Quotes About Telugu

When I used to visit my relatives' places in Hyderabad, I would keep seeing the posters of Telugu films. It's not a different world for me.

In the South, there is a celebrated Telugu film director name Raghavendra Rao, who is known for shooting women's mid-riff in a certain manner. They are done in a very aesthetic manner and doesn't look vulgar. Now, it is up to the audience how they are going to watch it. As long as the girl is comfortable acting in it, I see nothing wrong.

Interestingly, my role in the Tamil and Telegu version of 'Dabaang' is that of a boxer.

I hope and wish that it's a Telugu boy for me. I have fallen completely in love with Telugu weddings and the rituals.

A lot of people don't know that I had a special appearance in 'Keratam'; that was my first Telugu film. I only shot for four to five days. When they called me, I said, 'I can't give 60 days for a movie. If you have something for one week or 10 days, then I can accommodate.'

I must tell you that Telugu film industry is one of the most comfortable places I found a woman can be. They do make a lot of mass films, but from my experience as an actor, I can tell you that people are very nice and welcoming. In fact, it's slightly more difficult in other places.

Icons like Nagarjuna sir and Jagapati Babu sir have been so encouraging and shared such great energy, welcoming me into the Telugu film industry. It is motivating.

In the Valmiki Ramayana, there is no mention of the Lakshman-rekha. It is first mentioned in the Telugu and Bengali Ramayana s written over a thousand years after the Valmiki Ramayana was composed. Many early Sanskrit plays that describe Sita's abduction do not mention this line.

In Telugu filmdom, audiences like to see their hero dance, fight and play a larger-than-life character. It's precisely why most of our commercial films do extremely well and get remade too.

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 really miss working in Telugu and Tamil. Fans there adore you.

My first Telugu film 'Krishna' became a super duper hit and since then there was no looking back.

Since I am originally from Hyderabad, I speak Telugu fluently.

Wanted' and 'Rowdy Rathore', which I directed in Hindi, were remakes of Telugu hits. Telugu films have contributed to my growth in a big way.

Should I be offered the right kind of script, I will be doing a straight Telugu film.

I did Kannada when I was in college. I wasn't even sure of what I was doing. I started figuring out my career in acting when I began doing Telugu and Tamil films.

It was never a conscious decision to stay away from Telugu cinema.

I was born and brought up in Chennai, as the entire Telugu film industry was based there.

My formative years were not spent in Hyderabad, so I can only understand Telugu, but I love the culture.

True, I was born and raised in Chennai, fluent in Tamil, but essentially, I am a Telugu guy and a Telugu actor.

I can speak Tamil fluently, and the sentence structures in Telugu are quite similar.

In Telugu, I have 'Bejawada Rowdilu,' a movie on the gang war culture in Vijayawada.

Sure, I have been a part of many Telugu movies, but I got those films because of my Hindi movies.

I was getting a lot of offers in Telugu when I was shooting for 'Oh My Friend' and 'Seventh Sense.'