Telugu Cinema has been open about actors from other languages and mostly, the actresses are roped in from Hindi Cinema and now even the Hindi actors are dominating the Telugu Cinema as villains. Many actors like Shayaji Shinde, Arbaaz Khan, Neil Nithin Mukhesh, Ronit Roy, Tarun Arora, Ashutosh Rana are dominating the space.
Once Telugu villains like Kota Srinivasa Rao used to rule the space and now, Rao Ramesh is looking like a bright prospect but still many Hindi actors are being preferred. Anil Sunkara claimed that there are less number of actors in Telugu Cinema so they are importing Hindi actors and he said Telugu actors prefer lead roles than supporting roles in the films.
Arbaaz Khan and Ronit Roy had to face lot of issues with dialogues in the early days in their respective films and even the actors are facing trouble as these actors don't know the language and they have to react to numbers while they are looking to deliver an emotional punch line in movies like Kittu Unnadu Jagrattha and Jai Lava Kusa.
Rao Ramesh said that when audience react to a Telugu actor's performance that is more inspiring and roaring than their reaction to Hindi actors. He asked the directors to take note of the reaction of the audiences into count before selecting an actor for their film.
Boyapati Srinu claimed that there are no decent actors in Telugu that can pull off the Villain role substantially. He showed the example of him introducing a hero like Jagapathi Babu as villain in his film, Legend. He said scarcity is real and as makers they are trying hard to find apt actors for their roles.