ACTOR recently said she is happy to be getting a lot of admiration for her role in Prabhas-starrer Raja Saab as stories revolving around families are still being made in southern cinema. Wahab plays Prabhas's mother in the movie. The actor said though she has been working in the film industry for over 40 years, people were surprised to see her doing a Telugu movie.

 

"People ask me why I am doing Telugu films so I said the 'family' in Hindi films have died (vanished).In the South, the family is still very much alive (in story telling).There are so many family oriented films. I enjoyed it a lot. I'm very thankful to the Telugu and Hindi industries. (But) in family films, artists like me or anyone can fit.When I heard the outline I said yes and after hearing Prabhas’ name, no one can say no to the film," the actor said at the song launch of the movie here.

 

The film's team launched the song Naache Naache at the event. Wahab said she is doing two-three movies in Telugu and she hopes to work with Prabhas again. She also thanked director Maruthi for the movie. Actor Boman Irani said when he got the call for the film, his wife got to know that Prabhas was in it."She said, 'do it'. So I picked up the phone and said I will do it...We hadsuchagreat time,likeapicnic."

 

The actor said he had to use a body double during some action sequences even though he wanted to perform his own stunts. "I think they were respecting my age too much. I saw a body double performing stunts for me and I thought I could do it too.What's the point in being afraid? Try it. I'm 66 now,” he concluded. Raja Saab released Friday.