Although director Shankar is regarded as a Tamil personality, he is more respected even in Telugu. Almost all his films dubbed from Tamil to Telugu have been super hits and rocked the BO in competence with direct Telugu releases. Such is the brand value of Shankar here in Tollywood. It can be properly said that Shankar stands on par with the craze and charisma of SS Rajamouli. Anyways, the waiting of Telugu viewers to expect a direct Telugu movie in direction of Shankar is still unfulfilled.
‘I respect Telugu audience a lot. Like you people are excited, I am also willing to direct a Telugu film. There were couple of opportunities floored before me but unfortunately they are not materialized. I promise you people for a direct Telugu film from me very soon,’ Shankar said amidst huge applause from the gathering at ‘I’ audio launch.