Balayya Babu always talks of his father. No wonder, his father NTR, the great, is a great influence on him.
NTR used to begin his day with smoking a local made chutta (cigar). Even Balayya Babu begins his day with a Chutta. Like his father, he too gets up at 3.30 AM and smokes a cigar.
Why cigar? And why not cigarette? Balakrishna has an interesting explanation for this.
He says smoking a cigar before sunrise can make the voice sound deep and gives good base to it. He also says that cigarette is dangerous and not cigar. He says early rise and cigar smoking were the two things that he picked up from his father.
Balayya Babu these days can't stop talking about his grandson. He feels his grandson should first become a good actor before becoming a politico.
During the promotional interviews for Dictator,he also revealed that his daughter Brahmani had got several film offers, but she was never interested.
But, when will his son Mokshagna make a filmi debut? Ask Balayya and pat comes the reply. "We will think of it after I complete my 100th film." Incidentally, Dictator is Balayya Babu's 99th film.
