 Later, he approached Venkatesh, Jagapathi Babu, D. Ramanaidu, Paritala Ravi and J. D. Chakravarthy but nothing worked out.When he approached actor Srikanth, he rejected without listening to the story saying he was busy with other commitments.On seeing Pawan Kalyan, Chowdary felt he was different from other actors and approached him with his story.