Naturally he did not have to wait long for his second film, V N Aditya's Rainbow which released on October 2 (coincidentally the same day on which Happy Days was released in 2007).

Radhika Rajamani caught up with actor before his promotional tour of Andhra Pradesh. Excerpts:

Why did Rainbow appeal to you? Was it the fact that the character suffers from colour blindness -- an aspect which has not been touched upon before in Telugu cinema?

The first thing that touched me when I heard the story way back in November end last year was the fact that Aditya Sir came to me, a newcomer. He didn't care about the openings and that was very brave of him.

Yes, the colour blindness issue appealed to me as well as the climax. There is a love story and people felt that I could carry off the emotional scenes well.

The film deals with the industry -- the struggle of a girl to get into the industry. The director has highlighted this struggle -- what she goes through to make it big and how she deals with fame.

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