Magadheera, which was released in 2009 is a period action drama based around the concept of reincarnations. When the movie was released, it shocked the Telugu audience. No one had seen such a movie come out of the Telugu film industry before this.
Even after 12 years, Magadheera is still celebrated to this day. Be it the action scenes, the emotional dialogues, or the unique hero elevations, it was done to perfection.
Recently in an episode of Unstoppable with NBK with Rajamouli, the RRR director revealed that he had first approached Balakrishna to play the main lead in Magadheera.
Rajamouli said that he had narrated the story of Magadheera originally to Balakrishna, at the time of Chatrapathi.
In fact, Ram Charan was the third option. Rajamouli had also narrated the script to Ram Charan’s father Chiranjeevi after Simhadri. But the project happened with Ram Charan after 5 years.
Ram Charan absolutely stole the show in Magadheera but it would’ve been interesting to see what Balakrishna would’ve done with the role. Magadheera was a career-defining role for Ram Charan.
Telugu movie lovers can only hope that the two powerhouses of Telugu cinema work together at some point. The last time we saw Balakrishna in a period drama was Gautamiputra Satakarni, which received an underwhelming response.
Rajamouli is currently busy with the promotions of his magnum opus RRR, with Ram Charan, JR.NTR, Alia Bhatt. He has been visiting city after city to promote the movie on a large scale. They are in Mumbai for a grand event as we speak.
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