
I also realized that nobody helps anybody here and we gotta work hard to survive and succeed.ĭuring that time, K Raghavendra Rao was appointed as the Electronic Media Adviser to the State Government. It was with Gangaraju I learnt about the practical aspect of filmmaking. At that time, Gangaraju was planning to direct his second film (which eventually never took off) after Little Soldiers. I packed my stuff and moved to Hyderabad from Chennai. It took years for us to pick up and put the pieces together.

We went into debt trap as we were also involved in the production of that film. Long back, my father directed a film called Ardhangi, which went on to become a disaster. I also realized that there is no individuality for me if I work as an assistant to my father. That is when I decided that I could become a director and deliver the output the way I imagined. When I see the output after the film's release, I used to feel bad that none of those films were shaped up the way I imagined.


I used to give narration to film directors on behalf of my father.
