Long before Nani became an actor, he began his career in the film industry as an assistant director. Although he worked under the likes of Bapu and Sreenu Vaitla for few films, not many know that Nani was the clap assistant under veteran director K Raghavendra Rao. He revealed this information at a recent event which was also graced by K Raghavendra Rao, who praised the actor for climbing up the ladder in a short span of time.