Actress Supriya reveals how she got her start in films

Supriya Yarlagadda

, in an interview, said that she has grown up in a cinema family. When she was eleven, she had worked as a cashier for ‘Rao Gari Illu’ and she did her job perfectly. When she was sixteen, Supriya said that she organised the Visakhapatnam schedule of ‘Gaayam’ and there she understood what cinema is. During that time, the makers of ‘

Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi

’ have approached her to play the leading lady and she immediately gave her nod to act in the film.

The moment when she started acting, she came across the cinema as a completely different medium compared to off-screen. She found that an actor has a personality and lots of confidence in her/his appearance and performance. After that film, Supriya said that she has to lead the post-production work for the film ‘Aahaa...!’ Afterwards, she reportedly took over the responsibilities of Annapurna Studios from 2000.

Supriya, younger sister of actor

Sumanth Akkineni

made her debut with 1996 hit film ‘Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi’ where she had played the leading lady opposite Power star Pawan Kalyan. After twenty-two years, she came back on the big screen with the recent blockbuster hit ‘

Goodachari

’ where she had essayed the role of a trainer of RAW

Nadiya Qureshi

in the film.