Mumbai: Rana Daggubati revealed what went behind creating the look for his Haathi Mere Saathi character. The actor who plays son of the soil, Bandev, in the film shared that he had to shrink his frame to look the part.
The actor said for his character in Haathi Mere Saathi, he had to shed to his weight by 30 kgs.
"After Baahubali, when Prabhu sir met me, I was looking like a bull. He said we have to try and figure something else out. We started understanding how will a person be if he's lived in the jungle for so long, what the nature of his food be and that's the physicality we brought along."
Rana also said mounting the action spectacle involved lots of challenges as they were focused on doing justice to the story.
Directed by Prabhu Solomon, the movie is about 'a man who fought for the jungle, the animals and against the society'. It will release across the country in three languages -- Hindi, Tamil and Telugu -- on April 2.
"It's not an easy film to get done. There were challenges. We were dealing with nature, dealing with three languages and the elephants. You have so many factors that are not going to be with you everyday but that's what it is about, completing a story.