Rana Daggubati reveals how working in 'Haathi Mere Saathi' changed his outlook on life

Rana Daggubati is soon going to feature on big screen in Prabhu Solomon's latest directorial, Haathi Mere Saathi. film is based on life of Pma Shri Jav Payeng, an environmentalist who planted an entire forest by himself. Rana Daggubati, Prabhu Solomon, Shriya Pilgaonkar and Zoya Hussain recently featured at  Hindi teaser launch for Haathi Mere Saathi, which took place in Mumbai on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. During event, Rana Daggubati opened up about how his outlook on life h changed after working with Prabhu Solomon in Haathi Mere Saathi. 

Rana Daggubati's experience of working in Haathi Mere Saathi

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At event, Rana Daggubati stated that Prabhu Solomon was a very successful director and h me classics such as Kumki, Kayal and Mynaa. Rana ded that se were films where Solomon h used his voice to tell stories of life in interior parts of country. Rana Daggubati n said that if you saw Haathi Mere Saathi, it was a much larger story that Solomon was trying to tell, and re was better person to tell this story than him. 

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Rana Daggubati furr ded that as a human being, director Prabhu Solomon h inspired him a lot. He even claimed that way he looked at life h become very different after working in Haathi Mere Saathi, and Rana thanked his director for that. Later, Prabhu Solomon also took st and spoke about his upcoming film.

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Prabhu said that Haathi Mere Saathi was inspired by a person called Jav Payeng, who single-handedly planted one lakh trees on banks of Brahmaputra. director also revealed that he h met Jav and was inspired by him to create Baldev (Rana Daggubati's character). However, that was only half of plot's inspiration. director furr revealed that  or side of plot was taken from Kaziranga, where poachers encroached upon forest area.

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