that during a particular scene with Mahesh Babu it took almost a day to shoot because Rajamouli was not satisfied with the result.
A shot takes about 100
Talking about the scene, Prithviraj Sukumaran said, “It’s not an exaggeration. For a particular shot in the film, Mahesh Babu and I started shooting it in the morning. I’m not sure if it was taken in 94 or 97. We started work in the morning and came in for lunch break, because he didn’t get the shot right. When we thought we would have our second mouthful, he called us back to the set. We start again and it goes on till 6.30 or 7 pm.“Even after taking so many Rajamouli was still not completely happy with the shot. He asked both the actors to come back the next day and shoot the same scene again.Talking more about the ‘Baahubali’ director, Prithviraj Sukumaran called him the “hardest working director” he has worked with. He said, filmmakers always reach the shooting location much earlier than everyone else.
Prithviraj Sukumaran reveals how soon SS Rajamouli will arrive on the sets
He mentioned that when the actor arrives for the shoot at 7 am, Rajamouli has already completed several rehearsals with his assistants. He also set up the cameras and finalized the plans before the actors arrived on set.SS Rajamouli also told Prithviraj Sukumaran that he was there since 5.15 am when the actor asked him. When the actor, who played Kumbha in the film, offered to come earlier, the director asked him to report at his scheduled call time. He also shared that Rajamouli was usually the last person to leave the set and even the lunch break lasted only 20 minutes.
About ‘Varanasi’
‘Baranasi’ stars Mahesh Babu as Rudra, Priyanka Chopra as Mandakini and Prithviraj Sukumaran as the main antagonist, Kumbha, a dangerous wheelchair-bound character.The film is slated for a worldwide release on April 7, 2027.
