Puri Jagannadh has this habit of bouncing back when everybody writes off him. He has delivered his biggest hits when his chips are down.
Blockbuster success of iSmart Shankar has put him back in the reckoning, but apparently no big star is keen on working with him at this point.
Although iSmart has proved that Puri's formula can still set the cash registers ringing, most of the industry people are seeing it as one of the fluke hits of recent times. No wonder Puri is yet to find lead actor for his next film.
He is one director who always keeps himself busy, but Puri hasn't got any call from any of the trending heroes of Tollywood post iSmart success.
Puri is reportedly contemplating a movie with Balakrishna, who liked his work despite the failure of Paisa Vasool.
He also has Vijay Deverakonda in his mind, but the Dear Comrade actor is too busy with other assignments.
Puri also wants to do a sequel to iSmart Shankar, but he is yet develop the idea into a script.