Nani, the star of Dasara, discusses possible explanations for why he chose not to call SS Rajamouli after RRR won the Oscar.
Although Nani may not have called to congratulate SS Rajamouli on RRR’s Oscar victory, their friendship, which dates back to 2012, has never been diminished. Eega, a pan-Indian fantasy action movie produced by Nani and Rajamouli, made ripples at the box office and became one of the highest-grossing Telugu movies of the year.
When RRR won the Oscars last month, Nani chose to congratulate the team via a video on Twitter rather than contacting Rajamouli directly. He now explained why he decided against doing it in an interview.
In an interview, Nani, who is currently busy with his film Dasara talked about why he decided to wish the RRR team through social media and didn’t contact SS Rajamouli directly. He said, “I could have called him but I didn’t want to because I knew that the whole world would be calling him and I know exactly what that feels like. I wished him on Twitter and he replied there. Their phones must have blew up with messages. It must have been madness! I just didn’t want my message to be added to that list.”
As the interview continued, Nani remarked that SS Rajamouli is like a family to him and that their friendship extends beyond their shared love of cinema. “SS Rajamouli is like family to me,” he said. No director-actor equation is shared by us. Makkhi took place ten years ago. We’ve observed many events together over the past ten years. Even together, we visit the farm.
“Every time a film of mine releases, Rama garu and Rajamouli garu watch the morning show on the first day and message me. In fact, they watch the morning show of every film on the day of its release. They are true movie buffs,” concluded Nani.
For the uninitiated, there are numerous rumours circulating that SS Rajamouli wants Nani to participate in his future production, which stars superstar Mahesh Babu and will involve a global action adventure. Dasara, Nani’s most recent film, is already receiving a lot of enthusiastic reviews from viewers.
