Karan Johar said Bahubali looks like Avatar: Rana Daggubati

Karan Johar said Bahubali looks like Avatar: Rana Daggubati 

"When we met, there was nothing much to show him. So, I put some slides together and Karan Johar said 'It looks like Avatar'," says Rana Daggubati." 

It’s always nice to have another filmmaker to reassure that you are making a good quality film. When we met, there was nothing much to show him. So, I put some slides together and he said ‘It looks like Avatar’. That’s when I knew he was sold. Today we talk about it being one of the largest motion picture in this country and those are actually the first words Karan had told me.

He said, ‘This is bigger than anything that I have seen in India.’ And he came on board right then. I chose Karan because I know him very well and I knew that if they believed in the project, they would go all out.”
Rana further added, “To me this film is very special because as a child I grew up on stories from Amar Chitra Katha and I was always a movie lover. Every time I watched a big Hollywood war film, I would think that we have so many stories to tell and why aren’t we telling them. And there’s nothing more exciting than this.”
Having had a successful pairing with Bipasha Basu in ‘Dum Maaro Dum’, there were reports that Rana was to reunite with the actress for designer Vikram Phadnis’ directorial debut, ‘Nia’.

However, Rana said there has been a change in plan. “I am not doing the film anymore. They wanted sometime earlier this year, but I was still shooting for ‘Baahubali’. I am assuming the film is done.”
Rana Daggubati will be seen in the second part of ‘Baahubali’ as well, which will go on floors in August.