Sathyaraj was not the first choice to play Kattappa in SS Rajamouli, Prabhas' Baahubali: The Beginning.
SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali: The Beginning was a major box office success and received immense love from the audience. Apart from Prabhas, the film also starred Sathyaraj, who assayed the role of Kattappa in the movie, however, do you know that he was not the first for the role?
Well yes, In an interview with Rediff, the writer of the film, V.Vijayendra Prasad, revealed that he wrote the character with a Bollywood star in mind who is currently garnering praise for his villainous role. He is none other than Sanjay Dutt. He said, “Only for Kattappa, we had Sanjay Dutt in mind. But then it was dicey as he was still in jail. The next option was Sathyaraj.”
In the same interview, he also revealed how Kattappa was the first character he wrote for the story and said, “I didn’t have a story with me, I just told him (Rajamouli) about a foreigner who comes to India and sees an old person teaching swordsmanship to young students. Impressed, the foreigner claims the old man to be the best swordsman in the region. The old man refutes his claim by telling him about Baahubali. He tells him that nobody was able to injure Baahubali as long as he had a sword. He fought against 200 people and killed them all.”
He added, “By evening, he would be soaked in blood, but not a drop was his. When the foreigner said he wanted to meet Baahubali, the old man said he was dead. The foreigner didn’t understand how that was possible. Then the old man said backstabbing is a more powerful weapon and told the foreigner that it was he who back-stabbed Baahubali. The other scene I narrated was of a mother carrying a child, wading across a river, which eventually became the powerful opening scene of the franchise. He told me to put it all together and weave a story. We took around four-five months to develop the script.”
SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali: The Beginning is a fantasy action drama which stars Prabhas, Anushka Shetty, Rana Daggubati, Sathyaraj and others in key roles. The two-part film witness major box office success.
Meanwhile, SS Rajamouli is now working on his next project starring Mahesh Baby. The project is reportedly set to be the most expensive Indian film ever with a whopping budget of Rs 1000 crore. The film, SMMB29 is yet to titled.
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