Filmmaker
Om
Raut
is
prepping
hard
for
his
much-ambitious
project
Adipurush,
which
stars
Prabhas
and
Saif
Ali
Khan
in
the
lead
roles.
The
mythological
film
is
based
on
Ramayana,
which
stars
Prabhas
as
Lord
Rama
and
Saif
as
demon
Ravana.
The
lead
actress,
who
is
supposed
to
step
into
the
shoes
of
Goddess
Sita,
has
not
been
decided
yet.
In
his
recent
tete-a-tete
with
a
leading
daily,
Raut
shared
his
story
about
turning
into
a
filmmaker,
and
said
that
he
is
not
an
accidental
filmmaker.
"I
was
not
an
ad
filmmaker.
I
used
to
work
for
MTV
in
the
US,
in
New
York.
Advertising
was
a
part
of
the
job.
Once
a
story-teller,
always
a
story-teller.
In
every
form
of
story-telling,
you
are
only
trying
to
paint
a
picture
the
way
it
is
in
your
mind.
I
feel
a
film
like
Tanhaji
needed
that
canvas
and
scale,
and
so
does
Adipurush," said
Raut.
Raut
further
added
that
he
was
sure
from
the
beginning
that
he
wants
to
make
films.
"I
have
been
to
a
film
school
and
formally
trained
in
filmmaking.
Even
during
the
time
when
I
worked
at
the
music
network,
the
conversation
was
always
about
cinema.
I
am
not
an
accidental
filmmaker.
I
decided
to
become
one
when
I
was
in
class
4.
I
had
attended
the
premiere
of
Jurassic
Park
when
I
was
in
class
10," shared
Raut
while
speaking
to
the
daily.
Raut
further
shared
that
filmmaking
did
not
happen
to
him
by
chance,
as
he
did
a
Masters
Course
in
films
and
is
an
engineer.
Raut
asserted
that
he
has
planned
and
carved
his
journey
as
he
had
dreamt
of
making
films
since
the
time
he
was
a
child.
"I
am
lucky
to
have
lived
my
dream,"
concluded
Raut.