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No plans of shifting to Mumbai: Rana Daggubati

It was last year that South actor Rana Daggubati made his debut in Bollywood with Dum Maaro Dum. While the actor didn’t get to play a cop in that one like co-star Abhishek Bachchan, Rana says that he’s excited about playing one, now, in the upcoming Department, which incidentally stars the Sr Bachchan,Amitabh. “Well, Abhishek is [...]

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Rana Daggubati rules over hearts

Though he is a newcomer in Bollywood, Telugu actor Rana Daggubati has grabbed eyeballs with his rugged looks and powerful screen presence. In fact, the term ‘hot’ has become almost synonymous with Rana, who is on many women’s most desirable lists. He talks to CS about being sexy… Hot is thy name I have accepted the [...]

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Chai – Biscuit: Rana Daggubati

In a span of just two years of his debut he has done six films which in today’s time we rarely find an actor doing. Right after his debut, he has topped the list of Bollywood’s ‘Most Promising Newcomer of 2011 – Male’, in a poll conducted by the Times. In just this short span he even managed to [...]

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Rana Daggubati to learn street art

Which A-lister from Bollywood is going to play Rana Daggubati’s mentor-cop in Aditya Bhattacharya’s new-rage adaptation of his 1989 cult crime drama Raakh? In the original Pankaj Kapoor had played the part of the disillusioned drunken ostracized cop who helps hero Aamir Khan seek revenge when Aamir’s girlfriend(Supriya Pathak) is gangraped by a ganglord and his goons. The story [...]

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Working with Big B and Sanjay Dutt was a challenge

Actor Rana Daggubati, who will be seen alongside megastar Amitabh Bachchan and actor Sanjay Dutt in Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Department’, says it was a challenge to face the camera with the veterans. The 27-year-old actor, who made his Bollywood debut last year with ‘Dum Maaro Dum’, says director Varma helped him prepare to act alongside [...]

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Rana bags top honor

Tollywood hunk Rana Daggubati topped the list of Bollywood’s ‘Most Promising Newcomer of 2011 – Male’, in an online poll conducted by the Times. Rana debuted in Bollywood with the flick ‘Dum Maaro Dum’, which also stars noted actors like Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu and Prateik Babbar. He essayed the role of DJ Joki and he stands out in the film, despite a [...]

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Hollywood debut for Rana

Actor Rana Daggubati is going great guns. The actor, who had a release ‘Naa Istham’ last Friday, is all set to foray into Hollywood films. The film titled ‘A Momentary Lapse of Reason’ will see Rana making his debut in Hollywood. He will be the first mainstream actor from Tollywood who will feature in an [...]

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‘Department’ a heavy-duty action film: Rana Daggubati

New Delhi: Ram Gopal Varma’s past few projects have failed to rock the box office, but actor Rana Daggubati, who has teamed up with the director in ‘Department’, is confident that the film will turn out to be one of his most stylish movies. “Ramu (Varma) dabbles in a lot of genres of films. He is [...]

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‘Lineage gives you that extra edge’

Nina C George, March 26, 2012 Rana Daggubati comes from a family of producers, directors and actors. So, by the time he was in his teens, Rana knew what went into direction, acting and was sound with the technical side of film-making.  He became a producer very young and confesses that it won’t be long [...]

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Rana goes International with ‘A Momentary LApse of Reason’

Actor Rana Daggubati has just bagged his maiden Hollywood venture, A Momentary Lapse of Reason (AMLOR), to be directed by the internationally acclaimed filmmaker, Aditya Bhattacharya. “I am very pleased to annouce that I will be making foray into a new language. It is a fantastic opportunity for a young actor like me to be a part of a [...]

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The Most Promising Newcomer of 2011 – Rana

A debutant has it tough. If your film is a success, you have it made. Offers come from quarters you least expect and in overwhelming numbers. If it doesn’t, well it doesn’t and people couldn’t care less that you existed. But if you have made your mark in either case, well, you’re the kind that [...]

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Ram Charan lauds best friend Rana

Rana Daggubati’s dancing in his upcoming release seems to have caught the attention of his best friend Ram Charan.  Looks like it has left Charan a little surprised, for all the right reasons. Ram Charan, who made a name for himself in Kollywood with the Tamil dubbed version of his Magadheera, posted on his microblogging [...]