"Initially Mahesh Babu was reluctant, when my wife told to him about my interest in acting. He opined that acting career requires a lot of groundwork, talent and luck. I had undergone training in Padmalaya studios and also prepared a show reel. Mahesh saw it during the shooting of Dookudu and he was impressed with the output. Then I told to him about the project SMS. He asked Srinu Vytla to have a look at the script. Taking the suggestions of Srinu Vytla, we have made few changes to the script," said Sudhir Babu.
Sudheer Babu claimed that fans of Superstar have received him with warm welcome, even before the release of his debut film as hero.
"Fans are very happy with my decision to enter films. When you look at the film families in the Industry, there are at least 3 heroes from each family who had taken the acting career seriously. But for Superstar's fans, there is only Mahesh Babu. Fans are expecting few more movies in a year from Superstar Krishna's family. I think, I can fill this gap," he opined.
His favourite film of Krishna is Alluri Seetaramaraju and coming to Mahesh, Okkadu and Khaleja are top on his list. Sudhir Babu said that he still couldn't figure out why Khaleja failed to make the cash registers ringing.
Sudheer Babu also distributed some of the blockbuster films in the past for areas like Vizag, Guntur and Nellore. Five out of Six films he had distributed till date has turned out to be money spinners at the Box Office(Arya, Bommarillu, Athanokkade, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana and Ranam). The audio of SMS would be released on January 15th and the film is slated to release by the end of January 2012.