Allu Arjun has proved his crowd pulling capabilities with Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo that has smashed all the existing Non-Baahubali records.
Allu Arjun was cruising ahead but got pulled back by lackluster movies like DJ and Naa Peru Surya when Ram Charan bounced back with Rangasthalam and other big stars Mahesh and Tarak have been consistent.
Allu Arjun has become one of the prime contenders for the numero uno spot with the sensational box office performance of AVPL.
He knows that he cannot take the foot off pedal at this stage. Hence, he is lining up commercially viable projects with frontline directors.
His next two films are from Sukumar and Koratala Siva. He may do his next movie after these two with Trivikram.
He was supposed to do Icon with young director Sriram Venu, but he doesn't want to take any risks at this point in his career.
He was forced to take a big break when his attempt with debutant director Vakkantam Vamsi had gone wrong.
He doesn't want such setbacks especially after showing his true potential as a star.