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| NTR with his mother |
For the first time, your mother appeared at a film function of yours!
As I said,
Yamadonga is a special film. There is so much goodness and good people (Rajamouli-Keeravani-Gunnam-Cherry family members) surrounding the film, so I wanted my mother to be part of his special occasion. I also found a family (Rajamouli's) outside my family.
This is your third movie with Keeravani too. How does it feel to be working with him again?
Frankly speaking, I am too small person to speak such stalwarts like Mohan Babu and Keeravani. What can I say about a music director who has achieved so much and done about 200 films? After Ilayaraja, Keeravani is my favorite music director. Most people say Keeravani delivers mass songs best, but I like his melodies. Particularly I love his song, "
Raalipoye Poova Ragalenduke..", in
Matrudevobhava. He is great music director.
When I was doing
Student No.1, he was the real hero. Both Jakkanna and I were novices. After huge success of
Simhadri, he has given again superb music for this
Yamadonga too. Audio of this film has already sensational hit.
You have lost so much weight and completely different now. Whose decision was it to go for this lean look?
These kind of movies (Yamadonga) occur once in a life. Jakkana is planned Yamadonga in a gigantic manner and made everyone work for this movie with so much dedication. So I wanted to do something on my part. When Rajamouli asked me to shed my excess weight, I took up the challenge. After four months, I went to him. He was shocked and surprised. I will never forget in my life the happiness I found in his eyes when he saw me at that time.
Today everyone is talking about my drastic change and makeover. So it is good. Earlier I used to look like a 30 years old guy. Today when I say my age is 24, they don't believe and they think I might just be 21 years old.
Will you do remakes of old classics of your grandfather?
I don't plan my life. I am very practical person. So I don't plan ahead. Whether I do remakes or not but I certainly want to experiment. But it takes some more time. To get that level where I can do varied roles and experiment.
Two years ago there was lot of buzz about you and Sameera Reddy. How much was it true in those rumors?
I am really hurt with those utterly baseless rumors. Media has blown it up very badly. I was shocked reading some of the rumors that I bought her an apartment, etc. I was in deep problems at the time of Narasinhudu. Paid the producer double the amount what I took for remuneration in return. Then how would I do such silly things?
Bollywood press is different and ours is different. I wish that media stay away from writing false news and malign the actors.
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