Director Rahul Sankrityan, reuniting with Vijay Deverakonda after their 2018 hit ‘Taxiwaala,’ opens up to Variety India about his period drama ‘Ranabaali,’ set against the backdrop of the devastating 19th-century South Indian famine. In a recent interview, Sankrityan discusses the real-life chemistry between Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna, who play an on-screen couple following their own recent marriage, and reveals how Hollywood actor Arnold Vosloo, best known from ‘The Mummy’ was cast as the film’s British antagonist, Sir Theodore Hector. Ranabaali releases in cinemas on September 11.