India, Oct. 8 -- Politician and businessman Malla Reddy is frequently invited as a chief guest to movie events, with his speeches often eliciting laughter or raising eyebrows. In an interview with TV9, he revealed that his association with Tollywood did not stop there and that he was even offered Rs.3 crore to play the villain in Pawan Kalyan's next film. Here's why he turned it down.

Reddy stated in the interview that Harish approached him to play the villain in Ustaad Bhagat Singh, but that he wasn't interested in playing the template role. "Harish Shankar approached me to play the villain in Pawan Kalyan's film. He spoke to me for an hour at my college and even offered me a remuneration of Rs.3 crore. I told him I am not interested in...