Rana Daggubati

Rana Daggubati is all set to come up with an exciting and curiosity-piquing talk show featuring his friends and contemporaries from Indian cinema. The announcement was disclosed at a Prime Video event in Mumbai on Tuesday in the presence of the show's team.The show is titled 'The Rana Connection.'Taking to Instagram, Prime Video shared the news with fans and captioned the post, "An exciting and curiosity-piquing talk show hosted by celebrated actor Rana Daggubati, featuring his friends and contemporaries from Indian cinema. #TheRanaConnectionOnPrime #AreYouReady #PrimeVideoPresents."Rajeev Ranjan and Prashanth Potluri serve as producers on 'The Rana Connection'.Rana Daggubati is a renowned name in the Telugu cinema industry. Daggubati is one of the most versatile artists, having worn numerous hats and performed all roles admirably over the years. He is not only known as an actor, but also as a producer and entrepreneur.He got international recognition with his role of Bhallaladeva in 'Baahubali: The Beginning' (2015) and 'Baahubali 2: The Conclusion' (2017).Meanwhile, Rana will be seen in Vettaiyan, directed by TJ Gnanavelraja.Speaking of 'Vettaiyan', the film also features legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan, with Fahadh Faasil, Dushara Vijayan, and Ritika Singh. The film will be released in the latter part of 2024Anirudh Ravichander, who worked with Rajinikanth in Jailer, with Vijay in Leo, and most recently with Shah Rukh Khan in Jawan, has also joined the team as the film's music director.

Rana Daggubati is extremely excited about the upcoming edition of Jio MAMI (Mumbai Academy of Moving Image) Mumbai Film Festival 2023.He believes that film festivals are a great opportunity to showcase new cinematic voices and tell stories that otherwise find it very difficult to find a platform in the mainline ecosystem.Till a few years ago, an independent filmmaker would struggle to reach an audience. Not just that, even a big regional language film would run its course across screens in a specific region, and the filmmaker would be satisfied with that limited reach. Today, the world has changed, and we have a certain audience that is extremely evolved and aware and is ready to watch cinema from different parts of the world, Rana said.This is a very interesting time for a film festival like ours. Unlike the west, South Asia lacks a vibrant film festival culture, and we are confident that Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, with its new vision, will change that narrative and help in building an ecosystem that will allow an independent filmmaker sitting in any part of South Asia to showcase their talent on a larger screen to the right audience. We aspire to empower creative filmmakers with a network of like-minded experts, leading to interesting collaborations beyond borders, he added.Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival will take place from October 27 to November 5, 2023, in Mumbai, India.

Dulquer Salmaan turned a year older today, he treated fans with a return gift by announcing the title of his upcoming multi-lingual film Kaantha.Dulquer Salmaan will not only headline Kaantha but will produce it in collaboration with Baahubali star Rana Daggubati.Taking to Instagram, Rana Daggubatis Spirit Media treated fans with a first-look poster of Dulquer along with the film's announcement to mark this special occasion.The film will be directed by Selvamani Selvaraj, whose debut feature Nila (2016) won the audience award at the Cinequest San Jose Film Festival. Selvarajs documentary series The Hunt for Veerappan is set to release on Netflix on August 4. The filmmaker also assisted Ang Lee in 'Life of Pi'.Wishing Dulquer Salmaan on his birthday, Rana Daggubati, said, "At Spirit Media, we are always on the lookout for unique but universally appealing stories, and "Kaantha" undoubtedly fits that vision. Collaborating with Dulquer and Wayfarer Films and having a brilliant director Selvamani Selvaraj on board is truly rewarding, and for my friend Dulquer this is a delightful gift from the team to celebrate his birthday, with millions of his fans." The film, titled Kaantha, is set to showcase Dulquer in a never seen before role.Dulquer Salmaan, Founder of Wayfarer Films, expressed his excitement and said in a statement, "Kaantha is extremely close to my heart and I've been eager to bring this to life from the day I heard the story as it's unlike anything weve seen in Indian cinema. To produce this along with Spirit Media and to perform one of the most challenging roles in my career is definitely an exciting journey that I am looking forward to".The story of Kaantha is brought to screen with the conviction of two people I deeply admire and respect, Rana Daggubati and Dulquer Salmaan. The centrepiece of the film is the acting prowess of Dulquer and I am honoured to weave this dream with someone as talented and rooted as him, stated, Director Selvamani Selvaraj. Kaantha will be released in the Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil languages.

Rana Daggubati has deleted all his posts on Instagram. The actor shocked his fans by leaving his Instagram profile completely blank.Rana, had earlier, shared with his fans on Instagram that he would soon be on 'Instagram sabbatical', and now that the actor has removed all posts, his fans are quite saddened by the move. He took to Twitter and wrote, "Work in progress! Taking a social media sabbatical. See you at the movies, Bigger. Better. Stronger, lots of love to all of you."Rana celebrated his second wedding anniversary with his wife Miheeka Bajaj on Monday and his wife even posted some loved-up pictures with him. Meehika dropped a string of pictures with the actor.On the work front, Rana was last seen in 'Virata Parvam' alongside Sai Pallavi. The film was a box office failure and could only collect 12 crores, However, Rana did get a lot of appreciation from critics for his role.He was also seen in 'Bheemla Nayak' earlier this year which was a massive hit at the box office. Pawan Kalyan and Samyuktha Menon co-starred in the film.Rana will next be seen in 'Marthanda Varma' which is a Malayalam period-drama movie. The movie will showcase the glory of Marthanda Varma who was the famous king of Travancore. He belonged to the 18th Century A.D.

Director K.R Sachidanandan passed away on June 18, 2020, after he suffered a cardiac arrest.The film was declared one of the highest-grossing films in the Malayalam film industry in the year 2020 and was remade in the Telugu language with actors Pawan Kalyan and Rana Daggubati in the lead roles.As per various media reports, the official Hindi remake film is currently in its pre-production stage and will feature two A-lister actors from the Bollywood industry.The official announcement for the Hindi remake of 'Ayyappanum Koshiyum' is still awaited.The Jury is comprised of eminent filmmakers and film personalities from across the Indian cine world.The awards were announced by Chitrartha Singh, Chairperson, Non-Feature Jury, Shri Anant Vijay, Chairperson, Best Writing on Cinema Jury, and Shri Dharam Gulati, Feature Film Jury (Member - Central Panel) in presence of Ms. Neerja Sekhar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.The best Actor award for 2020 is shared between Suriya for 'Soorarai Pottru' and Ajay Devgn for the Hindi movie 'Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior'. Manoj Muntashir has won the award for Best Lyrics for the Hindi movie 'Saina'.

Virata Parvam', due to release on June 17."The First 4 Minutes of VIRATAPARVAM... TheBirthofVennela out now. IN CINEMAS FROM TOMORROW' captioned the 'Bahubali' actor on Instagram. The four-minute-long video clip introduces the character of Sai Pallavi. Titled 'Birth of Vennela', the clip gives a glimpse of the birth of Sai Pallavi's character, born amid a devastating storm and gunfires. She is named Vennela.However, the last scene of the video where a female Naxalite played by actor Nivetha Pethuraju gets shot while holding baby Venella in her arms is the most heart-wrenching one, giving goosebumps. Helmed by Venu Udugula, 'Virata Parvam' takes us back to the 1990s during the Naxalite movement in Telangana. The movie narrates a love story against the backdrop of this movement. Rana Duggabati plays the role of Comrade Ravanna while Sai Pallavi's Vennela is his love interest who secretly admires the writings of Ravanna, a Naxalite activist. Produced by Sudhakar Cherukuri, 'Virata Parvam' also stars Priyamani, Nanditha Das, Naveen Chandra, Zarina Wahab, Eswari Rao, and Sai Chand in titular roles.Rana Duggabati was last seen in the film 'Bheemla Nayak' while his co-star Sai Pallavi announced her upcoming film in the previous month titled 'Gargi' which follows the story of a woman fighting for justice.