Sandalwood has been gifted with talented actors like Dwarakish, Balakrishna and Narasmimharaju. I have been paired with Dwarakish in most of the movies, and ours was a hit pair. Since we had worked in many movies, I shared a good rapport with him.

Dwarksih and I shared special characters in the movie 'Mantrashakti'. Dwarakish had to turn female as a sage curses him. Till he was freed from the curse, I was the 'female Dwarakish' throughout the movie. Everyone appreciated our performances.

In one of the scenes, Dwarakish had to wrap a snake around his neck, and he was scared to do it. Nothing could move him.

I happened to see "Vellikijhamai Vrutham' Tamil movie in which Jayachitra worships a snake in the movie.

I coaxed him saying that if a heroine could do that, even he can pull off the scene. He took this as a challenge and had wrapped the snake around his neck throughout the performance.

It was in 'Bellimoda' that we paired up for the first time. The audience liked our pair, and we went on to act in 'Arishina Kumkuma', 'Bhagyada Bagilu', 'Enduu Ninnavane', 'Tayi Devaru' and other movies. In the majority of these movies, we had comedy roles. Our performance in 'Madai Kotta Mathu' had the audience in splits.

Dwarakish is one of the finest actors I have seen. He is highly ambitious and had always had big dreams for Sandalwood. I'm blessed to have the opportunity to share the screen space wi