Updated On: 27 March, 2023 09:41 AM IST | Mumbai | ANI
"A stranger approaches you and asks you to listen to his tune... some of them might have liked but they are not interested. But that was my merit."

MM Keeravani; Ram Gopal Verma
`Naatu Naatu` hitmaker MM Keeravani tagged Ram Gopal Verma as his `first Oscar` in an interview and talked about how the filmmaker gave him a breakthrough with the 1991 crime thriller film `Kshana Kshanam`.
Keeravani in an interview had been asked about his breakthrough with the director, to which he replied: "Ram Gopal Verma was my first Oscar. Now I received the Academy Award in 2023, it is my second Oscar. Let me tell you why. Because like all the people I approach around 51 people, they might have... some of them might have thrown my audio cassette into the trash can... never heard me."