"I WILL NOT SAY SHANKAR IS MY GURU"

In an exclusive interview with Behindwoods, SS Rajamouli opened up about how he feels when people compare him with director Shankar.

“I get a little freaked out and at the same time little shy and happy too when people compare me with Shankar. It is a mixture of fear, shy and happiness.

When I started as an assistant director, visual effects was not a filmmaking tool. Filmmakers were not using VFX much back then. To my knowledge in Telugu, Shyam Prasad sir was the first to use visual effect, and he used to enhance the emotions.

Then I saw Shankar sir who used VFX to enhance the magnanimity of the film. Those two are best users of visual effect in our generation of directors.

Whoever is doing VFX today have learned the art from these two directors. I will not say he is my Guru because I have never worked under him but a part of me is happy when people associate my name with him. But please do not compare Shankar sir with me.”