Whenever a title is given to a big star, it holds apt meaning to his experience and prowess on the silver screen. However, the title 'Superstar' is a common term and there was a time when this was being used to various top heroes in the film circuit. However, it is said that the original superstar for the Telugu circuit has always been the legendary NTR.But then, it is known news that the tag of Superstar in Telugu only goes for Krishna. The story goes that many years ago, the famous Jyothichitra magazine known for its films and reporting came up with a contest. They gave out coupons in their magazine and asked the readers to fill in the coupons giving out their favorite hero and post it.
Incidentally, the first week results showed that it was NTR indeed but then from second to sixth weeks it was only Krishna and finally he emerged the winner. It is said that Krishna fans took initiative in this matter and they went to the extent of locating where the magazine is being printed, bought the entire lot, filled the coupons and posted them back. That happened for 5 consecutive weeks and Krishna was declared Super Star. So much was the following for Krishna during his time.
It is also said that out of all the stars, it is Krishna who has the largest number of fans who have been quite loyal to him from the past few decades. So much so that recently when the famous Zoom TV channel conducted a survey in the south to see which hero has got the maximum fan following, the surprise winner turned out to be Krishna beating the likes of Rajinikanth and Chiranjeevi (in the matter of number of loyal fans for years together in all walks of life).
Even today, there are many who introduce themselves as fans of Krishna sounding more like a branded company and the truth remains that they don't make much noise unwantedly and have a very deep devotion towards their favorite hero. Today, with Krishna being awarded the coveted Padma Bhushan it goes without saying that this man still rules the roost when it comes to fan following.
Krishna has got some really interesting credits in his life as an actor with a theatre in Guntur screening only his movies for one full year, about seven theatres in a town screening only Krishna movies and that too different ones, the famous Vahini studios having its floors occupied with four five different movies running simultaneously and all of them had Krishna as the hero. Not stopping at that, he is the first man to get color scope to Telugu with his film 'Alluri Seetharama Raju' and later became the first one to get a 70mm movie into Telugu with yet another blockbuster hit 'Simhasanam'.
We salute this man who runs like a silent river but has the depths of an ocean and wish him more success and fame in the time to come.
