Dharma Teja, aka Teja, who has started his career as a cinematographer in the Telugu movie Raat in the year 1992, has been a director since 2000. Teja is looking for fresh talents, as he has planned to start a new venture. Although no news is confirmed by the officials, the film is about to begin from December, 2014. Teja has always experimented with fresh talents. His directorial debut Chitram has become a big hit. In that film too, he has worked with two debutants, Reema Sen and Udhay Kiran, who became superstars of tollywood industry in the early 2000’s. The film was a revolution to the contemporary Telugu movies. It started a fresh wave of new age romantic movies for Tollywood.
Teja is famous to introduce many talented actors and technicians in his movies. He made it possible to give big hits, while working entirely with a bunch of fresh talents. He has bagged many awards, namely, Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer, Filmfare for Best Director in Telugu movies, Filmfare for Best Cinematographer in South, Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Award for Best Director for his Telugu movie Nuvvu Nenu in the year 2001.
In an exclusive interview, Teja has spoken about his search for the fresh talents to start a new movie by the end of this year. He has informed that, the doors are wide open for the aspiring freshers. They can mail him their portfolio and participate in the auditions for his upcoming venture. The mail id provided to the newcomers is: [email protected]. He confirmed that he has completed the script and looking forward to cast some fresh faces. It has always been a mystery that why Teja is so obsessed about working with the freshers. He clarified his thoughts this time. He explained that newcomers are very easy to deal with, while making a film; it is easy to make them learn every aspect of acting. He always looks for people, who are ready to act as directed. As soon as the casting part is done, Teja has planned to floor the movie.
Teja has directed sixteen films, and in all his films, he introduced a debutant. He has given over 100 freshers to the industry, who has become stars over time. Reema Sen, Anita Hassanandani and Sada are some of the actresses, who has started their career with him, made their position strong in Tollywood after giving some smashing hits, directed by Teja.