Directors Harish Shankar and Boyapati Srinivas seem to share a common problem. Let us delve into it.
Boyapati has developed an image that he can deliver blockbuster hits only with Balakrishna, but delivers colossal disasters with other actors, especially in recent times.
A similar situation can be observed with Harish Shankar, who scored the blockbuster Gabbar Singh only with Pawan Kalyan, and has not delivered anything equally big after that.
Technically, the professional pressure on these two directors is to at least prove their image and show the world that their latest films, Akhanda 2 with Balakrishna and Ustaad Bhagat Singh with Pawan Kalyan, are blockbusters again.
Despite the reality not being very encouraging, they seem to keep themselves in a kind of delusion that the film is performing really well and wish to make people believe the same.
That is the reason Boyapati Srinivas tried a lot to project Akhanda Thandavam as a super hit, despite it being a colossal disaster in other languages and a flop in Telugu.
The same appears to be the case with Harish Shankar, who is now promoting Ustaad Bhagat Singh as if it is a major hit after Gabbar Singh.
Both Boyapati and Harish Shankar likely believe that it will become difficult for them to get dates from other heroes if they fail to score blockbusters at least with the stars with whom they are known to deliver hits.