Actress Sridevi Vijayakumar, who is set to return to the silver screen with director Venkatesh Nimmalapudi’s upcoming Telugu film Sundarakanda alongside
Nara Rohit, recently opened up about her bond with Prabhas. She revealed that despite Prabhas becoming a massive pan-Indian star today, their friendship has remained unchanged over the years. For those unaware, Sridevi was the leading lady in Prabhas’s debut film Eeswar, directed by Jayanth C Paranjee. While she had already appeared in movies as a child artiste, Eeswar marked her first outing as a heroine. At a press conference for Sundarakanda, Sridevi was asked about her friendship with Prabhas to which the actress said, "The friendship with Prabhas is still the same. Prabhas is now a big star. However, he hasn't changed one bit." Stating that Prabhas even now smiled and talked with the same innocence of a child, Sridevi said everybody in her first film unit Eeswar itself got the feeling that Prabhas would go on to become a huge star. "We all thought that he would become a big superstar even during the time of Eeswar. When we were part of a success tour, huge crowds would turn up. Prabhas has become a bigger star than we expected. It is truly a blessing." ALSO READ - Is Prabhas Getting Married? Aunt Shyamala Devi Drops BIG Hint Talking about her comeback to cinema with Sundarakanda, in which she plays one of the two heroines along with Vriti Vaghani. Sridevi said, "I am very happy to be back. Any actor wants to play a good character. Any character should be strong. I am playing a very meaningful character in this film. As an audience, I liked this movie a lot. The output was very amazing. It has very fresh content and everyone can go to the theatres and enjoy it." The film, which is being produced by Santosh Chinnapolla, Gautham Reddy and Rakesh Mahankali under the banner of Sandeep Picture Palace (SPP), is scheduled to hit screens on August 27. (With inputs from IANS)
