Would have dedicated seven years for Baahubali : Prabhas

Chennai April 10 (IANS) Actor Prabhas on Sunday said he would have dedicated seven years - not just four years - of his life for S.S Rajamouli s Baahubali franchise without a second thought.

For Rajamouli I would have even spent more than four years on Baahubali . I would have been ready to dedicate even seven years for him on the project Prabhas told reporters here at the audio launch of the Tamil version of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion.

In the franchise Prabhas plays king Baahubali and his son Shivudu. He spent nearly five years on the project.

Asked about the journey of being part of India s biggest motion picture franchise he said: It was physically strenuous especially while working on action sequences in the first part. In the second part Rajamouli edited the action scenes in a way that he made the whole process very easy.

Prabhas also thanked his fans for being patient.

I love my fans. They waited for three years for my film he said.

On the occasion Rajamouli said he wouldn t have found an actor as dedicated as Prabhas for the movie.

Show me one actor who can spend more than three years on a character he believes in. Prabhas and I became very close after we worked together for the first time in Chatrapathi and we used to spend a lot of time together. Thank you Prabhas for being my friend he said.

The film also stars Rana Daggubati Tamannaah Bhatia Anushka Shetty Ramya Krishnan and Sathyaraj.

Calling it a privilege to be part of Baahubali franchise Tamannaah said being associated with the film is more significant than any award.

She went on to add that in Baahubali 2: The Conclusion which is slated for release on April 28 I have shared more screen space with Anushka.

Actor Dhanush presided over the audio launch as one of the chief guests.

A lot of hard work has gone behind this film. They deserve everything that have been getting he said.

--IANS
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