Makarand Deshpande On Why His Scenes Were Cut In SS Rajamouli's RRR: 'It Was Becoming Difficult For Me'

Makarand Deshpande revealed that his scenes in SS Rajamouli’s movie, RRR, were cut due to scheduling issues caused by delays. He had a small role in the film starring Ram Charan and Jr NTR. In an interview with Lallantop Cinema, he said that his scenes were unfortunately edited because he couldn’t adjust his dates for filming. Deshpande mentioned that despite enjoying shooting initially, the extended schedule made it difficult for him to continue. He lost some scenes due to the delays, which could have improved his role.

“It was such a mammoth film that its schedules were affected by many things, COVID, rain… So, it became difficult… Initially, I had a terrific time shooting for the film. but then, because the schedule was stretched a lot, it started becoming difficult for me. I lost out on some scenes also because of the dates, otherwise the presence would have been better. But an actor can only do his bit, what gets edited, you can’t really…” he said.

Makarand Deshpande shocked everyone at Rajamouli’s by arriving without his usual messy hair and moustache. He thought his unique look was why he was hired. He recalled, “Their reaction was unbelievable. They kept looking at me, because I had cut my hair! It was for some role, so my hair was short and there was no moustache! Ram Charan had come, he said, ‘I have seen Satya and I am a huge fan of yours. They told me you are coming so I came to meet you.’ it was very sweet of him.”

Makarand said sorry to Rajamouli for his looks and recalled what the filmmaker told him. “I told Rajamouli, ‘I am sorry, you may have called me because of my appearance’, but he said that look can be done through makeup. ‘I called you because you are a fine actor and we want you in our film,’ that was such a wonderful thing to say,” he added.

On the work front, the actor is currently seen in Dev Patel’s Monkey Man. Makarand, during the same chat, assured that Monkey Man will be released in India and the producers are already in talks with the concerned teams about it. He added that the film’s release in India was probably delayed due to the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. He assured that there was nothing objectionable in the film and added that the film will release in India eventually.