# Prabhas, Ravi Teja and Jr NTR: A Conversation on Stars and Indian Cinema

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2120244903783612434
- Source account: [@ManojKumar5598](https://x.com/ManojKumar5598)
- Source language: Malayalam
- Target language: English
- Duration: 9:29
- Published: 2026-11-10
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema) No. Rajamouli, from below, He told me, “Get the mic from me. Go get the mic.”

[0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=5) So I ran over to Prabhas like this. By the time I got close to Prabhas like this, He said it to me only after he got on the flight.

[0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=15) I got scared. I thought I’d done something wrong.

[0:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=19) He was coming over a little to tell me that.

[0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=21) I said, “I’m taking the mic and going.” So, he’s such a very, very down-to-earth person, Prabhas sir. He’s very shy, isn’t he?

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=29) With his family, friends, and his circle, he’s very open.

[0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=33) Now, about Venkatesh sir. Yeah, Venkatesh sir is very spiritual.

[0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=40) I was at Venkatesh sir’s film pre-release event yesterday too, and after all these years, look how many films he’s made.

[0:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=47) But that stardom has never gone to his head.

[0:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=50) He’s very normal. A very, very normal human being.

[0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=54) And he is always in the spiritual space.

[0:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=56) Now, Ravi Teja, most recently… Now, the film \*Irumudi\*— so it was in Kerala, right?

[1:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=62) It was a big hit. I watched it too. It was a very good film.

[1:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=66) Likewise, there are many films of Ravi Teja's that Malayalis in Kerala have watched.

[1:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=70) He's an actor with a huge fan following there too.

[1:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=73) So, what can you say about him? Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja. Yes.

[1:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=77) He's also very genuine, very straightforward.

[1:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=82) Like, whatever he feels in his heart, it comes out.

[1:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=86) So, at many of the functions I do, Ravi Teja sir is a star who has openly appreciated me.

[1:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=94) And Ravi Teja sir has an abundance of energy.

[1:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=98) When he performs dance songs, you know his screen presence?

[1:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=102) You can't look away from him. We should ask Junior NTR about it. Yes.

[1:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=105) It's the biggest chunk, isn't it? Yes, yes.

[1:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=108) So Junior NTR is also a close friend of my husband.

[1:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=110) He's my husband's friend. He's my husband's friend.

[1:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=113) I got to know him through my husband. Then after that, we became family.

[1:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=117) So we were family, like... Their family and our family became very close.

[2:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=122) Then Rajeev and NTR worked together on many films.

[2:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=126) So we have a very long association. Hearing NTR speak on stage now, it's on a whole other level.

[2:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=134) And then off stage, all of us... when we have a get-together or something, it's completely different.

[2:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=140) Telugu films are doing really well in Malayalam now, like Baahubali.

[2:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=144) Malayalam films are doing well here too. They are. Yes.

[2:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=146) So when you see that, do you feel happy?

[2:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=148) I'm incredibly happy. It's something that goes both ways.

[2:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=152) Actually, it was only after OTT arrived that more people started watching films from both sides like this. Correct, correct.

[2:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=158) So, as a viewer, or as a Malayali, or as someone who's been working in Telugu cinema for quite a while, both of these things are being embraced by people. What do you think now? Yes, yes.

[2:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=169) I think recently, when we were doing promotions for this Ramayana film, Ranveer sir, Yash sir, everyone said, it's no longer Malayalam cinema or Telugu cinema, it's Indian cinema. Let's make Indian cinema proud.

[3:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=181) Like, these days, that's always the comparison, when we go to the Oscars or anywhere.

[3:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=186) Here itself, we have a lot of segments, like, if everybody comes together and unites and makes it one big Indian cinema.

[3:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=194) That is what I am seeing happening very soon.

[3:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=197) And what makes me so happy is... Even though I'm a Telugu Malayali, all these years...

[3:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=202) ...I've hosted in Telugu, but so many Malayalis don't know I'm Malayali. That's right.

[3:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=206) And likewise, I haven't had the chance to work in Malayalam.

[3:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=209) But over the last three years, so many Malayalam film promotions have come here.

[3:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=214) That makes me incredibly happy. I'm seeing Mr. Tovino, and Mr. Dulquer is coming...

[3:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=220) Mr. Mohanlal, Mr. Prithviraj, all of them...

[3:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=223) It's coming here, it's coming to Hyderabad.

[3:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=226) All the people I thought I'd never get to see, never...

[3:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=230) ...right here at my doorstep. Yes, and most recently, Fahadh came.

[3:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=233) Mr. Fahadh, yes. Now, it's not just that. Now, here...

[3:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=237) Now, even Premalu became a huge hit here.

[3:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=239) Mamitha became a huge star here in Telugu.

[4:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=243) I just interviewed Mamitha. So, what did you think of Mamitha?

[4:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=247) Even back then, Radhika Madam used to say things about Mamitha.

[4:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=251) I have the same opinion. When we see Mamitha like this, she seems like a girl from our neighborhood— a girl who seems so quiet and unassuming.

[4:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=260) But the moment she steps in front of a camera, she is completely different.

[4:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=264) And Mamitha has a very rare quality. She is very natural.

[4:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=269) You don't sense any artificiality at all.

[4:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=272) So natural. Recently, in Bethlehem Kudumbam, she was just as natural in that family unit.

[4:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=279) So I really love her performances. You get to interview Malayalam actors and actresses, right? Yes.

[4:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=284) So, does it make you especially happy that you can speak Malayalam?

[4:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=287) Yes, yes, it does. Almost eight or nine people from the Loka team came and sat with me.

[4:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=292) And about half, maybe three-quarters, didn't know Telugu.

[4:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=295) So I did the interview completely in Malayalam. I was happy.

[4:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=298) I saw a reel once, of a... An eighty-eight-year-old and an eighty-four-year-old were seated together...

[5:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=304) ...and you said it was my first Malayalam interview.

[5:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=306) Yes, yes. The first interview I did was with my mother and aunt. Yes, yes.

[5:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=310) You sat your mother and aunt down and said it was your first Malayalam interview.

[5:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=312) Yes, yes. Was that done back home? No, it was done here in Hyderabad, at a farmhouse.

[5:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=317) How did you get the idea to do something like that? I...

[5:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=320) I've always thought my mother and my grandmother were all very strong women.

[5:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=326) Maybe my father died when they were still in school.

[5:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=330) So they couldn't continue with their education properly.

[5:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=333) If they'd been given an opportunity, if they'd had that chance, they would have ruled.

[5:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=338) That's how capable these women are. And they would always talk about the dance they learned back then, and the songs, and the Tamil films they watched back then, and all of that.

[5:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=348) I wanted to preserve it. I wanted to preserve it for future generations.

[5:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=352) Like a treasure. To make it a real treasure, yeah.

[5:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=355) You're always the host, aren't you? How does it feel to be a guest like this now?

[5:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=359) There are Telugu interviews where I was a guest.

[6:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=362) But this is the first time I've sat for an interview in Malayalam.

[6:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=365) So, I'm very happy. We never got to talk like this before.

[6:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=369) I always speak in Telugu. This is the first time I've spoken entirely in Malayalam. Of course, I use a lot of English words.

[6:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=375) But still, I can speak in my Palakkad dialect.

[6:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=379) Something many people don't know about you, sis, You do a lot of things that aren't very common.

[6:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=384) So, what were some of the things that made you feel inspired like that?

[6:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=388) I often used to think that I was a celebrity.

[6:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=394) Because I got this celebrity status, a lot of brands trusted me and made me their brand ambassador and helped improve the saleability of their products.

[6:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=404) So people believe in me. What if I use this celebrity status for service?

[6:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=410) Because the donors have money. I can do the due diligence.

[6:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=413) So how about connecting people without money with our donors?

[7:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=420) It all started with the thought of becoming an anchor in real life.

[7:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=423) That's how the whole Festivals for Joy began.

[7:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=425) So how does it move forward now? For five years, we did no PR or marketing, or any event about this.

[7:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=431) For the first time, we celebrated our fifth anniversary with all the people who have benefited, as well as the donors.

[7:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=438) That was when people here said, "Oh, Suma…"

[7:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=440) "Have you been doing all these programs for so long?"

[7:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=443) A lot of people are giving us money, saying, "We'll do it too. We're with you."

[7:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=446) We do it for Sankranti too, because we do it for every festival.

[7:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=450) Right? We do it for every festival, like Christmas, Ramzan, and Sankranti.

[7:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=453) So they have all made their pledges by now.

[7:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=455) Like our hero, Rana, Rana came forward and said, “I’ll take care of Sankranti.”

[7:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=461) You know Adivi Sesh, the hero of the film Major?

[7:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=464) So Sesh said, “I am, I am also joining hands.”

[7:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=466) So now we’re moving along a good path like that.

[7:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=470) And since you asked about Rana, I’ve heard Rana is a very, very sweet person.

[7:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=474) What do you have to say about Rana? Rana has been the gateway to opening up Indian films to a global audience.

[8:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=484) This film, Baahubali, wouldn’t have reached the national market without Rana.

[8:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=489) So Rana created that gateway. That’s why, why don’t we take this to Karan Johar and show it there.

[8:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=495) Then from there, it became a full pan-India thing.

[8:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=498) So I always tell Rana, Rana, you are fundamental.

[8:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=501) You’re the most important person who started this.

[8:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=504) And in this industry, I can get something like, say, I have an event tomorrow.

[8:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=509) In the morning, it’s my personal event. If I say I need a guest for it, Hello, Rana.

[8:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=515) Tell me, where should I come? That’s who Rana is to me.

[8:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=519) Now, once you get a stage, getting this crowd in the palm of your hand isn’t easy. You need some kind of, some kind of thing…

[8:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=526) It’s magic. What is that magic? My greatest positivity is my strength.

[8:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=533) As soon as I get on stage, I’m very positive.

[8:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=536) Now, when I come on stage, the audience looks at me as if to say, “Oh, they’re here. Now we can all sit here happily.”

[9:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=542) So they are happy to have me. I am happy to have them.

[9:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=545) I write my lines in a very responsive, conversational way.

[9:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=549) All my lines. So they are also there to respond.

[9:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=553) You can see, right? Are you listening? So everything is more like a conversation that happens.

[9:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=558) And sometimes, when there are really big events, sometimes I climb up on top of the barricades.

[9:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/eA2fxfDI9EEE/en/prabhas-ravi-teja-and-jr-ntr-a-conversation-on-stars-and-indian-cinema?t=563) Then we say, “Get down from the barricades, come down, come down,” and we…