Right after Chiranjeevi kept Puri Jagannadh aside for the former's comeback movie, the Pokiri director had to face tough time in the industry.
Loafer movie controversy, where distributors fell back of him for money, further ruined the director's image. In this process, he even lost Mahesh Babu's Jana gana mana, which he announced in the past. Puri was supposed to do a movie with Jr NTR, but as ISM could not impress much, the Nandamuri hero is unwilling to move towards Puri.
Reportedly, Puri is now falling back of Balakrishna, to impress him for a script. The senior hero is currently busy with his 100th film Gauthamiputra Sathakarni and after wrapping up it, he is touted to start a film called 'Raithu' under Krishna Vamsi's direction. But that project is not yet finalized.
So in this gap, Puri is keen to complete a film with Balakrishna. So it should be seen, whether at least this Nandamuri hero moves towards Puri.