Rana Daggubati Says His Illness Made Him Meaner: 'Unless You Can Donate A Kidney Or An Eye, Don’t Ask About It'

Recently Rana Daggubati spoke up about his health issues and how his sickness had made him meaner than usual. For the uninitiated, Rana received transplants for her eyes and kidneys a few years ago.

Recently Rana Daggubati spoke up about his health issues and how his sickness had made him meaner than usual. For the uninitiated, Rana received transplants for her eyes and kidneys a few years ago.

New Delhi: Director Nag Ashwin and actor-producer Rana Daggubati were present at an event held in Gurgaon recently. There, the actor spoke up about his previous health issues and how his sickness had made him meaner than usual. For the uninitiated, Rana received transplants for her eyes and kidneys a few years ago.

Rana Daggubati health issues

Even though he was at the "most beautiful hospital," Rana said during the occasion that he was still unhappy. 

“I was at Mayo (Clinic in the US), it’s the only place we could figure out what had happened to me. It’s funny because once you get into this life-threatening zone, you start looking at life very differently,” adding, “Till then, everything I built or moved me forward had me in the centre. But you realise that’s not how things should be.” He said.

Rana disclosed that in addition to the physical toll the sickness took on him, it also made him cruel.

“Everyone saw me bulked up for Baahubali. So, everyone asked if I was ill and I didn’t want to answer them. It was harder for me to live with people in the city, it was too much. I started becoming a slightly mean person,” further adding, “There was a point when if people asked about my health, I said unless you can donate a kidney or an eye, don’t ask about it. I didn’t like what I was doing.”

Rana had the opportunity to film in the woods while recovering physically from his sickness for Prabhu Solomon's Tamil film ‘Kaadan’, which was also released in Telugu as Aranya and in Hindi as ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’.

“Thankfully, I got the chance to shoot in the jungle, I was there for almost a year. I shot with elephants. Nobody judged me there, nobody there cared if I was sick. The silence there is what I needed in my life. Nature is a greater healer than anything else,” he said.