'Culture Is Deeply Rooted In Their Stories', Raveena Tandon On Why South Indian Films Stand Out

Raveena Tandon plays a pivotal role in KGF: Chapter 2. The film, starring actor Yash in the lead, hit the silver screens on April 14 and collected more than Rs 100 crore on its opening day. Raveena Tandon plays the role of fictitious PM of India, Ramika Sen, in the film.?

In conversation with TOI, Raveena Tandon talked about her role in the film and also said that South Indian films 'are always at an advantage because their culture and traditions are deeply rooted and woven in their stories'.

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The actress said, "I've done a lot of South films even in the 90s and even now. In fact, I think they're always at an advantage because they keep their traditions, their rituals, their culture so deep rooted and woven into their stories that it always hits with the masses."

She added, "The masses always identify with their characters and that is something very important that I think filmmakers should keep in mind and that is to not go away from what your mass audience wants and that is something which they've always kept alive."

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KGF Chapter 2 stars Sanjay Dutt as the antagonist. It is after a long time that Raveena has worked with Sanjay Dutt in a film.?

Talking about the same, she said, "Well, we were very happy that we are doing this film. Unfortunately we had no scenes together so to speak. But we were looking forward to at least hanging out one evening and now it's been such a long association that it's so much fun. I always meet Manayata and Sanju socially, Priya is a friend and our sons are now there in the same school together, my dad and Sunil Dutt sir were very good friends.?

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KGF: Chapter 2 is directed by?Prashanth Neel and has been positively received by critics as well as fans. It is sequel to KGF: Chapter 1, that released back in December 2018 and turned out to be a blockbuster.

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