Srihari says he is happy as an artiste as he got compliments from several quarters for his film 'Hanumanthu' and it earned him good fame this year. At the same time, the film earned good name as a good producer for his wife Santha Kumari.
Srihari says, 'I wish to play the roles of freedom fighters and my dream has come true with the role of 'Hanumanthayya' role I played in Hanumanthu. The subject was prepared with an inspiration from the life of Kanneganti Hanumanthu, a freedom fighter. I learnt that some people who stopped watching movies since long, had come to theatres to watch 'Hanumanthu'. It gave me immense satisfaction. Moreover, people started identifying me not as Srihari, but as Hanumanthayya. Such roles are very rare and getting an opportunity to play such roles would not come frequently. I earned name as an all-rounder as I played villain, comedy villain, character artiste and as hero. I don't mind to play any role with any hero if I happen to get a good role.'
When asked why he himself turned a producer for 'Hanumanthu', Srihari says, 'Any producer invests money in a film to earn good returns. But an experimental subject like '?ÂÂ?Hanumanthu'?ÂÂ? needs a lot of courage as they may or not become a hit. In order to avoid causing embarrassment to some other producer, we did the film on our home production.'