Till sometime back senior stars never used to show interest in coming out of their image and break shackles. They used to insist on filmmakers to show them as super heroes. They refused to entertain satires on them, get thrashed by the baddies and heroines dominate them.
But of late heroes are turning liberal. Senior Stars are enjoying self satires on them on screen. They are enjoying satires on their age, getting thrashed and even enjoying heroines dominated.
The credit for this change goes to Victory Venkatesh who during his hay days came with a satire on himself ' already ara ekaram poindi' in his film Nuvvu Naaku Nachchav. Many satires came on his age and physique in his films.
Recently in Kalki, Rajasekhar came with a satire on his accident. Nagarjuna till recently mainted a royal avatar staying away from these satires. However in Manmadhudu 2, there are many satires on his age and physique and age gap between him and the heroine. Vennela Kishore was seen remarking 'meerinkaa manmadhudem kaadu kada'.