One who ever has seen “Arya” can visualize the significance of the role of Shiva Balaji. The acting skills honed by this gentleman were never a competition to Allu Arjun even it was just Arjun’s second movie. Even then, Allu Arjun scored over Shiva Balaji and the movie went on to become a super hit.
Now, the big question is why did Sukumar replace Shiva Balaji by Navdeep in “Arya 2”? Navdeep is a tremendous actor and has good track record of delivering the action and sentimental scenes and “Chandamama” remains a trademark.
Allu Arjun is not second to Navdeep because even Allu has proved his enormous acting talent with movies like “Happy”. But with a hero stature actor taking the second fiddle to hero may not be a good choice. Mega Fans may not complain it outside, but there is always an imminent threat to Allu Arjun from Navdeep, if any comparison comes into the picture with “Arya2”.