With Chiranjeevi, the big thing happened

When we were in Chennai, we met all the directors and production houses. Before Chiranjeevi, most of the filmmakers didn’t give respect as they looked at us very cheaply and even did not offer a seat or coffee. But once Chiranjeevi entered and was booming with this kind of style and films, we got respect from filmmakers. Chiranjeevi was not flamboyant, not handsome like Sobhan Babu, but he was on top with his own talent and hard work. From then onwards, filmmakers’ attitude changed towards newcomers. One day anyone can become a top hero or heroine, so they started giving respect.
Through my brother’s contact I met producer Allu Aravind, brother-in-law of Chiranjeevi and his Geetha Arts production house was big. I used to go and meet him during my struggling days and he didn’t show any interest in me. One day he took me and introduced me to Chiranjeevi. It was the first time, I met Chiranjeevi he asked about me and that’s it. Later, after my Gulabi was released, I met him at Dr Venkateswara Rao’s (Chiranjeevi’s co-brother) daughter’s marriage. Chiranjeevi saw me and he told me, ‘Brahmaji, you have done it. Very nice, keep it up’. That’s the best compliment for me. Later he watched my Sindhooram at a special screening and after the film he hugged me and spoke very well. That was another best compliment from Chiranjeevi which I still felt was a big one.