South India's most famous
director Shankar tasted rare failure in tollywood with his 'Snehitudu', a
remake of bollywood hit '3-Idiots'. Though this bilingual starring
Vijay and Ileana is doing well in kollywood, it failed to connect with
tollywood movie lovers as it lacked originality and people still fresh
with '3-Idiots' memories.
Many feel had Prince Mahesh Babu
who is a top star in tollywood starred in the film when Shankar
contacted him, the film's fate would have been different. Though Vijay
enjoys huge mass following in kollywood next only to Superstar
Rajinikanth, he doesn't have that appeal in telugu unlike Surya, Vikram,
Ajith or Karthi. Prince Mahesh Babu left the film to other block
busters like 'Dookudu' and 'Businessman' but knowning the popularity and
directoral capabilities of Shankar,he might have missed an opportunity
to score another hit considering the fact the he could have paired with
Ileana which could have recreated 'Pokiri' magic.
Surely had he starred,keeping in
view of his popularity, 'Snehitudu' script could have been changed,
than the present carbon copy. In a way it seems Prince Mahesh Babu is
behind 'Snehitudu' failure and turned out to be a villain for Shankar.
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