Krishna
Vamshi
followed
and
was
a
huge
hit.
Later,
he
took
up
the
challenge
of
portraying
Annamacharya,
the
legendary
singer/poet
of
medieval
times
in
the
movie
Annamayya
It
ran
for
100
days
in
42
centers
and
is
one
of
the
biggest
hits
in
Tollywood.
He
won
the
National
Award
for
this
role
in
Special
Jury.
He
is
the
only
actor
in
Tollywood
to
receive
this
award.
Nag
has
been
nicknamed
celluloid
scientist.
He
is
best
talent
spotter
around.
To
his
credit
he
blooded
Geetha
Krishna,
Ram
Gopal
Varma,
Uppalapati
Narayana
Rao,
Praveen
Gandhi,
VR
Pratap
and
Jonnalagadda
Srinivasa
Rao,
Dasarath.
He
offered
'Ninne
Pelladatha'
to
a
newcomer
Krishna
Vamsi
just
by
looking
at
a
5
minute
rushes
of
'Gulabi'.
Nag
will
be
known
as
the
person
who
changed
the
mindset
of
industry
with
his
creative
thinking.
He
encouraged
the
new
technology
in
his
films.
And
others
followed
him.
Nagarjuna
is
never
after
the
number
game
and
did
not
encourage
the
culture
dragging
movies
for
50
days
and
100
days
for
the
sake
of
records
and
false
prestige.