Exciting start
7 years, 4 months ago

Exciting start

Deccan Chronicle  

While taking up a Tamil film was quite an exciting prospect for actor Narra Srinivas, he is all the more excited about how he got the best of both the worlds with the film Khakee starring Karthi and Rakul Preet Singh. It has been quite a surreal experience, especially doing it in Tamil, since it was my first time,” he shares. Srinivas may have done several roles in Telugu films, but he asserts that his Tamil debut left him a nervous wreck. From being anxious in the beginning to be confident enough to say all my lines without fumbling as I dubbed, it was quite an amazing time.”

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