sentences:  When the actor was being diagnosed for eosinophilia and became obese, he was offered the role of Shatrughna.Rama Rao insisted Sankara Reddy to let Kanta Rao play Lakshmana, and Sobhan Babu was signed to play Shatrughna.Kaikala Satyanarayana, Chittor V. Nagaiah, and Arja Janardhana Rao were chosen to play the roles of Bharata, Valmiki, and Anjaneya respectively.