Rana Daggubati says, “My job is to make Hollywood in India”

Post the massive success of Scam 1992, OTT platform SonyLIV has been constantly delivering unique content to its subscribers. While the stories, told in film and series format, continue to entertain the audience, the platform has recently forayed into the talk show space with Nijam with Smita. After legendary actor Chiranjeevi and former Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu, the latest episode welcomed actors Rana Daggubati and Nani to speak on Nepotism. During the conversation, Rana also expressed his desire of bringing all the film industries of India together and make “Hollywood in India.”

It all happened when a fan asked, “How far do you think your platform…I mean your background will help in your journey to Hollywood?” In the response, the Baahubali actor said, “I got knowledge of 60-70 years of cinema which is documented and its data. That’s my knowledge. And I understand how cinema is built over here. I understand the failures of it. I understand how businesses fell, and there are some fixes to make them bigger and bigger. So, that’s been my job. My job is to make Hollywood in India where all the industries come together and all technologies come together and we will be bigger than that.”

While praising Rana, Nani further explained, “And India-wide the noise our films are making….one of the root causes for that is Rana. It all started there. (He) carried our films there. Showed them to all the big people around and said, ‘Please watch. This is what we are doing. It will be nice if you do like this’. The one who instigated this idea is Rana.”

Coming to the professional front, Rana, who was last seen in Virata Parvam, will be next seen in the Netflix series Rana Naidu. The series, which is an Indian adaptation of Ray Donovan, is set to be released on Netflix on March 10.