The success of the Baahubali series helped Prabhas gain a pan-Indian reach and garner a good amount of followers for himself. This has apparently lead the producers of his next film, Saaho, to approach a Bollywood leading lady to star opposite him. They approached Disha Patani and Shraddha Kapoor, the two ravishing young darlings of Bollywood, but little did they know that they were in for a shocking surprise!

The script of Saaho was pitched to both Shraddha and Disha, and both of them are even reported to have loved the script and that they were excited to act with Prabhas. Rumors were circulated that along with both these heroines, there also came a heavy price tag. The producers are said to have been shocked by the quoted amounts, and they have decided that they will go in for a Tollywood heroine and not a Bollywood star.

Notably, Disha Patani made her acting debut in a Telugu film, Loafer, before starring in the blockbuster biopic, MS Dhoni: The Untold Story.