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I love to be outdoors.
In real life, I am nothing like a playboy.
I see marriage as a new beginning in my life.
All my staff is male and the same age group as me.
I know the world isn't always beautiful or magical.
If I choose a holiday destination, it would be a beach.
Humor and family emotions are integral to Telugu cinema.
If it's a Sunday, I usually wake up by around 11-11:30 A. M.
In the evenings, I like to go for dinners with my close friends.
Unfortunately, I have a temper. I tend to flare up once in a while.
When someone is mean to a dog, they are being cruel to a living being.
I would definitely love to do Hindi films but I'll choose films carefully.
Every son needs his father to be a hero and my father is like a superhero!
When I'm bored, I hate being alone so there's always a friend at my place.
I was always the shy one around, I wouldn't sing even in family gatherings.
It takes time to gain the audience's trust. I am taking one baby step at a time.
If Hello' had been my debut film, the numbers would have played out differently.
Though my first love is cricket, I was never away from any other disciplines too.
You know, it's so tough not to be bit by the acting bug being in this film family.
'Mr. Majnu' is just my way of saying that I am trying to start off from the basics.
Ever since I can remember, over-expectation and pressure have been my worst enemies.
Everyone likes a little bit of flirting and I do indulge in healthy flirting at times.
For me, Hello' was more of getting my confidence back and gaining the audience's trust.
No matter how much buzz you create for a film, it's the content that finally gets judged.
Sometime in your teens you have to decide what you want to do. I knew it had to be cinema.
I have been brought up in a house where animals are our friends and we treat them as equals.
Audiences are brutally honest nowadays. If they don't like an actor, they have all the right to write him off.
Irrespective of my father's support, if people don't like me there's nothing my family status can do about it.
To be honest, my first film Akhil' was a disaster and to come out of the negativity it brought, it took a lot of time.
The star family status can easily get you opportunities, but the offers dry up after a point when you don't prove yourself.
My Dad has been on board for the entire project. He has produced Hello' and made sure that everything is just right this time.
I don't know whether it was my fault or someone else's fault, but I was extremely disappointed that my first film was a total washout.
'Mr. Majnu' is a modern and passionate love and he loves to be around girls, they love him too. But, I'm nothing like that in real life.
Animals don't deserve to be abused. They deserve to be friends with us and they deserve to be appreciated for the beautiful beings they are.
As I represent the next generation of the Akkineni clan, I'm expected to do much more. It's the only fear that makes me realize how hard I have to work to survive.
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.
'Hello' was a niche film with no high levels of energy. It had no much happiness, no much dance in its screenplay. But it did a lot of good for me. I was in a negative space before it happened.
Not that I have any regrets about my first film. It was a learning experience and I'm grateful for the opportunity. But I think somewhere we went wrong with the planning and execution of my debut.
About him as a father, I can only say that he has been nothing less than a hero in real life to me and an inspiration like no other. I'm just in awe of his life and I am so grateful to be a part of his life.
I had a normal upbringing, studied in Chaitanya Vidyalaya till class VIII, went to Australia for two years, returned and did my Inter at Oakridge. I wasn't inclined towards academics. I barely scraped through.
The problem is that right from the beginning, there was this whole pressure that I've had to make it big. I don't know if it's my fault or if someone else created this atmosphere around me, but it's been there.
Being a star son, everywhere I would go the first question that I would face was When is your debut?' I guess that's why it had to be planned well, for the curiosity that exists about your debut film is the highest and it makes for grand openings.