India, Aug. 19 -- When Nagarjuna debuted in 1986 with Vikram, many were curious to see what Akkineni Nageswara Rao's son was capable of. It took a while for the actor to not just prove himself as a capable performer but also a star. On Jagapathi Babu's talk show Jayammu Nischayammu Raa, Nagarjuna got candid about the beginning of his career, including how he pursued Mani Ratnam for a film.

Nagarjuna told Jagapathi that at the beginning of his career, including his first film, he did not know much about movies, and he relied on his father to show him the way. He said, "Vikram (1986) was my first film; it was a remake of Jackie Shroff's first film Hero (1983). It worked well purely because people were curious to see how ANR's son would act...