Shri B Nagi Reddy

Prasad used to discuss every aspect of the film with me and Chakrapani. He had the advantage of having a lot of experience on pre-independance day films. It was easy to work with Prasad. As far as his skill in extracting work is concerned, I would like to narrate an incident. Janaki was just 18 years old and was nervous at times. During a particular shooting stint, even after prolonged sessions, she was not able to bring out the expression that Prasad wanted. He slapped her. But, the next moment he cajoled and coaxed her by patting her and got her to narrate the lines with the proper diction! That was Prasad. For one thing, he was basically an actor/actresses achieve the right modulation.

Prasad - A very likeable ego-less personlality. When his elder Son Anand passed away, I saw him a pillar of strength - he was and what a control of emotion! When Prasad opened the color Lab at Hyderabad, he expressed his gratitude to me: "You sent for me in Bombay. Today I have achieved all this. I owe all theseachievements to friends like you". This is the modest nature of Prasad.