Super Star Krishna, according to senior actor Murali Krishna, was his classmate. The veteran actor turned politician expressed his sympathies to Krishna's grieving family and then talked about how they met while taking Intermediate classes and how they grew close. The former TDP MP recalled his 66 years of working with the late actor Krishna and added that Krishna was a brave and bold individual who was determined to do anything once he made a plan for it. Murali Krishna claimed, "I only entered the cinema business because of his motivation." Additionally, he presented some of the unknown Krishna-related movies and political situations.