Legend has it that the film producers were not convinced with K. Raghavendra Rao's choice of the female lead being Sridevi because she was "very young" - and she was. She was 40 years younger than her lead co-star! But at the time, there was no bigger star than NTR! After Rao convinced N. T. Rama Rao, 15-year-old Sridevi was cast....
Would love to believe this wouldn't happen today in Telugu film industry, but as recently as 2025, in the God-awful film (which was a shocking hit) Daaku Maharaj, the age-gap between the leads is about 34 years... Some things, just don't change.
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