Recent announcement of Chiranjeevi on his birthday about the meek possibility of acting in Puri Jagannath direction for prestigious 151st film was disliked by many. In fact, Puri narrated the whole of first half and Chiranjeevi was mightily impressed with the script. Problem lied in second half and Mega Star did not ring back at Puri.
‘As I did not like the second half, we kept the project on hold,’ Chiranjeevi reacted recently on the gossips surrounding his project with Puri. Looks like, Chiranjeevi hasn’t informed this to Puri officially which made the maverick director to disappoint.
‘Chiranjeevi Garu was happy with first half. At later moment, when I took his time to explain the second half, he heard my narration but somehow postponed the decision. When I heard his reply in a recent interview, I thought that Chiranjeevi Garu would have informed me the same in personal. I could have re-written the areas which he hasn’t liked and presented a new script for second half,’ Puri answered.
There is a disgruntlement in Puri because missing a project with Chiranjeevi means a lot for any director.