Prince Mahesh Babu faces two criticisms from his detractors. It's alleged that he gives opportunities to those directors who have good success track record with their latest films. Also, Mahesh is lambasted for keeping his directors for prolonged wait for his nod to their scripts.
"Top directors like Sukumar, Puri Jagannadh and Vamsi Paidipally are victims," say detractors.
Puri, nevertheless, openly declared during his promotional interview for iSmart Shankar that Mahesh prefers the success track record of the directors. Saying so, Puri drew the ire of Mahesh Babu's fans. They breathed fire heavily on the director in social media then. Puri penned the script 'Janaganamana' for Mahesh Babu. Though Mahesh showed interest on it initially, he turned down it later.
Once again, Puri provoked Mahesh's fans with his latest tweet. On account of the completion of 14 years of Mahesh-Puri industry hit Pokiri, Puri posted a tweet in which he hadn't tagged Mahesh Babu's name.
"Thanks to each n everyone for continuously showering your love towards Pokiri . Can’t believe it’s been 14 years already ...Cheers to all POKIRI LOVERS 👍🏽👍🏽 #14YearsForSouthIndiaIHPokiri," Puri tweeted.
Having read Puri's tweet, Mahesh Babu's fans tore apart Puri with cuss words. They impeached that Mahesh Babu had given opportunities to Puri twice when the later was in his lean phase with a series of failures.
By an large, both Puri and Mahesh Babu's fans have their own reasons for their arguments. But then, a study divulged the fact that unlike other directors Puri isn't hesitating giving counters directly to Mahesh Babu.