Baahubali director Rajamouli has a fanboy moment with MS Dhoni in Hyderabad

The Baahubali director also said that the ace cricketer was his inspiration and expressed joy for standing beside Dhoni during the audio launch.

“I started watching cricket in mid 80s when we had great players like Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Azharuddin. But the cricket was mixed with a sense of joy and fear too whether our team will win or not until this man came along. After Dhoni became the captain of India we started watching cricket without fear with utter joy,” he added.

Rajamouli, who is ready to watch the movie on its first screening, thanked the movie director Neeraj Pandey for telling the inside story of M S Dhoni.

While director brought out his fanboy memories of cricket, the captain himself confessed he had good times in the city telling how he loves the 3 B’s of Hyderabad.

“I love the Biryani, bangles and biscuits of Hyderabad. We also got a good support here as Indian cricket team and we have very good record in Hyderabad for our team. It’s a pleasure being here,” Dhoni said.

Sharing that he loved the blockbuster movie Baahubali and is also eagerly waiting for the release of its sequel, Dhoni said South Indian film industry has some great potential.

“In the south, there are a lot of good actors and movies. We can actually see a lot of Bollywood remakes of movies from the south. The people over here have got some nice stories. They act well, direct well and fans are fantastic here too which is very important to make movies that can be appreciated,” Dhoni added.
Talking about the movie, Dhoni said Sushant Singh Rajput is the best fit to act in the movie.

“Sushant looks exactly like me and he played close to nine months of cricket with a 2-hour practice every day. The difficult part was to enact the cricketing shots. I feel he is a very good actor so when it comes to doing all the stuff I do, I knew Sushant would achieve that. The only thing was he asked too many questions to know what goes around in my mind and to completely get into my shoes. That part was difficult too,” said Dhoni chuckling.