Rana Daggubati claims his role in Baahubali to be ‘greatest villains of all time’

Rana Daggubati has been many times applauded for his unique selection of roles and same goes true for his upcoming film Baahubali. Rana, in this film, is playing an action hero, of epic proportions, which he claims will be ranked as one of the greatest villains in Indian film history. He admired the film by saying: "It's the story that finds the actor, not the other way round".

When his role in Rudhramadevi was compared with that of Baahubali, he said: “Here, I am an epic villain; not an epic hero! It's a fictional tale about warriors, kingdoms and struggle for power. And I play a mean, bad ass character Bhallaladeva. In fact, I would put him in the league of Duryodhana from Mahabharata or Ravana from Ramayana, in terms of how the character has been dealt with. And I'm confident that Bhallaladeva would be rated among the greatest villains of all time in Indian film history”.

Talking about his shift to a different genre, he said: “I grew up watching films of NTR, Krishna, ANR, Sivaji Ganeshan among many others. I learnt a lot about history and mythology through films. So, if someone asks me what Lord Krishna looks like, I would show him NTR in Krishna's avatar; or for that matter Alluri Sitaramaraju is also Krishna for me”.