Rana Daggubati | Ram Gopal Varma | Friends | Bipasha Basu | big star | amitabh bachchan SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet Rana Daggubati More Pics The actor, who was in the city recently, says that his good looks have taken him far Rana Daggubati is all of three films old, but the actor is happy with the acceptance he's got both in Tollywood and Bollywood. So much so, that he's already looking at widening his horizons by venturing into Tamil cinema as well. Ask Rana about his USP and he quips with a grin, "It's got to be my looks. It's the way God has designed me.
" The actor, who was in the city recently, was excited to talk about his film Department with Ram Gopal Varma , and another project that the filmmaker has announced with Rana in the lead. According to reports, RGV is so impressed with the actor that he has decided to cast him in the film opposite Nathalia Kaur, even before the completion of Department.
"We are still developing the idea of the film that Nathalia and I are going to do," says Rana. But we have heard that it will be a love story with lots of action.
The actor admits, though, that working with Natty on the Dan Dan..
. song for Department has made him a fan of the model.
"She is fabulous. I have known her for a brief time and she is one of the finest newcomers in recent times.
I think Nathalia has the potential to become a big star ," he says. Reports suggest that the duo shared some sizzling chemistry in a recent photo shoot and he adds, "It was a concept shoot for the film and it was done right after Dan Dan.
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was shot." As for Department, the actor says that sharing screen space with Amitabh Bachchan made him nervous.
"I was very nervous when Amitabh and I were in the same frame," he says. Meanwhile, his Tamil debut with director Selvaraghavan will take off later in the year, after he wraps up Department and a Telugu film with director Krish.
As the conversation veers towards his love life, Rana maintains he's single at the moment. "I am waiting for the right woman to come by," he says.
'I knew about Bipasha's visit' How does he then explain Bipasha Basu's (his rumoured ex) presence at his birthday bash? "I was celebrating my birthday in Hyderabad after a long time. Bipasha came on a planned visit and everyone knew she was coming.
The media was surprised though," laughs Rana. So does that mean that Bipasha praising his six-pack look for a new film is just friendly banter? "Bipasha is one of my very good friends and one of my first friends in Mumbai.
There's nothing more to it," he says. With inputs from Richa Bhatia
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