Dashing director Puri Jagannadh hasn’t delivered a successful film after ‘Temper’ till ‘Ismart Shankar’ arrived. He made movies like ‘Jyothi Lakshmi’, ‘Rogue’, ‘Ism’, ‘Loafer’, ‘Mehbooba’ and ‘Paisa Vasool’ but they were all below-par films that failed to impress the audience. But ‘Ismart Shankar’ turned out to be a blockbuster. With this energy, Puri announced a pan-Indian project with Rowdy hero Vijay Deverakonda.
The project took a long time to get finished and ‘Liger’ was released under massive expectations. It was a big failure and even Puri’s fans were so disappointed with the director’s work in this film. Due to this, Puri-Vijay’s next film ‘Jana Gana Mana’ which even completed a schedule got shelved indefinitely. Sources say that Puri pinned a lot of hopes on ‘Liger’ and is shattered by the result. He vacated his place in Mumbai as per reports and is yet to finalize on his next project.
There are reports that Balakrishna has decided to work with Puri after completing Anil Ravipudi’s film by the second half of 2023. In the meanwhile, the ‘Pokiri’ director reportedly has plans of moving to Goa. He even finalized a few beach-facing spaces and will be shifting his base soon as per reports. He is expected to focus completely on the script of his next films during this time in Goa and we need to wait and see what happens with Balayya’s project now.
Everyone is hoping for Puri to make a comeback as he delivered some badass films in the past like ‘Idiot’, ‘Pokiri’, ‘Deshamuduru’, ‘Businessman’, ‘Chirutha’, ‘Golimaar’ and many more before losing his Midas touch.
