Jr NTR is gearing up for the release of ‘Devara’ and recently had an interesting conversation with Alia Bhatt and Karan Johar about the film. During the candid chat, the actor praised Saif Ali Khan’s performance as Bhaira and compared it to his role in ‘Omkara’. NTR revealed that he was excited after seeing Saif Ali Khan perform in ‘Devara’ and also called him fabulous. For the unversed, ‘Devara’ also marks Saif’s debut in Telugu cinema. 

Praising Saif in ‘Devara’, Jr NTR told Alia and Karan Johar, “Saif’s character is…I don’t know I was so excited seeing him while watching the movie. I just remember that immediately when I saw the film and when I saw his performance, I went back to Omkara. He gives you that vibe and he was outstanding in that movie. I don’t remember when I actually saw him that fabulous.”

‘Omkara’ also stars Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Vivek Oberoi and Bipasha Basu in lead roles. Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, the movie is based on William Shakespeare’s Othello. Set in Meerut, the movie revolves around Omkara, who gets surrounded by conspiracy after Langda decides to take revenge on him for appointing Kesu as his successor instead of him. Saif Ali Khan played the role of Langda Tyagi and won Filmfare Award in the Best Performance in Negative Role category. 

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Saif Ali Khan recently expressed his gratitude towards Jr NTR and the team of ‘Devara’ for welcoming him into the Telugu cinema with open arms and also praised the crew for being kind to him. He said, “Lovely people, I must say. Your unit and the crew – it was such a pleasure to work with everyone. So polite and kind – it was the nicest experience ever. Thank you for being so welcoming and amazing.”

Janhvi Kapoor will also make her Telugu debut with ‘Devara’. She also praised the team of ‘Devara’ and added, “Usually, when you have so many people on set, there’s always noise and chaos. There’s always the first AD screaming, ‘Quiet, we’re going for a take!’. It was just peace on the set. Everyone was so disciplined.”

Directed by Koratala Siva, the movie also stars Shruti Marathe, Prakash Raj, Srikanth, Shine Tom Chacko and Narain in supporting roles.

On the work front, Jr NTR was last seen in ‘RRR’ with Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn and Alia Bhatt. Saif Ali Khan was last seen in the movie ‘Adipurush’ with Prabhas and Kriti Sanon.