My thatha's death was the biggest blow I've dealt with in all my life. I have never seen death in my family, especially not of someone who's so close to me... I might be this big guy from the outside, but I'm very sensitive when it comes to my family.

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You never know when you actually fall in love.

For 'Dum Maro Dum,' I had a diction tutor, as I had to get rid of my Hyderabadi Hindi and learn Goan Hindi. It wasn't easy, because these two kinds of Hindi were mutually incompatible. I had to unlearn one kind of Hindi and then learn a new kind.

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Were Use Us

Trust me: I eat a lot. I am a big guy.

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Trust Us Trust Me

I'm definitely open to doing a Malayalam film.

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Ya T Pen

My only plan is to be versatile. That's how I started, and that's how I will continue.

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Art Will Versatile

My family has always believed that anybody can do anything if you are trained for it. So I trained with Barry John's in Mumbai, did marital arts, and then went to stunt school in the U.S.

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Family Art You

I always believe an actor is as good as the content as he gets or chooses.

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Good Ways Way

'Naa Ishtam' is my first commercial Telugu film. That was exciting.

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Tin Telugu T

Hyderabad can be harsh to a foodie like me. The haleems and the biryanis are in your face. It's hard to overcome temptations and harder not to binge.

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Food Your You

My thatha's death was the biggest blow I've dealt with in all my life. I have never seen death in my family, especially not of someone who's so close to me... I might be this big guy from the outside, but I'm very sensitive when it comes to my family.

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Life Family Death

It's only when I have to do some bare body shots that I cut down on fat.

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T Some Shots

Incidents of the past - a lost love, a missed opportunity - shape us and make us what we are.

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Love Us Unity

Whether it is a relationship with family members, girlfriends, friends, or co-workers - every relationship is important. Even a casual acquaintance means something to me.

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Work Relationship Family

Most of my films have been very character driven.

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Very T Ms

It's awesome that we can make more and more movies that are crossing boundaries.

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Movies UN T

Any skill requires training. I took the corporate approach to acting and wanted to develop the necessary skills.

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Wanted Want Training

Most of the things in your life are not in your control - the family you are born into, the parents, and the siblings you have. It is only friendship and love that you create for yourself in this lifetime.

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Time Love Life

Cinema plays an important role in uniting the entire nation as a single unit.

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Unit UN Tire

For two years, I was without a movie down South, and 'Department' proved a disaster; people don't even remember the film.

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Men Art Years

My grandfather D. Ramanaidu has been in the film business for over 50 years, so I grew up in films.

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Business Years Year

I don't understand why they keep forks and spoons on the table while serving biryani. You are supposed to eat it with your hand, and I prefer it that way.

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I love the characters in 'Wolf of Wall Street' and 'House of Cards.'

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Language has never been a barrier for me. I grew up learning Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil.

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While we were shooting 'Baahubali,' I had a knee injury, and a few months later, Prabhas injured his shoulder. Those two injuries meant a break of around five months from the schedule. So around that time, I was doing absolutely nothing, and Neeraj Pandey called me with 'Baby.'

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I have grown fond of the food which is made in Barkas, and I try to go there at least once a week. Some of the food joints don't even have a proper name, but it's so different compared to rest of the places in Hyderabad.

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I love to be in the entertainment space, and my aim is to create new content and entertain people, whether it's in movies or on TV.

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I loved 'A Wednesday'; it is one of my top favourite films of all time.

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A myth that operated for a year was that my broad structure secretly held a deadly body. I was so wary of my burgeoning tummy that I would conceal it by wearing very loose clothes.

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When I was doing 'Baahubali 2,' the story was being discussed with many people. The story evolved over 9-10 months in that way.

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Being a person of the armed forces is not easy. Performing it is also not easy. There is a sense of discipline and body language that you need to have throughout.

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Social media is just a platform. What some people decide to do with it results in something good or bad.

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I made a decent debut in Bollywood with 'Dum Maaro Dum.'

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As a child, I was into cricket and boxing in school.

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My first film, 'Leader,' created a lot of political drama. Its release was pushed back twice.

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I have grown up reading Marvel Comics and Marvel movies with their intricately woven storylines. It is fascinating to see how Marvel has created characters and stories that resonate so well with audiences across the globe, making movies at a scale that one had never before imagined.

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Each character, be it the antagonist or the protagonist, brings with himself his own personality... and I have tried to stay true to each one of them; each is enjoyable in their own way!

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We see many posters and standees at cinema halls, and some catch attention. But these posters are soon forgotten. Taking a picture with the actors, enabled by AR, helps record a memory.

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Over time, I decided to take up only those stories I love.

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I didn't set out to be a regular hero.

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Give me something new, and I'll do it with all my heart.

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Not all stories are meant for the big screen.

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Every story has a place where it deserves to be told.

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I want to do films that are genre-based and character-based.

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I want to be part of movies which set benchmarks for a new kind of cinema.

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Getting out of a character is emotionally taxing. You get used to being a person on camera, and when you move on, the character remains with you for a long time.

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'Baahubali' has done to Indian cinema what 'Star Wars' has done to America.

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'Baahubali' was really the film that broke most barriers of what regional cinema can do nationally.

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I have grown up watching franchise-based movies like 'Star Wars' and read 'Amar Chitra Katha' and had aspired to do cinema like that.

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I started doing visual effects for many years, and after that, I became an actor.

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I have been in the industry for about 15 years, and every day has been a learning experience, thanks to changing trends and technology.

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