Despite attaining pan-India stardom like no other actor in the country after the mammoth success of Baahubali, Prabhas is always open to encourage directors who are inexperienced and newcomers. Immediately after Baahubali 2, he worked with young directors like Sujeeth and Radha Krishna. He is currently working with directors like Maruthi and Hanu Raghavapudi. All these directors are yet to crack the pan-India formula yet bagged the opportunity to direct India’s biggest actor.
Now, the latest reports suggest that Prabhas has agreed to team up with another new director. Surprisingly, this time it is Oscar winning ‘Naatu Naatu’ song choreographer Prem Rakshit, who is going to wield the megaphone for the first time in his career with Prabhas in the lead role for his debut directional. It is heard that Prem Rakshit penned a strong script which delighted Prabhas very much. The Adipurush actor has immediately agreed to work on this project and locked the script with no second thoughts.
Coincidentally, Prem Rakshit made his debut with the 2005 blockbuster Chatrapathi which stars Prabhas. There is no looking back for Prem Rakshit as he went on to work with numerous superstars in South India. He is credited with composing crowd pleasing dance moves for several songs. With Naatu Naatu song, Prem Rakshit became widely popular across the country after his iconic steps performed by both NTR and Ram Charan received unanimous response in all languages and later turned into a global phenomenon.
From the beginning of his career, Prabhas always believed in working with new directors. Earlier, he worked with choreographer turned director Lawrence for his action drama Rebel. But, choosing Prem Rakshit at this point of his career came as a big surprise to both his fans and trade circles. He currently has a solid line up of films and his much anticipated project Spirit is set to begin in a few more days. So, fans are little bit apprehensive on his decision to work with Prem Rakshit.
More details about this interesting collaboration are likely to be out once the makers officially announce confirm this development.
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