Dulquer Salmaan pens emotional note for Telugu fans after Sita Ramam success: Thank you for making me feel like your own

Sita Ramam, which stars Dulquer Salmaan opposite Mrunal Thakur is his second straight Telugu film after Mahanati. He has thanked the Telugu audience for accepting him after the film's success.

Dulquer Salmaan has written an emotional note for the audience of Telugu films, after the success of his latest release Sita Ramam. In his note, Dulquer spoke about the love he has received from the Telugu audience since his debut film as he thanked them for accepting him as their own.

Dulquer Salmaan and Mrunal Thakur in a still from Sita Ramam. Dulquer has thanked Telugu audience for their response to the film.

Dulquer, son of Malayalam actor Mammootty, predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has appeared in a number of Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu language films since his debut with the 2012 Malayam film Second Show. His first film in Telugu language was Mani Ratnam's O Kadhal Kanmani, released to the Telugu-speaking audience as O Bangaram.

In a note he shared on his social media accounts on Tuesday, Dulquer recalled his journey from O Bangaram to Sita Ramam- Telugu-language period romance film written and directed by Hanu Raghavapudi. Addressing his letter to 'the wonderful Telugu audience,' the actor wrote, "My first ever film that was dubbed In Telugu and released was OK Bangaram. Thanks to Mani Sir, you all took a chance on me and gave me immense love in my first outing. Then, Nagi & Vyjayanthi gave me the opportunity to play Gemini in Mahanati and even though it had grey shades, the love and respect I got for the role and film was unlike anything I expected. Ammadi became a permanent part of my life wherever I went. Kanulu Kanulanu Dochayante & Kurup were dubbed films, yet the love you gave to those films is something I’ll never forget."

Dulquer Salmaan thanks the Telugu audience after Sita Ramam's success.

Dulquer continued, "When Swapna and Hanu approached me with Sita Ramam, I knew I was in safe hands. I knew we would be delivering a quality film and I want to always do only those straight Telugu films that will be unique and pathbreaking. The film is a combined effort of so many artists and talents and crew and it became as beautiful as it is because of everyone involved. I cried on the day of release because I was so overwhelmed with the film and how people were accepting the film. The love you’re showing all of us be it Hanu, Mrunal, Rashmika, Sumanth Anna, Vishal, PS Vinod sir and myself, isn’t something we can explain in words."

He concluded the thank you note by writing, "Thank you to the cinema loving audience of Telugu. Thank you to the biggest believers in the art of cinema. Thank you for making me feel like your own." He captioned it, "Filled with gratitude and so much emotion for all the love you are showering us with!! Ram says thank you with folded hands !"

Sita Ramam is his latest Telugu film after Mahanati. The film, set in the 1960s, tells the love story between an Indian soldier played by him and a young woman from Hyderabad’s royal family played by Mrunal. The film earned around ₹10 crore across India from its opening weekend after its release on August 5.