Despite being noticed in Krishna Vamsi’s Khadgam as a movie star who keeps harping on his “ 30 years industry ikkada” , it took a frustrating wait of 18 years for Prudhviraj to finally get a big break. In Loukyam , he reprised Balakrishna and in Bengal Tiger , he does a Sreemanthudu by saying “ Tollywood manaki chala icchindi. Manam kuda yentho kontha tirigiyali kada, lekapothe laavaipotham.”
.Of late, he has developed a considerable fan following, which went delirious at his work. He is a part of this week’s release Soukhyam and will soon be seen in Dictator Soukhyam and people are waiting to see him unleash his inimitable style of comedy once more.
The social media is abuzz that he has replaced Brahmanandam and the actor is not pleased at the remark. He says, “There are 35 to 40 comedians here and every comedian has a signature style; they are all doing well. Brahmanandam is the Kohinoor diamond of comedy. Like we had Rajababu earlier, it is Brahmanandam now. I feel happy when I get an opportunity to act with him in at least in one scene.”
Speaking of the significant roles he is getting now, he says, “ Ganta meda lo paditha gaani yevaru munduku raremo ( Unless the bell is put the neck, perhaps nobody will come forward); writer Sreedhar Seepana arrived and gave me a really good track in Aahana Pellanta , Bheemavaram Bullodu, Loukyam, Soukhyam and showed the directors that they could portray Prudhvi in this format too.”
A postgraduate in Economics and armed with a diploma in Journalism, Prudhvi came up the hard way. He was married by 20 and had two children. Refusing to give up his passion for acting, he joined the television industry to make his ends meet even as he made attempted to get into movies.
Director EVV Satyanarayana who had a knack of spotting talent gave him a role in Aa Okkati Adakku and then he followed it up with many other movies. Though offers kept coming in, nothing big came his way. It is only in the recent past that films like Dictator, Loukyam and Bengal Tiger brought him the popularity he craved for. Now that both his children are married, with no major pressures in life Prudhvi is beaming with the success coming his way. “I have a huge responsibility; I want to spend time with the writers and discuss what value I can add to the project,” he signs off.
