On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Sreenivas Paruchuri wrote: > > Prasad, Just a small correction to your statement. > > Krishna's debut was in tEne or kanne manasulu. > > Its tEne manasulu. > tEne manasulu was Krishna's first movie as a hero. He appeared in earlier movies, most notably in a long role in Jaggayya's 'padanDi munduku' as one of hero's friends. > Long ago I read an interesting article by (well known) director C S Rao > (he wrote every month for "vijayachitra" magazine in mid-80s! His articles > were extremely informative, mostly on pre-49 films!) narrating how Krishna > got his first role. > > Apparently there were too many applicants. And aadurti, the patriot, gave > a fierce speech saying some thing like: 'its your duty to defend the > country in this critical time. Join the forces voluntarily by signing up > the list lieing here ......." And by the time he ended his speech all the > candidates left the room except Krishna, and got the role. > > I don't know how true is this. The 2nd Indo-Pakistan war took place in > 1966 and tEne manasulu was made in '65. Is CS Rao wrong? Or the war was > in '65? CS Rao is also known for writing a humor column titled, 'chitraseemalO chidaanandam' in cinemaarangam, where he would recycle old English jokes with the names of Telugu cinem stars. I am inclined to think that this is one such story. This story does not fit with what I have heard of either aadurti or kRUshna. Regards. --- V. Chowdary Jampala