Everyone knows that Puri Jagannath with powerful mass entertainer Pokiri presented superstardom with Prince Mahesh Babu and in the process of establishing the new trend in Tollywood.

However, a top industry source reveals an interesting episode behind making Pokiri, one of the biggest hits in T-town and how they have been almost neglected, if not, the director Puri changed its mindset.

In fact, Mahesh Babu superstar was reportedly unhappy with the director Puri for some reasons. Director Ravi Teja was hungover and wanted to reel Mahesh pages dialogues but Okkadu star was apprehensive and chose to downplay her character with punches once-in-time. A source reveals, "After the first 15-day program, Mahesh was not prepared to be strong, as Ravi Teja and even announced a break for filming."

As a co-production of his sister Manjula, reportedly called Mahesh Puri and insisted that he should "allow" to play the role of a 'hidden' in its subtle form or it will be difficult for him to carry out the project. "With Puri accept his suggestion, rest is history," he adds. Undoubtedly, the decision has paid off Mahesh adding followers after his immense success and pushed Puri in the big league of directors. Do not you think, even Mahesh should offer suggestions for your "future movies" and that his trial had hit "porthole".