I attach least importance to food. In a way this trait helped me and my producers. At times I eat cheap food available even on the road side to get on with my work without any waste of time. As already mentioned my brothers got used to tasty food right from their childhood which they sometimes miss in my house because of my giving little importance to food. My wife one day told me that my younger brother Kalyan expressed his anger over Non-vegetarian food not being cooked in our house, by throwing away the dinner plate and abstaining from lunch. I then called him and counselled him to develop adjustability to any kind of food, warning him that such situations may arise where he may have to compulsorily eat the kind of food, he gets inspite of his affordability to get the kind of food he liked, telling him my own experiences. To my joy and satisfaction this brought about a sea change in him.

One day I came home after acting in a fight sequence. Mr. Prasad Babu a co-artiste of my mine came to my house and took a seat beside me when I sat for lunch. I finished my lunch within five minutes and went to my make-up room to get ready for my post lunch session. My friend went away without speaking a single word to me. I was surprised by his strange behaviour. A few days later he came to me and narrated an interesting story. The reason for his strange behaviour on that day he said was, his picking up a quarrel with his wife for not preparing fish and chicken which he thought is a must for remaining fit to meet the strain demanded by his profession. On seeing me take only a small quantity of curd rice and yet remain more active than him he had realised the fact that will power was more important than a particular kind of food to remain fit and asked for pardon from his wife. I felt very happy to have brought such a change in him. When I think of saints who remained without food and water for ages and yet remained so strong to achieve their ends, I get inspired by this unbelievable reality as my friend drew inspiration from me. However, I strongly believe that we may have to eat something in order to live as we are not such great saints but we need not live only to eat as it defeats the very purpose of our life.