Rana Daggubati's upcoming trilingual film "Haathi Mere Sathi" will be his first major release since 2017's "Baahubali: The Conclusion", but the actor says the long gap between his films doesn't bother him.
The 35-year-old actor said as an artiste his aim is to serve "unique" content to the audiences.
"I'm not your popular culture hero to have releases in quick succession. I'm someone who likes to take up new subjects and it takes a lot of my time, Rana told PTI.
"When we started 'Baahubali', we'd planned it as a two-three year project but it ended up taking 5 years of our time. But the experience taught me so much. Similarly, 'Haathi Mere Saathi' took about two years. I think it's quite becoming a norm with my films even though I don't wish," he added.
Rana said if he believes in a story he doesn't mind investing time in the project.
"I was never in an urgency of doing films. Whatever time I invest in a film, it has to be worth it when audiences watch it on screen. Unless I come with something really unique, people are not ready to accept my work. I've seen it with a small scale films like 'Ghazi Attack' and later with a mega budget project like 'Baahubali'."
"Working with real elephants may sound exciting on paper but it was extremely exhausting. Ten days into the shoot, I called SS Rajamouli sir and told him how challenging this project had already become. It was equally exciting because we were doing something different; we were telling the story of a much bigger issue."
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