Child artiste turns hero

Popular child artiste Master Teja who was seen in 50-odd films including films like ‘Chudalani Undi, ‘Indra’ and ‘Yuvaraju’ now turns a hero with his upcoming untitled film being produced by Bekkam Venugopal.

“Along with Teja, I am also introducing director Hari with this village-centric love story,’ says the producer who describes it as a ‘wholesome family entertainer,’ The film which was launched recently, set to go on floors from September. ‘Script has come out really well and we are truly banking on it,” says Bekkam.

Nonetheless, Teja joins the big list of child-artiste-turned heroes like Tarun, Aditya and Tanish. In fact, child artiste-turned-hero has an advantage over other newcomers since these actors are already popular and also have no stage fear besides getting into the skin of the character within no time.