Power Star Pawan Kalyan and Mega Star Chiranjeevi share good bonhomie. Though media spread rumors about their differences, they share good personal relations.
Pawan respects his brother Chiranjeevi a lot and in the process, he even tasted a flop following Chiranjeevi's diktat. It is known that Pawan did Annavaram under the direction of Bheemaneni Srinivasa Rao. Expectations increased as Pawan and Bheemaneni earlier scored a blockbuster with Suswagatam.
Annavaram is a remake of Vijay's hit film Tirupachi. The film which released on Dec 29, 2006 got huge openings and got good collections in the first week. However, theatres were empty by the second week. The film turned out to be below average. Inside talk is Pawan was not the first choice for Annavaram.
Bheemaneni Srinivasa Rao developed the story keeping Megastar Chiranjeevi in mind. Chiranjeevi also gave a green signal at the beginning. However, due to some reasons he couldn't do the project and asked Pawan Kalyan to do it. Though Pawan did not like it, he obeyed Chiranjeevi's order and did the film and got the flop.