Cheering for team Hyderabad from the sidelines at the ongoing kabaddi championship, Rana Daggubati���s enthusiasm for the sport is hard to miss. ���I was always a fan of kabaddi. Growing up, we used to play it a lot in school. It���s easy, quick and low maintenance. Moreover, you can play it just about anywhere. It���s sad that I don���t see any of my school going cousins play it or even talk about it anymore,��� laments the T-town hottie who seems to have a penchant for contact sports.
Admittedly, he trained to become a boxer long before considering acting as a profession. ���I���m a huge fan of Mike Tyson. I also trained in heavyweight boxing earlier but it needed a lot of time and effort and I was very injury-prone, so I gave it up. But wrestling and boxing are the two sports I love,��� he reveals.
Rana���s love for wrestling could translate on to the big screen soon. He wants to play the iconic wrestler from Vizianagaram,
Kodi Ramamurthy Naidu
, popularly known as Indian Hercules, on screen. ���He was accorded the title of Kaliyuga Bheema by King George V. I have grown up reading about him in text books and I���m researching the man. I���d love to play him on screen,��� shares Rana.
Legend has it that Kodi Ramamurthy, a renowned body builder would break iron chains by flexing his muscles. And that sure sounds like something we can picture Rana doing! Mulling on that, Rana admits that he is used to being the ���biggest guy��� around. ���We���ll it would be a dream come true to pull that role off. I don���t know when the movie will materialise but I really want to do it. Aamir Khan���s Dangal is inspired by a popular wrestler and I think it is about time Tollywood too pays homage to heroes like Kodi Ramamurthy. Besides being a renowned bodybuilder he participated in the freedom struggle as well,��� says the actor who is all set to start shooting for
B��hubali
soon.
With a slew of films in the pipeline ���
Ghazi
, Teja���s political drama,
Enai Noki Paayum Thota
in Tamil and another Kollywood project with director Bala, the actor sure seems to have his hands full.