Well, we're a Hindi speaking Marwari family, but everybody in my family understands Telugu and talk Telugu films all the time.
I'm half Telugu. My mom is Telugu and dad, a Maharashtrian. I was brought up in Gwalior. I was exposed to English, Hindi, and Marathi. I heard my mom speak to her family in Telugu, so I got the hang of it.
Everybody in the two Telugu states, especially the residents of Vijayawada, love both cinema and politics. And 'NOTA' is a cinema with a political subject.
I'd love for Samantha to continue acting after our marriage. She has worked hard to achieve her stardom. Unlike me, she had no family empire to back her career in Telugu cinema.
It seems to me that dominant cinema seems to require an empathy or a sympathy between the film and the audience which is basically to do with the manipulation of the emotions and it seems to me again -- and this is a very subjective position -- that most cinema seems to trivialise the emotions, sentimentalising or romanticising them.
It's time for Telugu cinema to make its presence felt.
Having portrayed a lot of villainous characters in Telugu cinema, voicing Scar was a different and memorable experience for me, and I was glad to be part of such a grand big-ticket entertainer. Disney films are a perfect package for the entire family and I hope to lend my trademark style to 'The Lion King' as well!
It was never a conscious decision to stay away from Telugu cinema.
The pacing in Tamil and Telugu is very different from Malayalam cinema.
I am aware of Telugu cinema and I have never felt that it's a different one.
I still can't believe that I was accepted by Telugu audiences because I don't know Telugu. Without knowing me, the Telugu people gave me their unconditional love.
I feel American comedy is a little too light. World cinema, and Latin cinema, is much more comfortable with darker emotions.
Nobody has tried anything like this in Telugu cinema. 'Eega' is a landmark film.
Humor is the most honest of emotions. Applause for a speech can be insincere, but with humor, if the audience doesn't like it there's no faking it.
I have tried to show the influence of folk music in Bollywood, in Tamil movies, in Telugu cinema.
As a film, 'Lie' is a class apart. It's going to be unlike anything we've seen in Telugu cinema.