A CREATIVE FORCE
Entrepreneur magazine|March - April 2020
The image of Baahubali’s Bhallaldeva is still so fresh that thinking about Rana Daggubati as any other being can be a tough job. However, once you meet him in person, his off-screen persona can blow your mind away.
Priyadarshini Patwa
A CREATIVE FORCE

No, he isn’t a conventional actor. Coming from the royalty of the South Indian industry, he is anywhere and everywhere trying to create good content to enhance our entertainment experience. Rana Daggubati is the true definition of a complete man - an entrepreneur, an AR and tech enthusiast and much more. To many, this might feel like multiple roles, to him it’s the same. “There is a creative process and then there is a business aspect. That’s the only two separate parts. Sometimes you think in words and at times in numbers,” he said.

The Techie

Tech is his forte and his investment in blockchain did throw off everyone. His purpose was to create a platform that can bring all the content together and work on the management of its rights. Everything they have done is either to improve the way the films are being made or the way it is distributed and sold.

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