Natasimham Nandamuri Balakrishna celebrated 50 years of acting in Telugu cinema. In the Telugu cinema industry, Balakrishna, often referred to as Balayya, made his feature debut in 1974 with the film "Tatamma Kala" (Great Grandmother's Dream).

A grand event was held in Hyderabad to celebrate the actor’s 50 years in the industry, which was attended by the likes of Chiranjeevi, Venkatesh, Boyapati Srinu, Nani, Rana Daggubati, and many other celebrities.

Balayya is a hero who is known for his faction films. Speaking at the event, Megastar Chiranjeevi confessed that he took inspiration from the actor’s Samara Simha Reddy film for his 2002 super hit movie Indra.

Chiranjeevi also expressed his interest in working with Balayya.

Speaking there, the megastar expressed, “Nowadays people are talking about sequels, prequels. But I wonder if someone comes forward to do a film, which is Indrasena Reddy against Samara Simha Reddy. I am ready to do it.”

He asked, “Balayya garu, are you ready?" and the actor without any hesitation replied, "Ready, ready."

Furthermore, Chiranjeevi challenged Boyapati Srinu if he could come up with a story for the duo.

Boyapati Srinu has delivered three hatricks with Balakrishna, namely Simha, Legend, and the recently released Akhanda. The duo is now collaborating on another film tentatively being called “BB4”.

That being said, superstar Rajinikanth referred to Balakrishna as action king, dialogue delivery king, collection king, and took to his social media to congratulate the actor on 50 glorious years in the industry. He wrote, “Action King! Collection King! Dialogue Delivery King! My lovely brother Balayya has completed 50yrs in the cinema industry and is still going strong. A great achievement! My hearty congratulations to him and I wish him peace of mind, good health and happiness all his life. God Bless.”