Rana wants to be like Akshay Kumar!

Rana swears by Action!

Tollywood heartthrob Rana Daggubati seems to have an exciting year ahead with the release of his long in the making Baahubali, his Hindi films Baby and Nia and some other ventures as producer as well. Talking about his home productions for the year, Rana says, “We have been producing Telugu films but this year we are getting into the Hindi film space. We have just partnered with Bejoy Nambiar for Cricket, which is a remake of a Tamil film,Chennai 28. It’s film based on gully cricket and is almost complete.”

But action as a genre is the closest to his heart, quips the actor. “I grew up watching action films. My phone has a Bruce Lee picture on it. Since my childhood, I have had four heroes: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Lee and Amitabh Bachchan. I also like Ranbir Kapoor’s films. Among the actresses, Deepika Padukone is very good and I am a fan of Katrina Kaif. I find Alia Bhatt terrific too” says Rana, who is soon going to be seen in one of the most awaited films of the year, Baahubali.

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