{"id":390052,"date":"2026-01-05T18:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/390052\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T18:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:18:08","slug":"zarina-wahab-opens-up-about-choosing-telugu-films-over-bollywood-while-promoting-prabhas-starrer-the-raja-saab-hindi-films-main-family-mar-gayi-hai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/390052\/","title":{"rendered":"Zarina Wahab opens up about choosing Telugu films over Bollywood while promoting Prabhas-starrer The Raja Saab, ‘Hindi films main family mar gayi hai’ |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Zarina Veteran actor Zarina Wahab<\/a>, who will soon be seen in Prabhas<\/a>\u2019 upcoming Telugu film The Raja Saab, made candid observations about the changing nature of Hindi cinema while interacting with the press on Monday. Speaking during promotions, the actor said she believes family-oriented storytelling has largely disappeared from Bollywood, while continuing to thrive in South Indian cinema.<\/p>\n

\u201cSirf South mai family abhi bhi zinda hai\u201d<\/p>\n

Addressing questions about her decision to work in Telugu films, Zarina Wahab revealed that she is often quizzed by people in Mumbai about her career choices. Sharing her perspective, she said, \u201cPeople in Bombay ask me, why are you doing Telugu films? Hindi films main family mar gayi hai. There\u2019s no family. Sirf South mai family abhi bhi zinda hai.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She added that South Indian cinema continues to produce films rooted in family values, which audiences still enjoy watching. \u201cThey make such family-oriented films that people love to watch. I am currently working on two to three more Telugu movies,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am from Andhra, so I can speak good Telugu\u201d<\/p>\n

Zarina Wahab also spoke about her roots, revealing that not many people are aware that she hails from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Highlighting her linguistic comfort, she said, \u201cI have been working in the industry for more than 40 years now. I am from Andhra, so I can speak good Telugu, much better than anybody else.\u201dShe added that she was frequently asked why she wasn\u2019t doing more Telugu films earlier in her career. \u201cEverybody kept asking me why I wasn\u2019t working in Telugu films. I\u2019ve worked in a few, but this film is bringing me more fame,\u201d she noted. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was very, very thankful to the Hindi industry also\u201d<\/p>\n

While expressing her gratitude to the Telugu film industry, Zarina Wahab was equally quick to acknowledge Bollywood\u2019s role in shaping her four-decade-long career. \u201cI am very thankful to the Telugu industry now, and I was very, very thankful to the Hindi industry also,\u201d she said.Zarina Wahab has appeared in numerous Hindi and Malayalam films over the years, along with select Telugu projects. She returned to Telugu cinema with the 2020 Rana Daggubati and Sai Pallavi-starrer Virata Paravam, followed by a key role in Jr NTR\u2019s Devara: Part 1 (2024). She will next be seen in The Raja Saab, slated for a January 9 Sankranthi release. The film also stars Sanjay Dutt, Boman Irani, Nidhhi Agerwal, Malavika Mohanan, and Riddhi Kumar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran actor Zarina Wahab, who will soon be seen in Prabhas\u2019 upcoming Telugu film The Raja Saab, made…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[4073,49,48,75,49056,165509,337,18905,165508,165507,35006,165506,165511,165510],"class_list":{"0":"post-390052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-bollywood","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-hindi-cinema","13":"tag-hindi-film-industry","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-prabhas","16":"tag-telugu-film-industry","17":"tag-telugu-films","18":"tag-the-raja-saab","19":"tag-zarina-wahab","20":"tag-zarina-wahab-prabhas","21":"tag-zarina-wahab-the-raja-saab"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}