Gopichand Malineni says he missed Vijay final project

Gopichand Malineni says he missed Vijay final project due to this reason. Gopichand Malineni scored mass hits , Veera Simha Reddy with Balakrishna and Jaat with Sunny Deol. Now, he is all set to direct Balakrishna once again.

Speaking to scribes, Gopichand said he missed out directing Thalapathy Vijay's final project due to this reason.

He said “Immediately after finishing Veera Simha Reddy, I prepared a story and narrated it to Vijay gaaru. He liked it a lot, and Okayed the script in a single sitting.”

He continued, “Right when we are planning to announce the film, when the news of Vijay joining politics became official, people around asked him to choose a Tamil filmmaker for his next project, instead of a Telugu director. He had already done a film called Varisu with a Telugu director, so Vijay gaaru had some pressure from local people to not go again for a Telugu director.”