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Sandalwood Saturday : From Prabhas's love for Bengaluru to Mayuri's excitement to play a drug addict

Baahubali star Prabhas who was in Bengaluru to promote Bollywood film Saaho says he returned to Bengaluru after 21 years. From reminiscing to his previous visit to the city to his liking for KGF to his Hindi lessons for Bollywood, the actor shared a lot during his promo in the land of Sandalwood. Meanwhile, Sandalwood actress Mayuri spoke about her excitement to play a drug addict in the film Nanna Prakara

This week's Sandalwood Saturday turns out to be a special one as Baahubali star Prabhas was in town to promote his upcoming Bollywood film Saaho. Saaho is a big-budget action film which also has Jackie Shroff, actress Shraddha Kapoor, Neel Nitin Mukesh, and Arun Vijay.  Prabhas says he took the help of instructors to sharpen his Hindi speaking skills for Saaho.  He says he went on a heavy non-vegetarian diet for Baahubali and later a strict vegetarian for Saaho. He also mentioned that he likes Kannada films and has watched rocking star Yash's KGF that made waves all over India.

Meanwhile, Kannada actress Mayuri is excited about the release of her film Nanna Prakara. She plays a drug addict in the film, which is directed by debutant Vinay Balaji. Actors like Priyamani and Kishore who are multilingual are part of this project.

We delve into these two major happenings in the south on this episode of Sandalwood Saturday.