Quotes from Vijayashanti

I want to create a platform for all pro-Telengana elements to rally around for the development of the region.

The main and the biggest issue is the formation of Telangana state, for which the people of this region have been fighting for the last 50 years. We want Telangana for the sake of justice. We want to get our due share in water and other resources of this region.

People approach politicians with lot of hopes, particularly if they are elected representatives.

I used to juggle from one set to the next. I would start at 5 A. M. in the morning and would sometimes finish only at 5 A. M. the next day. I would then go home, take a bath and set out again. There would be no sleep at all.

Just because my parents left Ramannagudem does not mean that I do not hail from Telangana.

KCR is not a Chief Minister, he is a cheap minister.

Now, Rahul Gandhi has offered Rs 72,000 per annum scheme to every poor person in India. It is a miracle scheme. While Modi failed to give Rs 15 lakh he promised to every poor person, Congress will fulfil its promise as it did earlier. That is why Rahul Gandhi is hero while Modi is zero.

I had expected that KCR would do something good for the state but he did not.

I'm destiny's child. I've enjoyed every minute of my life, all the twists and turns. They have made me who I am.

The movie 'Kallukkul Eeram' ensured that people noticed me; there was no looking back.

Anything I do, from movies to politics, I ensure that I observe, learn and give it my all.

Telangana has been neglected and subjected to untold injustice for the last 50 years by successive ruling parties. But the maximum injustice was done to this region during the nine-year rule of Telugu Desam Party under N Chandrababu Naidu.

It didn't even occur to me that I could use my strong image in cinema to propagate my political ideas. To me, cinema was cinema and politics was politics.

As generations of my family have lived in Ramannagudem, I strongly associate myself with Telangana.

I was not born in Telangana but my origins are in Telangana. My parents Varalaxmi and Srinivas Prasad hailed from Ramannagudem.

After listening to the script of 'Sarileru Neekevvaru,' I felt it was an apt film for me to re-enter films.