Today marks the 15th year anniversary of SS Rajamouli’s debut film Student No. 1. Tweeting about this, Rajamouli shared a few tidbits by revealing that when he and NTR shared a room in Switzerland during the shoot of the film, NTR used to irritate him till late in the night.
Rajamouli went on to thank the whole cast and crew for working hard. He especially gave the credit to writer Prudhviraj and NTR for making a film a huge hit.
15 yesrs since my debut as a director.
25 years since i joined as an editing assistant.
Sounds a long time ago.
Doesnt feel like it though.— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) September 27, 2016
Me and tarak were put up in the same room in switzerland. My bed time was 9. He used to watch tv till 12. That too some agricultural prog
— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) September 27, 2016
Which was the only channel that was telecast. That too in some swiss dialect. Curse him even now when i think of it.
— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) September 27, 2016
I credit the scuccess of student no.1 largely to pridhiviteja’s script and mmk’s music. You can see Tarak’s good work in few scenes but he
— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) September 27, 2016
Was still budding as an actor. My direction was very amatuerish at its best except maybe for the interval sequence. When we went for the
— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) September 27, 2016
Vijayayathra i saw how people started embracing and accepting tarak. Masses and even Old people used to throng to see this 19 year old boy.
— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) September 27, 2016
That was quite an experience. All of us, new comers, who were associated with the film are quite lucky to get that chance.
— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) September 27, 2016
