Nani on Eega 2 with SS Rajamouli: ‘If the project gets announced, it’ll have the biggest hype of all time’

Actor Nani, who is gearing up for the release of his Telugu film Dasara, has opened up about the possibility of reuniting with SS Rajamouli for Eega 2. Released in 2012, Eega became a national phenomenon after it was dubbed and released in Hindi as Makkhi, a story about a guy who is born again as a housefly to avenge his own death. Nani has said in an interview that whenever the sequel gets announced, it’ll have the biggest hype of all time. (Also read: Nani invokes Shah Rukh Khan’s DDLJ while giving response to Twitter user comparing Dasara and Pushpa)

Eega marked the maiden collaboration between Rajamouli and Nani. It also co-starred Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Kichcha Sudeep in key roles. The film was a massive success at the box office.

In an interview with Pinkvilla, Nani said he and SS Rajamouli discuss on and off about the sequel idea. “We keep talking about it now and then. I tell him whenever the sequel gets announced, it’ll have the biggest hype of all time. He cracked something so amazing 10 years ago with limited access to CG. With the kind of power he possesses now, he can get the best of the Hollywood technicians if he plans to do the second part,” Nani said.

Made on a limited budget back in 2012, Eega was a huge money spinner at the box office. Apart from the Telugu version, the film did extremely well in Hindi and Tamil too.

Meanwhile, Nani’s Dasara is gearing up for release on March 30. Speaking at the teaser launch recently, Nani said: “Last year, RRR came from Telugu cinema. KGF and Kantara came from Kannada cinema. I can confidently and with a lot of pride say that Dasara will come from Telugu cinema in 2023.”

Nani also said that Dasara will be a career-defining film for him. “For a lot of people who’ve said I don’t work out of my comfort zone, this will be the answer. It’s a project that I have great expectations from and I’m sure audiences won’t be disappointed.”

Originally shot in Telugu, Dasara will be released in Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada. It also stars Keerthy Suresh, Shine Tom Chacko and Sai Kumar in key roles.

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