A Motivational Story Of Rana Daggubati
                     RANA DAGGUBATI
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• RANA DAGGUBATI WAS BORN ON 14 DECEMBER 1984 IN 
CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU.
• HE IS A MEMBER OF THE DAGGUBATI-AKKINENI FAMILY,  
AND HIS FATHER WAS A PROMINENT PRODUCER IN THE 
TELUGU FILM INDUSTRY.
• HE HAD A COMFORTABLE LIFE EXCEPT FOR THE LITTLE 
KNOWN FACT THAT HE SUFFERED FROM A CORNEAL 
DEFECT SINCE BIRTH. 
• HIS PARENTS MANAGED TO GET A DONOR, AND 
TRANSPLANTED THE LEFT EYE BUT THE RIGHT ONE 
REMAINED NUMB.
• BEFORE STARTING HIS JOURNEY AS AN ACTOR, RANA 
WENT AHEAD TO OWN A PRODUCTION COMPANY, SPIRIT 
MEDIA.
• HE HAS PRODUCED COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL FILMS, 
AND HIS MOVIES WENT ON TO WIN NATIONAL AWARDS.
•  RANA DAGGUBATTI OWNS ‘ANTHILL STUDIOS’, A 
TECHNOLOGY COMPANY THAT AIMS TO BRING WORLD-
CLASS VFX TO INDIA.
• HIS FIRM ALSO INVESTS IN STARTUPS THAT HAVE THE 
POTENTIAL TO DO THE SAME IN AUGMENTED REALITY, 
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND VFX.
•FOR OVER FIVE YEARS, HE LEARNED ABOUT VISUAL EFFECTS 
AND NOW, HE IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL 
ENTREPRENEURS IN INDIA.
•THE BUSINESSMAN IS ALSO THE OWNER OF THE SOUTH INDIAN 
ARM OF KWAN WHICH IDENTIFIES ITSELF AS A CELEBRITY 
MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES FIRM AND DEALS WITH DIGITAL 
ACTIVATIONS AND LICENSING. 
• RANA STEPPED INTO THE WORLD OF ACTING WITH HIS 
FIRST FEATURE FILM, LEADER,  WHICH WAS RELEASED IN 
2010. 
• HE ENTERED THE HINDI FILM INDUSTRY BY DEBUTING IN 
‘DUM MAARO DUM’, GARNERING APPLAUSE FROM 
AUDIENCES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
• HIS LARGE BREAK WAS IN 2015 WHEN ‘BAAHUBALI: THE 
BEGINNING’, WHICH HAS GROSSED OVER RUPEES 1000 CRORE 
WORLDWIDE.
• THE ACTOR NOT ONLY PLAYED THE ANTAGONIST, BUT HE HAD 
ALSO CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE VFX OF THE MOVIE. 
• HE CO-PRODUCED ‘A BELLYFUL OF DREAMS’, WHICH WON 
THE NATIONAL AWARD IN 2006.
• FILMFARE AWARD FOR BEST MALE DEBUT FOR THE MOVIE, 
‘LEADER’ IN 2010.
• IN 2011, HE RECEIVED THE ZEE CINE AWARD FOR THE BEST 
MALE DEBUT FOR ‘DUM MAARO DUM’.
• WON THE IIFA AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A NEGATIVE 
ROLE FOR ‘BAAHUBALI THE BEGINNING’.
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