Video of Andhra Pradesh's dancing doctor goes viral

HYDERABAD: You’ve heard of the dancing uncle. Now, read about the dancing doctor. Dr Girada Suryanarayana, an assistant professor in the Department of Dermatology, King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam, has swept people off their feet with moves similar to actor Akkineni Nageshwara Rao’s.
The video of the doctor’s dance during Independence Day celebrations at KGH has gone viral on social media as his perfect imitation of late actor ANR’s dance steps for the popular song ‘Nenu puttanu lokam mechindhi, nenu edchanu lokam navvindhi, nenu navvanu, e lokam edchindhi, nakinka lokam tho pani emundhi don’t care’.The song starring ANR in the film “Premnagar’ was released in the year 1971 went on to become a huge hit.

While his performance at KGH put him in the spotlight, the doctor is collected. “I have been dancing for several years,” Dr Suryanarayana told TOI from Visakhapatnam over phone.
Last year, when he met friends who studied with him in Andhra Medical College in Visakhapatnam and are now living in the US, he did what he was requested to: Dance. The dance in Las Vegas reminded them of their days at AMC.
Suryananarayana, remembers the first time he danced in medical college in 1981. “I have always been an ANR fan,” he said. That’s since he was 11 years old. He has performed in more than 200 programmes. In 1996, he was selected to perform at Chennai but ANR could not watch it because he had to leave early to catch his flight. “But I did meet ANR a few times and he was happy about my dance,” he said. Prem Nagar and Premabhishekam have remained his favourite ANR films. Wasn’t NTR who was a contemporary of ANR also his favourite? “To an extent, it was actor Krishna, but ANR always,” he said.
But dancing did not come easy. “These days you can watch a song on Youtube repeatedly. But I learnt all the steps watching the films repeatedly going to theatres. I would watch the films scores of times to get my moves right,” he explained. Suryanarayana also had a brush with celluloid as he acted as a district collector in 2006 in a film.