Rana Daggubati recalls he became mean during illness: ‘Unless you can donate a kidney or an eye, don’t ask about it’

Rana Daggubati’s health issues arose after the release of Baahubali: The Beginning, where he garnered acclaim for his bulked-up physique. However, during his treatment, he lost weight, leading to inquiries about his health that he found difficult to handle. He said, “Everyone saw me bulked up for Baahubali. So, everyone asked if I was ill and I didn’t want to answer them. It was harder for me to live with people in the city, it was too much. I started becoming a slightly mean person. There was a point when if people asked about my health, I said unless you can donate a kidney or an eye, don’t ask about it. I didn’t like what I was doing.”

However, Rana found solace in his Tamil film Kaadan, released as Aranya in Telugu and Haathi Mere Saathi in Hindi. Filming in the jungle with elephants provided him with a healing escape. “Thankfully, I got the chance to shoot in the jungle, I was there for almost a year. I shot with elephants. Nobody judged me there, nobody there cared if I was sick. The silence there is what I needed in my life. Nature is a greater healer than anything else,” he said.

On the professional front, Rana Daggubati will next be seen in Vettaiyan, alongside Rajinikanth, Amitabh Bachchan, and Fahadh Faasil. The film is directed and written by TJ Gnanavel and produced by Subaskaran Allirajah.

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