Nagarjuna recalls father ANR found fame playing a woman on stage, was ready to kill himself due to ridicule

Theatre led to films erstwhile a celebrated shaper saw ANR walking towards a railway station. “He said bully eyes, nose, etc, called the lad and asked if helium wanted to enactment and the remainder is history,” Nagarjuna said. ANR went to Chennai and aboriginal recalled however helium was swaying his hips during a changeable due to the fact that helium thought that was acting.

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“He thought acting was that due to the fact that helium was playing a miss connected stage. People started making amusive of him and that truly dejected him. He went to the Marina formation and helium said that I privation to termination myself. The h2o was till his waist, but thing successful him said that helium had to beryllium everyone incorrect truthful helium came back. He corrected himself and helium played Sri Rama. I besides said that his dependable was anemic and feeble. So, helium utilized to spell to the formation to fume a cigar due to the fact that idiosyncratic said that it tin marque your dependable hoarse and rough. He ne'er utilized to fume till then. He utilized to shriek astatine the water for 10-20 minutes. There wasn’t immoderate dubbing backmost then, helium had to usage his ain voice. But fortunately, his archetypal movie was a soundless film. It was a immense success,” said his son.