Rana Daggubati on filming Mission Frontline with BSF troopers: It was a novel expertise

Actor Rana Daggubati says he realised how robust and exhausting the lives of Border Security Forces (BSF) personnel are when he shot for the documentary Mission Frontline.
Daggubati options alongside BSF troopers within the documentary, which can premiere on Discovery+ on Thursday.
“In most movies, if we’re enjoying some character, we get to spend time with them however clearly, it’s little or no time that they offer. Like we go for 4 hours, report every thing they are saying, return after which assume we all know part of their life.

Being within the @BSF_India isn’t straightforward! Drills, firing, simulated mission, I might really feel the frenzy and a way of satisfaction! Going by grueling bodily coaching with these heroes was a priceless feeling. #MissionFrontline Premieres twenty first Jan on @discoveryplusIN #DiscoveryPlusOriginal pic.twitter.com/9U3O2iglyJ
— Rana Daggubati (@RanaDaggubati) January 18, 2021
“But this is completely different, just being with them at their place of work. I got to do a simulated mission through this entire thing, so you pretty much get to see everything very up close and that was very unique for me,” the 36-year-old actor stated in a press release.
The Baahubali star additional stated that he turned conscious that serving within the armed forces is a “real deal” through the filming.
“This is the first time I came last in a running race. I was like, this is the real deal. The film I am right now shooting, is similar costume but then, I am always the guy leading and on the film set I am usually the fittest guy, like you run forward and others are trying to catch up. But here it is like this the real stuff and it’s so different,” he added.
Daggubati additionally believes the precise actuality of a soldier’s life can by no means be captured on digicam.

“There is a variety of assumptions we make sitting within the cities or there’s a little bit that we all know by information. But what life is, hasn’t been ever captured on digicam earlier than.
“When there is news on the border, you hear about border men, or when something happens is the only time we get up to this news. But just as an educational exercise I think taking a leaf out of their life and bringing it to the people was for me the most unique experience of all,” he added.