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The Raja Saab’ Ramps Up Promotions Ahead of Jan. 9 Release as Director Teases Boman Irani’s Key Role

Director Maruthi highlights Boman Irani’s psychiatrist character as a tone-shifting presence during the film’s final promotional push.

Overview

  • Maruthi says Boman Irani plays a psychiatrist who arrives to change the horror-comedy’s tone, appears for about 15–16 minutes, and delivers dialogues in both Telugu and Hindi.
  • Malavika Mohanan recounts missing out on Prashanth Neel’s Salaar and calls her Telugu debut opposite Prabhas in this film a matter of destiny, describing her Bhairavi role as vibrant and varied.
  • Deccan Chronicle reports, without independent confirmation, that the film holds a U/A certificate, runs over three hours, and that Prabhas accepted a reduced fee near Rs 100 crore on a project reportedly budgeted around Rs 450 crore.
  • Republic World notes overseas advance bookings are tracking slower than Prabhas’s recent Salaar and Kalki 2898 AD, with days still left before opening.
  • The film is billed as a fantasy horror-comedy in which a man attempting to sell his ancestral home encounters the supernatural, with an ensemble featuring Prabhas, Malavika Mohanan, Nidhhi Agerwal, Riddhi Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Boman Irani, Zarina Wahab, and Samuthirakani.