When Puri Jagannath was reeling under a string of flops many underestimated him. They felt that he cannot come with even an average grosser at the box office.
However, Puri showed his power with his latest entertainer iSmart Shankar which is creating a tsunami at the box office. The film is going strong at the box office collecting a share of over Rs 25 crores in just six days.
But when Puri was down and out, unlike Ram none of the younger heroes trusted him. Inside talk is during that time, Puri contacted mega hero Sai Dharam Tej and tried to convince him to do a film with him.
However, Sai Dharam Tej did not entertain him. Forget about entertaining Puri, he did not even bother to respond to Puri's request. Now after the result of iSmart Shankar, Sai Dharam Tej is ruing for underestimating Puri.
Had he not insulted Puri in such manner and instead maintained good relations with him, he would have got the opportunity to work with him now. Sai Dharam Tej who did films with Vinayak and Karunakaran could have tried his luck with Puri.
Everyone knows that mega heroes like Ram Charan, Allu Arjun and Varun Tej did films with Puri. Though Sai Dharam Tej got a relief with Chitralahari, he is yet to get a hit that brings him back to the reckoning at the box office.
Sai Dharam Tej is pinning all his hopes on his upcoming entertainer Prathi Roju Panduge directed by Maruthi.