Rana Daggubati opens up on dark phase of his life

Actor Rana Daggubati is a multifaceted talent known for his zeal and reverence for cinema and storytelling. Rana, who also dons producer's hat and has the impeccable business acumen had to wrestle with a dark phase in life right after he delivered a gigantic hit like Baahubali.

Hyderabad: Actor Rana Daggubati opens up on what pulled him back from the dark phase of his life. The actor also revealed how dubbing for Thanos in the Telugu version of Avengers: Infinity War unexpectedly served him well during the health scar.

Rana in a recent podcast interview was asked if he sensed a feeling of darkness around him, to which he replied, "Yeah definitely. There will be times when you are super successful in films but then your health has taken a toss and you don't know if you can put yourself back to doing another film. Now that's a dark place to be in. But how does that change is if you move out of it and find what your purpose is actually."

The Ghazi actor further said that his passion for telling stories pull him out of the tough times. "I think each of us takes a piece from what we love." The actor also shared an inspiring anecdote about the time he was diagnosed with health issues and how dubbing for Thanos character for the Telugu version of Avengers acted as a catharsis in putting himself together through the health scar.

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In the podcast, Rana also said he was in America when doctors revealed that he had some serious condition pertaining to BP and a bunch of organs that failed, he couldn't process the information. Two days later, Rana went to the theatre to catch Avengers: Infinity War. The actor also shares that interestingly, he had voiced for Thanos in the Telugu version of the Hollywood film and watched the movie thinking he is the supervillain. At the end of that movie, all the Avengers are dead and only Thanos survives. This, he says, brought him back to life.

Meanwhile, Rana will next be seen in the big-ticket trilingual adventure drama Haathi Mere Saathi which will hit theatres just before Holi on March 26. The actor also has Telugu film Virata Parvam and the remake of Malayalam hit, Ayyappanum Koshiyum with superstar Pawan Kalyan.