He has over two decades in the film industry and more than 70 movies to his credit, but southern superstar Nagarjuna is in no mood to sit on his laurels. He is busy doing experimental cinema, plans to open a film institute down south and doesn't want to waste time by accepting Bollywood offers.
"I had a nice roller-coaster ride in the industry. I have learnt many lessons. There were many ups and downs and, thankfully, I survived them all. And every experience has been very enriching and satisfactory," Nagarjuna said in an interview over phone from Hyderabad.
The Chennai-born 51-year-old actor is a qualified engineer and he even went to the University of Louisiana at Lafayettein the US to do his masters, but the acting bug bit him so hard that he took a plunge into showbiz. And why not when he had an inspiration at home - his father Nageswara Rao is an actor and a producer.
So Nagarjuna's acting journey began with Madhusudan Rao's 1986 movie "Vikram" and he not only became a big name in the south but also did a few Bollywood projects. He has played all kinds of roles - from emotional and romantic to action and comic.
He has even featured in devotional Telugu film "Annamayya", which fetched him the Nandi Award for the best actor in 1997. But the success brought some problems as, Nagarjuna says, after the film audiences refused to accept him in any other role for four-five years.
"My films didn't do well after the movie. I just couldn't get away from the image," said the star who even now wants to play a mythological character from the Mahabharata and the Ramayana.
"We grow up listening to stories from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. So I would like to portray any character from any chapter of these epics," he said.
He also wants to do "experimental cinema".
"I want to do something that can satiate 
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