"Dearest daddy, Thank you, for writing our stories with your happy pen. For directing our actions towards the rightmost goals, for picturising our lives in the best of colours.. DSP, Sagar, Padmini." DSP's song 'Nannaku Prematho' begins with these words of tribute to his late father, G. Sathya Murthy.

Within hours of the song's release, it has tug at the heart-strings of countless number of listeners, especially DSP's fans.

Speaking on the occasion of the song's release, DSP said that watching Rajendra Prasad in the film felt like it was his father who was there. "Not only me, but also my mother felt that way. My father died with a smile on his face just as Rajendra Prasad garu dies in the film," an emotional DSP said.

NTR said, "The song had me in tears. Sathya Murthy garu must have been around DSP when he composed the song."