Lessons To Be Learned From Balayya

Superstars and tantrums go hand in hand. This is the strong belief in the cine circuit. However, Nandamuri Balakrishna is one man who is an exception to that. Despite being part of the ‘Big 4’ of the Tollywood circuit, it is heard that Balayya has always been few steps ahead when it comes to people and his nature.

A famous director who worked with Balayya revealed “Balayya does not demand a caravan. Generally, he sits under a tree with table and chair and sometimes has a fan whenever there is a break between scenes. He comes to sets 30 minutes prior to reporting time just like his father.”

Another director revealed an interesting bit “Balayya often carries a voice recorder.  He has the habit of recording his own voice in tape recorder and does a self judging of dialogue delivery. He also does homework on his character and his body language.”

All this has got many to raise one question- In the film ‘Khadgam’, there was a character which is shown as having 30 years experience in the film industry. Many assumed it was Balayya at that time but it appears he is not. There is no link between the real Balayya and the character shown in Khadgam. So…. who is that hero?