![]() And it’s always a big thank you because today whatever I’ve achieved, the foundation was laid by him. Whenever I come to Hyderabad, I make it a point to meet Ramoji Rao sir. When I came back to do a Telugu serial after 35 years, look at my fate, I started shooting at Ramoji Film City. On her rapport with the cast and crew after the film released This is something I want to relive it again. The journey has been so beautiful, from being gawky to becoming a professional. Sudhaa Chandran with Nirmalamma in a still from Mayuri. I was from the stage so I never had any fear. They kept an easy scene because they wanted me to understand what acting was about. My brother sneezes or something and she says now I can’t go to college. My stepmother in the movie is very superstitious. ![]() In the scene, I come down and say I’m going to college. I was fortunate enough to share screen space with three veterans at one time. My first interaction was with three icons – Mr. It was a bungalow that belonged to Ramoji Rao sir. They said I can wear any salwaar kameez and just come. I thought I looked very pretty even with that little makeup. The hair dressed told me I need to wear a wig. On the first day, my mother woke me up at four in the morning. The director told me if I’m not happy working for two days, they’ll send me back. So, if you see my first scene shot in Mayuri, you’ll find that glitter in my eyes because I was very upset. All I wanted to know from the director was if they’d finish it in 15 days as I was missing my friends in Mumbai. When I landed in Hyderabad, I didn’t know what acting and filmmaking was. Ramoji Rao, the owner of the Ramoji Film City, was the producer. I’m a Tamilian and Telugu was a new language. Mayuri was dubbed in Malayalam and Tamil as Mayoori and remade in Hindi as Naache Mayuri (1986) starring Sudhaa Chandran only. ![]() Even my friends forced me to do it as they wanted to see my posters all over Andhra and Mumbai. My father wanted me to do it as it was not just entertainment but an inspirational movie. That was a shocker for me! I always thought the industry was not a safe place for the women, which was a wrong thinking. Director Srinivasa Rao felt it should be made with me instead. They wanted to use a popular Telugu heroine for the film. They initially called me not with the intention of casting me, but to hear my first-hand narration and experience. He always made very different films, so he wanted to make one on my life story. Ramoji Rao heard of me when I started dancing with an artificial limb. ![]() I really don’t know why actors of 35 years experience have to go through auditions today, which is stupid. Directors and producers took the ultimate call. ![]()
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