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Who stood as support for you during your toughest times, sir? In recent times, my wife, my mother, my sister have always stood by me in my life. I was always surrounded by women. Okay, okay, said my mother, my sister, it was like that. Okay, my support. That's why, maybe that's why I am more supportive towards women, towards them. Do you always stay so cheerful, sir? Whether on set, at home, or outside? That's how it is. However you are inside, some volcanoes erupt, but you get used to being like that outside. Yes, sir, why is that? Do you like being cheerful like that? Yes, yes, sir. I always have this thought that no person should impose on others. And that's how I am. When I was young, whenever I was sad or fell, I would open up to my close friends. I would discuss with my friends. And when I stopped discussing at one point, my thoughts were like, "Enough, this is life," I felt at one point. My sister thought, "One day, what news will come about Manoj? Bad news." She was fixed at that level. And then I decided, one day, I told my sister to join therapy. I used to argue with my sister, shout at her. I used to say, "Are you mad? Do you think I'm crazy? Do you think I'm psycho? When someone is suffering, do you tell them to go to a therapist?" I was like that. One day, it dawned on me. A small realization point. Okay, what am I doing to my family? If something happens to me like this, it's not like that. I have that on one side, but I don't want to have it on the other side. That's how my mind is. This is not right, this is not the world, this is not right. Nobody is correct, as far as I know. Then one day, for some reason, I thought, let's give it a second chance, let's try. I went to my sister, hugged her, and said, "We want to live. You said therapy, right? I'll try." She hugged me and cried. That day, my sister cried, and immediately when the set was adjusted, a therapist, like a god, came. She was very young. She came, and then I started talking. Then I understood that therapy was promoted as something crazy, crazy, crazy. Then I understood that through therapy, what I was thinking was correct. What you are thinking is correct, the pain is correct. But there is also another side to it, isn't there? She started telling me the other angle. This angle, because when you are in pain, when someone you trust hurts you, you go into pain. If your loved ones, friends, tell you something, you go into an argument. You say, "What do you know? You know our history, so you think he's thinking that." But therapy, she, he, they come with their studies. They have studied. And what I suggest to everyone is the same: therapy is not wrong, sir. Any relationship, any family, parents and children relationship, brothers and sisters relationship, wife and husband, anything, even lovers. If you have any arguments, anything, it's a common thing. But therapy is a must. It's not wrong. It's a regular practice. Everyone, even if there's nothing with the family, should have family counseling once or twice a year. Okay, how is it this year? What's happening? Even if everything is good, you should take it. Okay, therapy is not just when you have a problem. If you take therapy when you are well, today you are doing something better, tomorrow you will be able to do that work a hundred times better. And today, as you said, the volcanoes, whatever exploded, I was able to handle it today. That phase is out. There was something I had to end, but what I ended was my thoughts. Finally, due to the help I took, and when I started talking to her, when I started talking to my friends, I started moving out again. And this is not it. Okay, amount, something. I went to Tirupati. I went there in 2018. I went to Tirupati, Rayalaseema. I said I would stay in Chendur, and I went there. I stayed in Tirupati, Rayalaseema, for six months. While staying there, I opened a restaurant called Fasak. I painted houses in the surrounding villages. We did a lot of things. Then, in that process, while going to Alagadda, Tirupati, I met Mounika again. Then, history repeated itself. I got hope in life again. I got hope in life again. We sat down to write the script again. Two years passed. Okay, okay. So that's what it is, sir. Do you believe all this is destiny? I believe in God, sir. I believe in karma. I believe in destiny. That's why, as much as possible, I try to be. I try to empower. If someone works beside me, I don't tolerate laziness. That is my only weakness. I want everybody to work. I believe that if you work, you will rise in life. Yes, the luck factor. If you work, luck will come one day. If you are sleeping that day, luck will come. If you are sleeping that day, what? My father says the same thing. Opportunity is like a bird. Opportunity is like a bird. When it lands in your house, you must be ready. Okay? Then you will be sleeping, and it will fly to another house. So I believe that. And I also practice. Those who work with me, I want to empower them. I want them to, you know, I tell them one thing: "Don't stop here. Work. Do your best in this." If you repeat the same work, you will be stuck there. Everyone says, "Do a little more, do this." If you don't repeat it, you can do a job once or twice. If you keep consistency without repeating that mistake, there is growth. There is no fall. And one day, when that luck strikes, you will go. That's what I strongly believe. Okay, so in the movie Bhairavam, your character Gajapathi Varma, in some scenes, I remembered my father. Not as his son, but he is remembered. Many have imitated him. I say the same thing. His genes. Chiranjeevi's son does like Chiranjeevi. Mohan Babu's son does like Mohan Babu. Rama Rao's son, if he is in that shade, whose is it? It's DNA, obviously. It will be there. Yes. You can't. I mean, even if you get it, I get it like that. Yes, yes, it comes. And normally, when I speak a little sternly, a little like this, it comes up like my father. What is that, sir? What is it? How do you plan your career? Next, how do you plan your work after the movie? Pan India? Yes, three good stories have come. And next, we are making good movies. That's Pan India. Yes, we are aiming for a larger audience, larger other languages. So there also, David Reddy is a story set from 1897 to the 1920s, up to 1922. And it's an out-and-out action film. It's a true incident with a fictional character. The director has written it very differently. And another Rakshak, and another film I'm doing, which you will get to know next month. They have warned me very strictly not to mention it in interviews even by mistake. One of my best friends is directing, and my best friend is producing. So I won't tell you who those best friends are. So, for you, are stories being prepared, and are there some characters, the strongest characters, that are being prepared for you? After this movie, I don't think there will be a queue. So, you, are you looking to choose the characters that come to you selectively, or what is your preference, sir? I have to like it, sir. I have to like the character. Everyone has to like it, right? If I like the first touch, I will do it. I have no second thoughts. Sir, you are also preparing stories. You as a writer, what is that? That is a completely different thing, sir. I wrote a story for children, a story for twins, an animation film. Okay, Namaste World. So, we designed 200 characters for that and registered the IP. My wife and I. I told her, first, I gave my wife the idea, "Let's make toys." She said, "Toys are not it. I'll give you an idea. Let's release a comic book. Then I'll make animation films." After releasing the animation film and it becoming a super hit, we'll sell video games, toys, and everything to the world. I told her. She looked at me and said, "Your dreams are very big. You stay with that work, and in the meantime, I'll sell your toys." So she made the toys. I'm still sitting and writing, developing it. Now, December 2023, it's released across India, from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, in around 450+ stores, without publicity. And it has sold 75,000+ toys. Organically, with the designs. And we are very happy. And next, we are launching video games and animation films. The order I placed has been reversed. First, the bubble, which I thought was the last, is coming in reverse, animation last. So I am looking forward. Even that friend, I have a great team. Looking forward to all exciting things. I pray to God that everything goes well. Okay, sir. May good things happen. I sincerely wish that your next movie becomes a biggest blockbuster, sir. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you, sir. Thank you so much. Thank you.