Wasn't Sathyaraj first chosen to play the role of Kattappa in Baahubali?

 Top director of Telugu cinema SS Rajamouli is known to the people of Tamil Nadu through the dubbed films Naan E, and Mahatheera.

After that, he made Baahubali with Tamil cinema actors Sathyaraj, Ramya Krishnan, Anushka, etc. Fans paid more attention to the film.

Since both of Baahubali's parts have been distributed in a multitude of languages, no moviegoer can claim to be unaware of Rajamouli. With a 500 crore rupee budget spread over two halves, the movie was a big box-office success.

One of the characters in this movie that people notice the most, after Baahubali, is Kattappa. It might be argued that Sathyaraj began his second career with this character.

However, Bollywood's biggest star Sanjay Dutt was initially selected to play Kattappa, not Sathyaraj.

This information was provided in an interview by the writer and father of Rajamouli, Vijayendra Prasad.