Director Maruthi recalls his first meeting with Prabhas as 'like meeting God'

Hyderabad, June 17 -- Renowned South Indian film director Maruthi considers his first meeting with megastar Prabhas as akin to seeing God.

His directorial "The Raja Saab" is being presented as Prabhas's first full-fledged horror entertainer and is produced under the People Media Factory banner.

Maruthi recounted the film's inception, explaining that he was initially developing a project with Gopichand when the destiny intervened, "My journey with The Raja Saab began when UV Vamsi called and asked if I'd like to do a film with Prabhas. Of course, I said yes. He asked me to fly to Mumbai and meet Prabhas. Meeting him felt like meeting God. He warmly received me and said, 'Call me Darling.' He told me he loved my films like 'Prema Katha Chit...