Rana Daggubati later starred in the Hindi film Dum Maaro Dum, alongside Bipasha Basu, where he received positive reviews for his performance and won the Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debut.
43 Facts About Rana Daggubati
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In 2012, Rana Daggubati gained prominence by starring in the hit Telugu film Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum.
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Rana Daggubati then featured in a supporting role in the Tamil film Bangalore Naatkal.
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In 2017, Rana Daggubati later reprised his role as Bhallaladeva in Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, which became the highest grossing Indian film of all time.
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Rana Daggubati has simultaneously starred in successful films such as Rudramadevi, Ghazi, and Nene Raju Nene Mantri.
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Rana Daggubati is an established television personality, hosting award shows such as the 2nd IIFA Utsavam, the South Indian International Movie Awards.
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Alongside building a career in cinema, Rana Daggubati is invested in businesses ranging from a business accelerator programme for technology startups, to an entertainment agency and a comic book company.
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Rana Daggubati became the board member of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image.
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Ramanaidu Daggubati was born in Madras, Tamil Nadu to Telugu film producer D Suresh Babu.
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Rana Daggubati is named after his paternal grandfather D Ramanaidu, a prominent Telugu film producer.
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Rana Daggubati revealed in 2016 that he is blind in his right eye, and his left eye is a transplanted one.
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Rana Daggubati did his early schooling in Chennai at Chettinad Vidyashram.
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Rana Daggubati later shifted to Hyderabad where he studied at Nalanda Vidya Bhavan High School and The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet.
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Rana Daggubati made his Hindi debut with the film Dum Maaro Dum, which released on 22 April 2011.
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In July 2012, Rana Daggubati signed do a "special appearance" in the film Arrambam, which his Tamil cinema debut.
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Rana Daggubati played Bhallaladeva, the cousin of Baahubali, in the 2015 film Baahubali: The Beginning, which is part of Baahubali franchise.
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Rana Daggubati's character became widely popular and received unprecedented appreciation from critics.
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Rana Daggubati was inspired by Daniel Day-Lewis to play the character.
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Rana Daggubati shot for 18 days in a specially constructed underwater set.
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Rana Daggubati reprised his role in the second part of the film series of Baahubali franchise, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion.
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Rana Daggubati spent a total of 250 days shooting both the films of the series over five years.
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Rana Daggubati next did a Telugu film Nene Raju Nene Mantri in which he plays a politician with grey shades, alongside Kajal Aggarwal.
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Rana Daggubati next began shooting for the Telugu-Tamil bilingual film 1945.
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Rana Daggubati announced his next film Kaadan on 14 December 2017, directed by Prabhu Solomon.
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Rana Daggubati next appeared in a dual role in the Hindi film Housefull 4 and made a cameo appearance in the song "Naan Pizhaippeno" of the Tamil film Enai Noki Paayum Thota.
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Rana Daggubati's much awaited film, Kaadan released in March 2021, after twice rescheduling its release date.
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Rana Daggubati shed 30 kilograms to look lean for his role in the film.
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Rana Daggubati had two film releases in 2022, the action thriller Bheemla Nayak and period action drama Virata Parvam.
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Rana Daggubati began filming for the Bheemla Nayak, co-starring Pawan Kalyan in January 2021.
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Rana Daggubati was most recently seen co starring in the Netflix series Rana Daggubati Naidu alongside his uncle Venkatesh.
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Rana Daggubati is a partner in Ramanaidu Studios, a production house.
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Five years before becoming an actor, in 2005, Rana Daggubati entered the visual effects business with Spirit Media.
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Rana Daggubati specialised in animation and VFX, and worked on over 70 films.
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Since 2017, Rana Daggubati is the host of the Telugu Television talk-show No 1 Yaari.
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Rana Daggubati dubbed for the character Thanos in the Telugu dubbed version of Avengers: Infinity War.
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In 2022, Rana Daggubati launched a men's grooming platform named DCRAF in association with Roposo.
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Rana Daggubati got engaged to his girlfriend, Miheeka Bajaj, founder of Dew Drop Design Studio, on 20 May 2020 at Ramanaidu Studios.
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Rana Daggubati has appeared in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list in 2017 at the 36th position.
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Rana Daggubati was ranked twentieth on the Times' 50 Most Desirable Men for the year 2011, tenth in 2012, thirteenth in 2013, seventeenth in 2014, eleventh in 2015, twenty-fourth in 2016, seventh in 2017, nineteenth in 2018, thirteenth in 2019, and twenty-eighth in 2020.
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Rana Daggubati was ranked twenty-ninth in Eastern Eye's "Sexiest Asian Men", in 2015.
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Rana Daggubati was the eleventh most searched celebrity in 2017, on Google Search.
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Rana Daggubati have signed endorsement deal with Ubon in 2020 and with CEAT in 2021.
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On 1 June 2021, Sony Pictures Networks India have launched the sports channel Sony Ten 4, for which Rana Daggubati was signed as the brand ambassador and promoter.