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The high profile pair talk about their thriller, shot extensively in Abu Dhabi
#Saaho #Prabhas # Shraddha Kapoor
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#Saaho #Prabhas # Shraddha Kapoor
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00:00Can you guys explain the Prabhas phenomenon to me?
00:02I was like, what is happening when I went to the audio launch?
00:07And I saw like 1 lakh plus people or more than that
00:12went completely out of control.
00:18You're coming off with such a big movie. I'm so worried for y'all.
00:21So much money and such a beautiful looking film in terms of action.
00:25So are you guys happy with the way it's looking?
00:27Yeah, the way it came out and the grandeur and the action and the quality.
00:32We're very happy.
00:33But we're also a little stressed like what in another few hours
00:37the audience are going to say what they feel.
00:41How does it feel to be a part of such a big budget film?
00:44Absolutely, because there's so much that's gone into making this film
00:47from so many different departments.
00:49So much passion has gone into it. So much time has gone into it.
00:52So many minds and so much creativity.
00:54So many concepts, sequences and there's too much that's gone into it.
00:59So you just hope that people will get entertained
01:02and people will really want to watch the film
01:04and feel like it's a worthy experience.
01:08It's like a Hollywood extravaganza really.
01:10I feel like I'm watching Mission Impossible
01:12or something on those lines where it's larger than life.
01:14Did you feel that as well after watching it?
01:16So because we've got the world's best technicians
01:18and we want to give them something there which they've never felt before.
01:23So the producers have got a lot of money.
01:27That's a different thing. It's really well thought out.
01:29And we have the best technicians from the country.
01:32Madhu sir, Saab sir, Shrikha sir, Umar sir
01:35and the biggest technicians from Hollywood and China.
01:39So it's like, you know, we try to do something with the collective audience.
01:45It's your first, I suppose, a big budget film, am I right?
01:48It is my biggest in terms of budget.
01:51It was definitely a multi-linear film.
01:55I couldn't have asked for a better debut.
01:58I couldn't have asked for a better co-star.
02:00I couldn't have asked for a better producer team, director, everything.
02:06So I'm feeling very grateful right now
02:08even though like nervous and excited with a lot of gratitude as well.
02:11And there was a 20-minute chase sequence, I'm told,
02:15near the Burj Khalifa where you were part of it.
02:17It's not near the Burj Khalifa, it's in Abu Dhabi.
02:19In Abu Dhabi, yeah.
02:20So it's almost like 15 to 16 minutes action scene.
02:27And yeah, the most, 80% will be shot in Abu Dhabi,
02:3220%, 10%, 15% in Italy, 10%, 15% in Hyderabad.
02:38You play a RAW agent and you're playing a police officer.
02:41We know very little, a Malayali Nair girl.
02:44That was exciting because I'm a Malayali.
02:46I was like, yes, one for the Malayali team.
02:49And of course, you're playing a RAW agent who's gone rogue, I think.
02:54Is it a good idea to fall in love in the movie though?
02:57I mean, people do partners who should be working together,
03:00shouldn't they have your backs and not be on each other's backs?
03:02Yeah, that's what I told Suzy, but he won't relax.
03:08But Shraddha, what do you think?
03:10About being in love?
03:12Yeah, in office, intra-office romances.
03:15No, the thing is that love can surprise you anywhere.
03:18What can you do then?
03:19Then you have to deal with it, however you have to deal with it.
03:23In all its glory, is it?
03:24What is the best part about this movie?
03:26Is it the action part or is it romance or is it a mix of everything?
03:30What should we know?
03:32I think it's very difficult to choose like one best part
03:35because there's so much happening in the film
03:37and it's comprised of so much, you know,
03:40and so many forces really coming together.
03:42I would like to imagine that the entire experience is amazing.
03:46I think the screenplay, if it works,
03:48I think that might be one of the most exciting parts.
03:51And the way in which it's going,
03:54I think the actions and the vision and the romance
03:57is a very important part.
03:59The love, love, love stories, the most important part.
04:03So I think the screenplay, the action and the love story,
04:07it's a mixture, if everything works.
04:09He lost around eight kilos.
04:10Were you hangry?
04:11Hangry is when you're hungry and therefore angry.
04:14It's a weird place to be,
04:15but eight kilos is a lot.
04:19Yeah, I was hangry because I became vegetarian for some time
04:23because I don't know how to lose that muscle
04:25which I've given for so many years.
04:27Eating like half of the head of the animals.
04:31So me and Rana, I think...
04:34You both went on this diet together?
04:35Yeah, we both ate meat, muscle for about a year.
04:38Oh, yeah.
04:39And now?
04:40Now, yeah, we both lost weight.
04:44Is it true?
04:45I can never imagine him angry or hangry.
04:48What was he like, Shraddha?
04:51I've never seen him angry, like ever.
04:54I think that if you see he's always smiling,
04:56he's very chilled out and relaxed.
05:00I've never seen him angry, I don't think.
05:02Not at all?
05:03No.
05:04That's a good testament.
05:05You can say the same about her.
05:06Is she always charming like she is now?
05:08No, she's always giggling.
05:09That's what I was telling her going,
05:10I'm going to miss you people in my next set.
05:13I know, she's like a ray of sunshine.
05:16You are always happy.
05:17I've never seen her in a bad mood in years together.
05:20In terms of budget, I know people are very discerning now,
05:23like critics especially.
05:24First two hours if they don't get, they're brutal.
05:27There's so much is riding on you.
05:29Are you guys nervous about reading the reviews
05:30that will come out tonight in Dubai?
05:33Yeah, I'm a little nervous.
05:34But I think once the audience like it,
05:36I think no one can stop it.
05:40They should really like it.
05:43How about you?
05:45You always hope that the ones who are reviewing your film
05:49also love it because they are also an audience
05:52and also people also see the reviews
05:57and there's also word of mouth,
05:59all those things combined.
06:02I hope for the best in every way.
06:05I would say best reviews, best audience feedback,
06:09most accepted, all that.
06:11I would want that.
06:13You guys are in a very special place.
06:14You make your Bollywood debut
06:16and you make your South Indian debut.
06:17It's almost like it's untested waters for both of you.
06:20Are you worried about how your Hindi will be?
06:22Because I'm a South Indian, my Hindi sucks.
06:24You should hear me.
06:26With Nawazuddin Siddiqui, I spoke Hindi
06:28and he was like, I'll speak English.
06:32So there you go.
06:33So are you worried about the language?
06:35Because there is a balance.
06:36Yeah, because in Hyderabad we speak Hindi
06:39but still Hyderabad Hindi is a very different thing.
06:42The way, the language they use in Bollywood.
06:45Same in Telugu also.
06:47We have Telugu and a lot of Isaac language.
06:51But we use one particular language,
06:53most of it's like Gujwara.
06:54That's what they got used to.
06:56So I think in Bollywood,
06:58mostly they use UP language.
07:01And unknowingly, I have a South Indian slang.
07:03Right, yeah, that's right.
07:05Yeah, so I had a master.
07:08I got from Bombay, he helped me.
07:11So we had rehearsals and we did the thing with him.
07:15And he was on the set, so that really helped.
07:18When I came to know that it's going to be
07:20shot in Telugu and in Hindi,
07:23I was very excited.
07:24Like more than anything, I was like,
07:26how exciting, it's a multi-lingual film.
07:28I get to shoot, we shoot it in two ways.
07:31It's such a, like first you shoot a scene
07:33in either Hindi or Telugu and then the other language.
07:36And so it's shot in three languages.
07:37For me it was Telugu and Hindi.
07:40So I was like, okay, that's going to be interesting.
07:44Like for the first time ever to shoot on a film
07:47and feel like we're shooting for two films.
07:49So, and then first I was like very excited.
07:52And I was like, wait a second,
07:54this is also going to be difficult, you know.
07:58Yeah, so it was both because,
08:01and also like, I really, really wanted to
08:04put my best foot forward,
08:06and have a really good first impression
08:10and experience of, you know, speaking in Telugu
08:13and knowing my dialogues and putting that prep in it.
08:15So I tried my best and yeah, I tried to like-
08:20Was he your guide?
08:21Yes, he helped me.
08:22He helped me.
08:23This is very, very crazy.
08:25I don't think they'll remember.
08:27I would ask him like, you know,
08:28how do I say that and then tell me,
08:30and you know, he would always help.
08:31Can you guys explain the Prabhas phenomenon to me?
08:34Because I always think he's got the kind of sway
08:37and clout that I've never seen.
08:39It's like a rock star welcome he gets.
08:40And people are so excited about you.
08:42I'm telling you that that's something
08:44that is quite immense, intense.
08:48You have to break it down for me.
08:49I don't know how to explain it.
08:50I just, I couldn't.
08:52I was like, what is happening
08:55when I went to the audio launch?
08:56And I saw like one lakh plus people
09:00or more than that,
09:02went completely out of control.
09:06Meaning like so loud
09:08that we couldn't talk to someone else
09:11because they were cheering so much.
09:12So you can see the crazy amount of love that he has.
09:15I've never seen anything like that in my life.
09:18You know, I've never seen that amount of praise.
09:20And I think that-
09:21Exactly.
09:23Prabhas mania.
09:24Proper Prabhas mania.
09:27And it was really something.
09:29I was like, wow.
09:32Do you ever try to understand it?
09:34Or do you just see it?
09:35No, yeah.
09:36This is Bahubali.
09:37It's a Bahubali film.
09:40People in Hyderabad are like,
09:42they saw me after four years.
09:43So you get like...
09:46Yeah.
09:47It's a lot of time to be in any movie.
09:49Do you have any regret?
09:50Especially you as well.
09:52I think for an actor, it has to be quick.
09:54All quickies work, right?
09:55In your case, you seem to be mastering this.
09:58He'll be a sardar.
09:58I don't want to...
10:00It's happening.
10:02I don't want to, but it just happened.
10:04Because after Bahubali, it's very important film.
10:08Bahubali was very, very important.
10:10Because you know,
10:12these many movies and the budgets and that, this and that.
10:15And after Bahubali, it became very, very important for me.
10:18So for the quality, we need time.
10:21And for research, we need time.
10:22And for, you know, a lot of money was thrown away
10:27just for the research to get the people here.
10:29And you know, like 30, 40 people from Hollywood there.
10:33The producers, they were there for three months
10:36building a factory here.
10:38So many things like this happen.
10:39So for that, you need time, planning.
10:42And you don't know because there's no business
10:44before building a factory in Abu Dhabi.
10:47Yeah, yeah, that's the first.
10:47It's not easy.
10:49A lot of support we got from 4454.
10:52But yeah, but still a lot of money was thrown.
10:56And you know, a lot of the cars,
10:58we bought cars from Europe for some shots.
11:02And a lot of cars were being crashed.
11:06So the producer, he had the money to build the car
11:09and safety and things like that.
11:11And another one minute, everything is blown away.
11:13So yeah, so much of things were...
11:16Seven years of your life.
11:17Two years, I want to say, of your life?
11:19Or was it...
11:20I still did film.
11:22Okay, yes.
11:22She multitasked.
11:23So yeah, I think that...
11:26Since Aashiqui 2, I've been doing multiple films pretty much.
11:29So for me, that's not new.
11:33Like, you know, because I'm kind of used to that.