Senior character artist Kota Srinivasa Rao is always known for his effervescent speech when it comes to defending the basic rights of Telugu people in the film industry. This time he has breathed fire yet again on the same thing, hoping that the new team that comes to MAA office will take care of it.
“I’m not against non-Telugu actors playing roles in Tollywood, but you’ve to bring actors like Nana Patekar then. These people are bringing some second-grade fools and asking us to play assistants to them. And they are paying such worthless actors in lakhs and crores. I feel that this system should be changed. Cast more Telugu people and give prominence to native actors” said Kota, once again giving gyaan to our directors who love to bring Tamil and Bollywood actors for many roles, including that of heroines and villains.
“To grow physically you need mother’s milk and to grow culturally you need mother tongue” adds Kota, articulating on the need to give more chances and more work to Telugu artists. Well, there is pure logic in what Kota is talking about, and when would filmmakers take this seriously anyway?