It
was
Telugu
filmmaker
Dharma
Teja,
who
launched
actor
Uday
Kiran
with
his
debut
directorial
movie
Chitram
in
2000.
A
year
after
Chitram,
the
duo
worked
again
in
Nuvvu
Nenu.
The
news
of
the
death
of
the
actor,
who
committed
suicide
by
hanging
himself
at
his
apartment
on
Sunday,
left
the
director
speechless.
He
says
that
the
late
actor
was
a
very
passionate
actor.
Talking
to
IANS,
Teja
said,
"Uday
Kiran
and
I
started
our
careers
together
with
Chitram.
It
was
a
very
special
film
for
both
of
us
and
we
enjoyed
its
success
together.
He
was
a
passionate
actor
and
I
sensed
it
a
few
days
after
we
started
working
on
our
film." He
added,
"When
I
received
a
call
last
night
about
his
death,
I
was
speechless
for
a
few
minutes.
I
didn't
know
how
to
react
because
I
had
lost
someone
very
close
in
my
life."
Teja
made
his
directorial
debut
with
Chitram,
which
also
launched
Reema
Sen
in
Telugu.
Quizzed
if
he
knew
what
could
have
lead
Uday
Kiran
to
take
this
tragic
step,
the
director
said,
"I
still
can't
understand
what
made
him
to
commit
suicide.
We
didn't
talk
recently
but
when
we
did
the
last
time,
he
didn't
talk
about
anything
that
may
have
been
bothering
him."