Initially Prasad took the movie offer as a hoax. 'To be very honest, when I was approached for the movie, I knew nothing about Shashanka or the character and I thought it was some kind of a prank. I had not seen it ever on TV or anywhere and I did not think it was serious,' he said.

'But when I was shown the old footages of 'Quick Gun' from Channel V and the executive producer of the movie explained the concept to me in Telugu? I was really thrilled and happy for the work they did at that time,' he added.

Prasad, who started his career in 1977 with film 'Sneham', has teamed up with Rambha in it.

'Doing this film has been a great experience for me? it's like graduating. I can say that after 32 years of my career in cinema, I have been blessed to play such a character,' he said.

Unlike other actors down south, King of Comedy, as he is fondly called, Prasad doesn't harbour any political dreams. 'I am very happy being an actor. I don't want to spoil my happiness by joining politics.'

He just wants to be an actor.

With around five Telugu films in his kitty, the veteran is keeping his fingers crossed for Bollywood too.

'If I get an opportunity to work in Bollywood, I'll definitely take it. However I think it depends more on the reaction to 'Quick Gun Murugun' now than anything else. In Hyderabad by god's blessings there are always many films for me to do,' he added.