RRR Director SS Rajamouli Reveals ‘Living Like A Sannyasi’ & Being Influenced By Mahabharata, Ramayana: “Those Texts Are Like Oceans…”

Director SS Rajamouli created history by taking his blockbuster film RRR on the global map. He made the entire country super proud. Ever since the film was released, the entire cast is riding high on success and now, there is no looking back. His fans have high hopes from him when it comes to films. The director recently talked about religious fervour, and revealed he once lived like a sannyasi. Scroll below to read the highlights of the conversation.

It’s no more a secret that Baahubali’s director is an atheist but do you know he was not always like this? There was a time when he deeply believed in god and revealed that everyone in his family are deeply religious. He went on to reveal that he keeps his personal beliefs separate from his films.

In an interview with The New Yorker, RRR director SS Rajamouli revealed why he moved away from the religion. He spoke about the religious fervour he was caught in and recalled the time when he used to wear saffron clothes. He said, “Then I got caught up in my family’s religious fervour. I started reading religious texts, going on pilgrimages, wearing saffron cloth, and living like a sannyasi for a few years. Then I caught onto Christianity, thanks to some friends. I’d read Bible, go to church, and all kinds of stuff. Gradually, all these things somehow made me feel that religion is essentially a kind of exploitation.”