When Rana found ancient Tamil difficult

Rana, who is playing antagonist Bhallaladeva in ‘Baahubali – The Beginning’, a Telugu-Tamil bilingual, says there were some parts of the film which were difficult to shoot. "The problem was not Telugu, but the ancient Tamil that I had no idea about.

The first day I couldn't get past reading even a line. But then Madan Karky, who penned the dialogues, used to write it, tape it and then send it to me... that's how I got it," said Rana, who grew up in Chennai before shifting to Hyderabad.

With three "extensive years" spent on the film, the actor feels that it will affect him whether the film is a success or failure. "But whatever the result will be, I would always be proud that I was part of this epic," said the actor.

Talking about how they recreated an era that's almost 1,000 years old and how the film is going to attract audience in times when more realistic stories are resonating with the audience, Rana said: "Well, cinema is a larger than life experience and we can say this with the success of Hollywood films like '300' and 'Gladiator', and others, which were dubbed and did so well in India. “Audiences always want this larger than life visual and it needed the right filmmaker to make it," he added, referring to film’s director SS Rajamouli.