We
Worked
On
A
Film
10
Years
Before
This
"We
(Prabhas
and
I)
worked
on
a
film
10
years
before
this
and
we
have
been
close
friends.''
We
Would
Chat
For
Hours
''We
would
chat
for
hours
and
hours
together
deep
into
the
night,
just
not
about
Baahubali,
but
different
aspects
of
filmmaking,
the
philosophy
of
filmmaking."
We
Strike
A
Chord
With
Each
Other
"We
strike
a
chord
with
each
other,
we
understand
each
other
very
well
and
he
knew
that
I
had
a
burning
desire
to
make
a
war
film
and
he
was
game
for
it."
Prabhas
Kept
Himself
Free
Rajamouli
said
Prabhas
kept
himself
free
for
over
three
years
for
the
film.
Prabhas
Laughted
At
Him
&
Said
He
Can
Never
Make
Baahubali
In
One
Year
"In
fact,
he
was
so
much
into
it,
when
I
asked
for
his
dates
for
one
and
half
year
for
this
film,
he
laughed
and
said
you
can
never
make
this
film
in
one
and
half
years.''
In
The
End
It
Took
Us
Five
Years
''He
kept
himself
free
for
three
and
half
years.
In
the
end,
it
took
five
years
to
make
it
and
he
was
there
for
us."
Prabhas
Was
There
Prabhas
was
there
even
before
the
makers
started
writing
the
characters.
Baahubali
Was
Written
For
Prabhas
"I
mean
we
took
Anushka
or
Sivagami
or
Kattapa,
we
took
the
actors
based
on
the
characters
that
were
written,
but
with
Prabhas,
the
character
was
written
for
him,"
he
said.