At a particular sneak peek for ‘The Raja Saab’, director Maruthi stirred the pot by calling Prabhas a ‘medium-range hero’. His remarks caught the eye of the viewers, who rapidly took to social media to specific their opinions. While Maruthi praised Prabhas’ worldwide stature, he additionally credited S.S. Rajamouli for bringing the ‘pan-India’ development to the forefront.The makers of ‘The Raja Saab’, starring Prabhas, hosted a pre-release occasion in Hyderabad on Saturday, within the presence of the whole solid and crew. Director Maruthi delivered an emotional speech on the occasion. However, within the stream, a remark made by the filmmaker did not go nicely with Prabhas followers. Here’s what occurred.
Maruthi feedback on Prabhas’ large fameAt the Hyderabad occasion, Maruthi opened up about Prabhas and his recognition the world over. The filmmaker shared that they visited a distant village in South Africa. He recalled telling an individual over there that he’s a film director. According to him, after this, the particular person replied, “Oh really?” and checked out him from “top to bottom.”Murthi additional shared, “I then requested him if he knew who my hero was, and he requested, ‘Who?’ When I stated ‘Prabhas,’ he replied, ‘Oh, the Baahubali hero?’ This reveals that he has grow to be identified even to folks of a special tribe within the Masai Mara.”But then, the filmmaker made a controversial assertion. He added that each director is indebted to S S Rajamouli as a result of he was the one who made the “pan-India” idea common with ‘Baahubali’. Maruthi added that SSR “introduced a medium-range hero to the Pan-India stage and established a massive cutout (stature) for the world today.”
The problemWhile some followers agreed to what the filmmaker expressed on stage, others he been sad that he labelled Prabhas as a “medium-range hero.” Prabhas’ admirers went on to drop photos of the actor’s field workplace collections and advance bookings for the movie to show that he’s not what the filmmaker stated. On the opposite hand, a couple of additionally said that actors like Prabhas, Allu Arjun, and Ram Charan he been behind stars like Mahesh Babu till they delivered hits like ‘Baahubali’, ‘Pushpa’, and ‘RRR’.
More about ‘The Raja Saab’‘The Raja Saab’ stars Prabhas, Sanjay Dutt, Nidhhi Agerwal, Malika Mohanan, Riddhi Kumar, and Boman Irani. The film is claimed to be a horror comedy. It is scheduled to hit theaters on January 9, 2026.