Krishna is known for his handsome looks and charming personality. No one could beat him in handsome looks and many females used to worship him as the female heartthrob. When he was doing the Number 1 movie, Krishna was 50 years but even at that age, Krishna surprised all with his young looks. His makeup man Madhava Rao was behind his looks.
Madhava Rao used to be Krishna's makeup man even before he came to films. Krishna did a play Chairman in Vijayawada and at that time, Madhava Rao did makeup for him. From then on since his debut with Sakshi, Madhava Rao used to be his makeup man. It is a record for any makeup man to be a star hero's makeup man for such a long time.
In Number 1 Krishna was seen in different getups and in all the getups Krishna looked extremely young. Madhava Rao's makeup techniques are the reason behind Krishna's young looks. When Madhava Rao was going to the dias during Number 1 success meet, fans of Krishna gave him standing ovation and this is for the first-time a makeup man got standing ovation.
Madhava Rao said ' doing makeup for Krishna is very difficult as he has soft skin and showing roughness it is difficult. While doing makeup Krishna never used to sit silent, he used to talk with the distributors and producers about the area-wise business and film performances. It used to take 20 minutes time to complete the makeup for Krishna'. Krishna used to treat Madhava Rao as his family member. Whenever producers used to remark to Krishna that his makeup was not good, Krishna used to support Madhava Rao and then tell him in private that they are telling him like that and asked him to take care of it. Once there was a fight between Madras technicians and Hyderabad technicians and Madras technicians were banned to work in Hyderabad. At that time, Krishna faced huge difficulty and he called Madhava Rao who was in Madras saying that he is shifting the shooting to Madras so that he can work without any opposition. For a first-time, a hero shifted his film schedule to Madras for a makeup man.