Sudheer Babu on his working style in Jatadhara

Sudheer Babu on his working style in Jatadara. Sudheer Babu, Sonakshi Sinha's Jatadhara is releasing on 7 November 2025. Ahead of the film release Sudheer Babu spoke about working hours.

He said  “Whenever I hear a script, I think about it like an audience rather than just an actor who wants to further his career,” he tells me, adding, “We all grew up hearing folklore and chandamama kathalu (moral stories). Jatadhara features a story like that which hooked me.”

On Jatadhara story, he shared “Imagine there’s buried gold and a pisachini (demoness) is protecting it. And there’s a ghost hunter, played by me, who doesn’t even believe in ghosts. And certain situations make these worlds collide. It was a very exciting film for me to shoot, because it is multi-layered and has more depth than it initially appears. I am sure the audience will have a fresh experience.”

On working hours, he revealed “I didn’t even realise we went that long on the last day of shoot before the production unit pointed it out to me,” he said, adding, “Shooting the climax was taxing because we had 15 to 16-hour day shoots every day for a week. But we all took it as a challenge because this film demanded it.”

He continued “The Shiva Stotram song needed me to do the Shiva tandavam, which made me scared than anything else because I’ve never performed the dance form on screen before. But I’m sure the hard work will pay off once people watch it on-screen.”

On his future projects, he said  “I want to do inspirational films, particularly sports films, which can motivate people. But my immediate next is one of the biggest film concept-wise with Rahul Ravindran.”