Megastar Chiranjeevi after becoming Supreme Hero, he kept working with box office proven directors more often than not. He himself took initiation to make films with the likes of K. Viswanath, Bharatiraja, Balachander after becoming a star, to prove his acting skills.
Their films with him were exceptions, while he sticked to Kondarami Reddy, K. Raghavendra Rao mostly after becoming a star. Raviraja Pinisetty and others whoever were in form, used to get a chance to direct him.
He always made sure that if someone is trying to make a film with him, then they earn it. As he became the biggest box office star, he did not want any of his film look cheap in production values or content.
Even after 10 years of break from films, at 63 years of age, he is still trying to figure out the best possible combinations that suit him.
He worked with Surender Reddy for Sye Raa, locked Koratala Siva for his next and there is buzz that Sukumar will direct, Lucifer remake.
On the other hand, Nagarjuna seems to have taken one risk too many losing his name with Officer and Manmadhudu 2 in recent years after resurging at box office with Soggade Chinni Nayana and Oopiri.
Venkatesh is focusing on multi-starrers and he almost gave up on solo hero films, one feels so.
Balakrishna never tried to showcase much of the planning in his steps as an actor. He has been a mass hero from start of his career and still is following the lottery type gambling with similar kind of films that try to follow his Samarasimha Reddy and Narasimha Naidu, template.
Young stars and even the seniors, might have to take a leaf out of Megastar’s book and learn how to keep the longevity going.
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