Chiranjeevi Talks About Opting Out Of Jailer, Says, 'I'm Not Someone Who Believes RR & BGM Will Give Me A Hit'

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Megastar Chiranjeevi is in a happy place personally and is ready with a couple of projects that are in the pre-production stage. The stalwart of Tollywood was last seen in Meher Ramesh's directorial Bhola Shankar. In one of his recent interactions with the media, Chiranjeevi seemed to have spoken about Superstar Rajinikanth's recent industry hit, Jailer.

For the unversed, director Nelson's first choice for Jailer was none other than megastar Chiranjeevi. After the narration, Chiranjeevi eventually declined the project as he didn't want to go ahead with the character of Jailer Muthuvel Pandian, which required him to play the role of a grandfather and had nothing that excited the performer in him.

Post the massive and unprecedented success of Jailer, the topic of Chiranjeevi losing out on one of the most successful films surfaced on the Telugu entertainment websites. The comparison was deep and huge because Chiranjeevi's Vedalam remake titled Bhola Shankar hit the screens one day after Jailer's worldwide release. Sadly, Bhola Shankar opened to disastrous reviews.

The movie Jailer was made on a budget of about Rs 250 Crore and it bagged over Rs 605 Crore worldwide. Superstar Rajinikanth played the role of a retired Jailer, a doting grandfather who takes things into his own hands after his son's disappearance.

During the interaction, Chiranjeevi mentioned, "Even I am tired of dancing around and fighting the goons repeatedly. To just walk stylishly, get the heroic elevations with RR, remove my makeup, take the money home things just don't work for me. It is not my condition or situation. I need to act, dance, fight originally, and torture my body. That is when the producers are happy, the directors are satisfied and my fans are also entertained. That is how I am satisfied."

Enthusiastic Twitterati connected the dots and came up with tweets that remarked on his words as an indirect clarification of why he had to lose out on Jailer, and what his thoughts are.

Superstar Rajinikanth earlier said that he watched the movie before RR and thought it would be an average film. But after the addition of RR, the entire movie got elevated unimaginably, leading to its success. He made these remarks during the success bash of Jailer.

Watch the source video tweeted by Daily Culture, below.

"I'm Not that kind of a Person to think re-recording or BGM should lift my heroism, I should dance, fight and act, then only the audience will satisfy" - Megastar #Chiranjeevi pic.twitter.com/HfU8KJ678b

— Daily Culture (@DailyCultureYT) October 12, 2023

Chiranjeevi's Work Front

Meanwhile, the veteran is gearing up to enthrall his fans and audiences with a socio-fantasy film under the direction of Vassishta, Bimbisara fame. This project has been officially announced in August, on Chiranjeevi's birthday. It is referred to as Mega 157.

In addition, Chiranjeevi has also signed a project that will be helmed by his elder daughter Sushmitha Konidela under her production banner.