 Even during the release of Seetayya, Chowdary announced that its 100 days event would be held at Anantapur on 1 December 2003 which couldn't be held due to famine.After Seetayya, Chowdary approached some actors to cast in his next film but nothing materialized.When he met Sravanthi Ravi Kishore, he happened to see and liked the photos of his nephew Ram Pothineni.