Complex sentence: Varma was the first Indian director to use steadicam; within a year of the film's release more than ten steadicams were imported into India, and he is credited with breaking the rules of Telugu sound-recording techniques with the film.
Split into simpler sentences: Varma was the first Indian director to use steadicam; within a year of the film's release more than ten steadicams were imported into India. He is also credited with breaking the rules of Telugu sound-recording techniques with the film.