Actor Nagarjuna by no means shies away from professing his love for his household on any stage, and even social media. We are able to usually see him writing lengthy posts about his household, and be the official PR for any movie or occasion involving them. So, it wasn’t new to see him attend the success meet of his son and actor Naga Chaitanya’s latest movie, Thandel, directed by Chandoo Mondeti. However what actually made the occasion particular was Nagarjuna’s candidness, which additionally mirrored his deeply emotional aspect.
Taking centrestage, Nagarjuna began his speech by saying, “It’s been ages since I’ve attended a hit meet. I’m very very pleased.” Happening to thank producer Allu Aravind and Bunny Vas, Nagarjuna mentioned all the things got here collectively to make sure a hit was delivered within the Akkineni family. Reminiscing on how, on the discharge day of Thandel, he was there at PM Narendra Modi’s workplace alongside together with his household, Nagarjuna mentioned, “I didn’t carry my telephone with me, and I didn’t know the way the general public was responding to Thandel. Lastly, after the assembly, I switched on the telephone, and I obtained relentless telephone calls and messages from everybody. It was then I realised how there are scores of Akkineni followers, and the way they celebrated this victory as their very own. As I mentioned, it has been so lengthy since I’ve been a part of a hit meet.”
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Going into particulars about what he favored in Thandel, and the way director Chandoo has crafted the film, Nagarjuna mentioned, “What you have got performed for Chaitanya is implausible. You’ve introduced out the actor in him.” Showering reward on composer Devi Sri Prasad, and calling him his ‘rockstar,’ Nagarjuna then moved on to speak about Sai Pallavi, who performs the lead alongside Naga Chaitanya in Thandel. “She by no means ceases to amaze us. She is unbelievable. Phrases don’t do justice to what she does on display. The purity and innocence she shows in actual life is mirrored in her movies too.”
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Saving the very best for final, Nagarjuna spoke about how he may see Naga Chaitanya remodel in to Raju for Thandel. “At some point I requested him how the taking pictures was happening, and he defined about how robust it should be for precise fisherfolk to go away their properties and toil within the seas. He was impressed by them. With folded palms, I have to salute the hardships they undergo to do what they do,” mentioned Nagarjuna, including, “I’m so pleased for Chaitanya. I’m so pleased to see the smile on his face. All through the movie, he maintained the character, and there have been many scenes the place he excelled. I’ve seen my dad do such performances in lots of movies. He jogged my memory of my father (the legendary actor and Dadasaheb Phalke award recipient Akkineni Nageswara Rao),” signed off Nagarjuna to thunderous applause and emotional cheers.
