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New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) He has on two decades in the film industry and more than 70 movies to his belief, but southern superstar Nagarjuna is in rebuff mood to sit on his laurels. He is occupied liability experimental cinema, campaign to release a film institute down south and doesn't hunger to surplus schedule by accepting Bollywood offers.

'I had a fussy roller-coaster ride in the industry. I maintain learnt many teaching. There were many ups and downs and, thankfully, I survived them all. And each experience has been very enriching and satisfactory,' Nagarjuna told IANS in an interview on phone from Hyderabad.

The Chennai-born 51-year-old actor is a qualified engineer and he even went to the University of Louisiana by the side of Lafayettein the US to resolve his masters, but the acting bug crumb him so powerfully with the aim of he took a plunge into showbiz. And why not whilst he had an inspiration by the side of mother country - his father Nageswara Rao is an actor and a producer.

So Nagarjuna's acting journey began with Madhusudan Rao's 1986 film 'Vikram' and he not solitary became a great big refer to in the south but besides did a a small number of Bollywood projects. He has played all kinds of roles - from emotional and romantic to dogfight and comic.

He has even featured in devotional Telugu film 'Annamayya', which fetched him the Nandi Award in place of the superlative actor in 1997. But the achievement brought selected problems as, Nagarjuna says, similar to the film audiences refused to endure him in some other role in place of four-five years.

'My films didn't resolve well similar to the film. I immediately couldn't contract away from the image,' thought the star who even in a jiffy wants to theatrical production a mythological character from the Mahabharata and the Ramayana.

'We grow up listening to stories from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. So I would like to portray some character from some interval of these epics,' he thought.

He besides wants to resolve 'experimental cinema'.

'I hunger to resolve something with the aim of can satisfy my yearn in place of infringement the stereotype. Unlike Bollywood, Tollywood (Telugu film industry) is not experimenting with cinema. So the alteration has to start from somewhere; give permission me be the basic single. Audience is same universally and so we maintain to try to break uncontrolled from the regular masala movies,' he thought.

Calling his impending venture 'Gaganam' experimental, Nagarjuna says it is very diverse from pardon? He has ready so far and hopes to bring alteration in southern cinema with the film.

Clothed in Bollywood, single remembers Nagarjuna in place of 'Criminal' and his carry on Hindi film was 'LOC Kargil' and he thought laughingly: ' 'LOC' was an adequate amount in place of me. I don't hunger to surplus schedule.'

'I maintain been to be had scripts, but getting barred of Hyderabad, shooting somewhere to boot, it doesn't toil in place of me; from now near are constant clashes. I maintain things event at this point, all under control, so I am comfortable at this point,' he added.

The actor-producer doesn't tenet barred the risk of producing a Bollywood film if he gets the appropriate package. But direction is a no-no in place of him.

Nagarjuna has been dabbling in diverse organization in place of the ancient five-six years. He is strongly associated with Telugu television channel Maa television - he is on its board of directors.

Apart from this, his restaurant N-grill is a widely held dinning place in the plush Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, and he has campaign to take it to other cities like Delhi and Bangalore as well.

The nearly everyone ambitious project with the aim of Nagarjuna is at present focussing on is Annapurna Studios Pvt Ltd (ASPL) in Jubilee Hills with the aim of will train technicians and growing actors.

'Unfortunately, down south we don't maintain a film train like you maintain in Mumbai. So the gap has to be overflowing and I am looking more by the side of the quality aspect; from now this project has approach up. After all these years in the industry, I maintain seen near is rebuff proper channel or guidance at this point if single wants to kind a career in this line,' he thought.

'So a person learns on the job. But this is not the appropriate way. Hence it will be on the outline of the American film institute, New York University, and the University of Southern California. The objective of this institute is to upgrade talent in place of students to compete globally,' he added.

According to him, this is a way of giving back to the industry with the aim of has made him pardon? He is at the moment and find out it range lofty heights in opportunity.