Megastar Chiranjeevi is still making films with great enthusiasm at 70 years of age. He is also showing enthusiasm to work with directors of this generation. After ‘Kaaka’, he was supposed to do a film with Srikanth Ode. But it seems that it was canceled due to some reasons. Chiru is not looking towards regular commercial directors again. He is looking to team up with new age directors.
It has been revealed that Chiranjeevi has already heard the story told by young Tamil director Karthik Subbaraj. It is known that Karthik Subbaraj recently revealed in a podcast that he is waiting for the megastar’s decision. Aso there is a talk that Chiranjeevi going to team up with Peddi director Buchi Babu Sana. However, it has been revealed that Chiru is now in talks with another exciting young director.
Last year, Malayalam Director Tharun Moorthy created a sensation with the film ‘Thudarum’ starring Malayalam superstar Mohanlal. Tharun Moorthy portrayed Mohanlal in a simple way as a middle-class father, while masterfully cultivating heroism. With the strength of the story and the star power added to it, the film impressed the audience immensely and became a regional industry hit. After watching the film, a section of Mega fans wanted to see Chiru in a similar role.
According to the reports, Tharun Moorthy has narrated a story and Chiru has responded positively to it. Although they had met in the past, now there are reports that Chiru has taken a positive decision. It remains to be seen what the megastar’s decision will be and we need to wait who is Chiranjeevi Director for his next film, it is a good development that he is showing interest in teaming up with new age directors and listening to stories.
A section of fans is expressing dissatisfaction that he is hiding the great actor within him.. and is only doing commercial films under a roof. This section wants to do films with age-appropriate, diverse roles.. and strong storylines. It seems that Chiru is now trying to do that.