Balakrishna is like a father figure to me, says Jr NTR

Superstar Jr NTR said that his uncle and seasoned actor Balakrishna was like a father figure to him. Speaking at the success meet of his recently released film ‘Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava’ in Hyderabad on Sunday, Jr NTR, who played the lead in the film, thanked Balakrishna for gracing the function and said he was overwhelmed and cannot express his feelings in words.

He said that director Trivikram was his friend and well-wisher. He said that the success of the film was like a silver lining in his family, especially, after it plunged into grief and despair due to the tragic demise of his father Harikrishna in a road mishap.

In his speech, Balakrishna said that he was yet to recover from the shock of the sudden death of his brother Harikrishna and unable to come to terms with it. He said that Harikrishna was a straight forward person who never hesitated to call a spade a spade. He also thanked the audience for patronizing good films and added that nobody could portray certain type of roles the way he and his nephew Jr NTR portrayed them and nobody could match them in doing such roles.

Kalyan Ram said that the film was highly emotional and the climax was shot excellently by director Trivikram. ‘Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava’ was produced by S Radhakrishna under the banner of Harika and Haasini combines. Pooja Hegde played the female lead.