Saaho
Was
Offered
To
Prabhas
Before
Baahubali
Did
you
know
that
Saaho
was
offered
to
Prabhas
before
he
became
a
nationwide
phenomenon
with
Baahubali
and
its
2017
follow
up?
Sujeeth
says
Prabhas
agreed
to
do
the
film
immediately
after
reading
the
script.
"I
had
the
script
of
'Saaho',
which
was
ready
before
'Baahubali'.
I
narrated
him
the
story
and
he
loved
it."
Sujeeth
Speaks
About
Shraddha
Kapoor
Saaho
will
mark
the
acting
debut
of
Shraddha
in
Telugu
cinema
and
the
director
says
she
has
a
solid
role
in
the
thriller.
Sujeeth
says,
"It
is
an
important
role
for
the
female
character.
Shraddha
drives
the
film
to
the
end.
It
was
a
conscious
decision
to
make
my
female
characters
strong."
Sujeeth
Chose
Shraddha
Kapoor
Over
Prabhas
He
further
added,
"When
we
started
working
on
the
teaser,
we
had
two
options
here
-
to
go
with
Prabhas,
considered
as
a
huge
star
and
you
expect
him
to
be
there
in
the
opening
scene.
And
other
was
to
begin
it
with
Shraddha
and
we
chose
the
latter."
Did
Sujeeth
Feel
Any
Pressure
While
Working
With
Prabhas?
"I
did
not
feel
the
pressure
to
direct
a
big
star
like
Prabhas.
He
has
faith
in
me
and
my
work
and
that
matters
the
most
to
me.
Also,
the
producers
and
the
team
members
showed
confidence
in
me.
But
now
that
the
film
is
gearing
for
release
in
few
months,
I
can
feel
the
pressure,"
Sujeeth
said
in
a
media
interaction
in
Mumbai.
Sujeeth
On
Casting
Many
Actors
From
Bollywood
In
Saaho
Apart
from
Shraddha
Kapoor,
Saaho
also
stars
Bollywood
actors
like
Mandira
Bedi,
Jackie
Shroff,
Neil
Nitin
Mukesh
and
Chunky
Pandey.
Speaking
of
the
same,
Sujeeth
said,
"It
was
never
intentional
to
cast
a
Bollywood
actor
for
the
film.
Whoever
I
think
is
apt
for
the
story
I
cast
them,
actors
like
Jackie
Shroff,
Neil
Nitin
Mukesh,
Chunky
Pandey
and
Shraddha
Kapoor
were
the
best
choice
for
the
film."
How
Sujeeth
Kick-started
Saaho?
Sujeeth
said
he
began
working
on
Saaho
soon
after
the
release
of
his
directorial
debut
Run
Raja
Run
in
2014.
"I
took
one
or
two
months
to
finish
the
script.
But
a
lot
of
time
was
required
to
get
the
action
right.
I
met
the
action
guys
in
2015
with
all
the
sequences
that
I
had
planned,
he
gave
some
suggestions
and
then
I
altered
things
at
the
script
level.
He
Further
Added..
"We
have
worked
with
international
stunt
choreographer
Kenny
Bates
who
has
done
'Transformers'.
He
is
the
best
guy
in
action.
Another
action
guy
is
Peng
Zhang,
who
is
a
stunt
coordinator
and
had
also
directed
a
Chinese
film
'Asura'.
They
are
a
part
of
'Saaho'."