It was in 1976 that Krishna also announced that he was to produce "Kurukshethram". This surprised N. T. Rama Rao, who also wanted to make a movie called "Daana Veera Soora Karna", based on the epic. The relationship between the two legend actors was strained further when Krishna expressed his inability to drop his project and both started producing their films at a frenetic pace. Both the films were successful. Krishna's good run at the box office continued with "Saavaasagallu" and the actor further penetrated into the urban mass segment with the super-hit film "Dongalaku Donga". Between the years 1978 and 1986, Krishna acted in several hit films such as "Anna Dammula Sawaal", "Kumara Raja", "Agent Gopi" and other commercially successful films such as "Indradanassu" and "Allari Bulloodu". Six of his films fared very well in 1979, While "Viyyalavaari Kayyaalu", "Mandeegundelu", "Hema-Heemeelu", "Kottha Alludu" and "Burripalem Bulloodu" were other commercially successful films in Krishna's repertoire. Krishna and Sridevi became a hit-pair in 1980 and the two acted together in "Gharana Donga", "Maama Allulla Sawaal", "Chuttaalunnaaru Jagrattha" and "Ram Robert Rahim".