a fan of NTR (a legend in Andhra Pradesh) before he entered Tollywood. He started the trend of making films with new star cast with Nagarjuna 's home production SSRKCR. He directed actors such as Akkineni Nageswara Rao , Akkineni Nagarjuna ,, Nandamuri HariKrishna , Mahesh Babu and Nandamuri Balakrishna .