▁for ▁capt uring ▁the ▁ser en ity ▁of ▁Kol ler u ▁Lake ▁in ▁West ▁God av ari ▁district , ▁Bh ale e ▁D ong alu ▁- ▁a ▁re - make ▁of ▁the ▁H indi ▁film ▁Chor ▁Mach a ay ee ▁Sho or ▁- ▁hit ▁the ▁b ull ' s ▁eye . ▁Dev ude e ▁Gel icha adu ▁did ▁not . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁that ▁Kr ish na ▁also ▁announced ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁to ▁produce ▁Kur uk sh eth ram . ▁This ▁surprised ▁N . ▁T . ▁R ama ▁R ao , ▁who ▁also ▁wanted ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁movie ▁called ▁Da ana ▁Ve era ▁So ora ▁Kar na , ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁ep ic . ▁The ▁relationship ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁legend ▁actors ▁was ▁stra ined ▁further ▁when ▁Kr ish na ▁expressed ▁his ▁in ability ▁to ▁drop ▁his ▁project ▁and ▁both ▁started ▁producing ▁their ▁films ▁at ▁a ▁f ren etic ▁pace . ▁Both ▁the ▁films ▁were ▁successful . ▁Kr ish na ' s ▁good ▁run ▁at ▁the ▁box ▁office ▁continued ▁with ▁Sa ava as ag all u ▁and ▁the ▁actor ▁further ▁pen etr ated ▁into ▁the ▁urban ▁mass ▁segment ▁with ▁the ▁super - hit ▁film ▁D ong al aku ▁D ong a . ▁Between ▁the ▁years ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁Kr ish na ▁acted ▁in ▁several ▁hit ▁films ▁such ▁as ▁Anna ▁D amm ula ▁S awa al , ▁K um ara ▁R aja , ▁Agent ▁G op i ▁and ▁other ▁commer