Exclusive: Prabhas shot a whopping 300 days for action episodes of Baahubali

Actor Prabhas reveals that the entire unit of Baahubali was very tense when the first part of the film released. “Even if Baahubali became a hit, it wouldn’t be enough, and that was a big flop in our minds because the producers had put in a lot of money in the film. If it had flopped, neither Rajamouli nor I could have helped the producers. Because even if we did three films each for them, they would perhaps not recover the money that they put into this film. So Baahubali had to be a blockbuster to recover the money,” reveals Prabhas.

That’s the reason they generated so much hype and released the film in as many languages as possible. “Initially, I gave 80 days for the action episode but it extended to nearly 120 days. On the whole, I gave 300 days for the action episodes of the film,” shares the actor.

Apparently, it wasn’t easy to shoot those episodes. Prabhas shares, “It was not that easy to shoot the action episodes. After we completed one scene, it would take three to four hours to set up another scene and also, each episode costed lakhs of rupees. The whole atmosphere was like a big factory with thousands of employees.” The actor is now doing rigorous promotions for the film not only in the Telugu states, but also in many northern states like Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana.