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He made his Bollywood debut four years back with  Dum Maro Dum  (2011) and made an instant impression. Very recently, he played an integral part of Akshay Kumar's  Baby  and his hunky persona was on display all over again. In an impressive silent act, Rana showed once again that when it came to occupying the screen space with his mighty physique, he was the man for the job. No wonder, director S.S. Rajamouli identified this persona much earlier and signed him up for  Baahubali  as good as three years back. Now that their dream film is set to be unleashed on the big screen, Rana is excited as expected. It has been for more than a year since we have been interacting on  Baahubali . Now that its promo is out, how do you see the film justifying the hype surrounding it?  It has been an all-around terrific reception for us so far. Yes, while I have been talking to you for a year and a half on the film, my association with the film goes back three years. So understandably it is quite a

The 76th birth anniversary of R.D. Burman just went by on June 27. Like every birth and death anniversary of this great composer, it was hyped…oops! We mean celebrated… all over the place-in newspapers and other publications, online, in special live concerts, on radio, television and social media. Celebrated by those who know little of what R. D. Burman actually was! Many newspapers or websites, for example, carried "10 Must Listen (sic) songs of RD" that perpetuate the myth that RD was the only veteran worth recalling, while also (re-)exploring the same, oft-repeated tiny fraction of the genius. As Sonu Nigam told a publication over a decade back, "The fabulous R.D. Burman has become a fashion statement. It is completely unfair to every other composer that today, old music only means R.D. Burman." Yes, there are so many composers whose 10th, 20th, 25th or even 50th birth and death anniversaries are totally forgotten. And the sensitive Pancham, had he been a