Shraddha Kapoor is all set to make her Telugu debut with Saaho. The film, directed by Sujeeth, features Prabhas in the lead role and the teaser of the film dropped on Thursday. It was received with positive buzz on social media. But did you know Saaho was offered to Prabhas before he became a nationwide phenomenon with Baahubali and its 2017 follow up?

In a recent interaction with a news agency, Sujeeth said that he did not feel any pressure to direct Prabhas since the actor had faith in him. "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. He further revealed that Prabhas agreed to do the film immediately after reading the script and added, "I had the script of 'Saaho', which was ready before 'Baahubali'. I narrated him the story and he loved it."

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The filmmaker also talked about Shraddha's role in the much-awaited film and mentioned, "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. 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."

Meanwhile, Saaho also stars Mandira Bedi, Jackie Shroff, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Chunky Panday. It is slated to release on August 15 this year.

(Source: PTI)