Balayya Steps Up Strongly Supporting Samyukta After Health Scare

Nandamuri Balakrishna has this habit of going all-out on set. Anyone who has worked with him says the same thing. He’ll jump into a fight sequence, a dramatic shot, whatever it is, with full intensity. And he expects the team to match that fire. So naturally, stories from the Akhanda 2 shoot keep slipping out. One of them, involving lead actress Samyukta, suddenly caught attention online and started floating everywhere.

Akhanda 2: Thandavam, directed by Boyapati Srinu, is gearing up for release on the 5th. Before the big day, the team sat down with the media, and Samyukta Menon ended up sharing a bunch of things she hadn’t mentioned before. She said her character gets a strong turning point and hinted that the film goes bigger than the usual guesses people make. She also said Boyapati works with this huge vision, the type where you look at the monitor and go, wow okay, this is something else.

Samyukta talked about her role being more stylish, a bit sharper in how it’s shown. Then she casually dropped the part where she injured her knee while doing her first-ever mass song 'Jajikaya Jajikaya'. Instead of stopping, she just did physiotherapy in between and continued shooting. Very old-school dedication. About Balayya, she said he’s surprisingly friendly, jokes around, and is basically a dream for directors because he just listens and performs and he supported a lot with the injury, making sure nothing goes wrong with the co-star's health.. She mentioned Daku Maharaj as her favorite of his. Thaman’s background score, the one loaded with Sanskrit touches, got a special mention too.