Friday Oct 19 12:15 PM
The source of inspiration for most recent Tamil films, especially those of commercial filmmakers has been Mahesh Babu's Telugu films.
Mahesh's movies have most often spelt originality and his performance has always attracted audience across Andhra Pradesh and even managed to gather a sizeable following in Chennai.
Vijay's two big hits - Gilli and the recent Pokkiri were remakes of Mahesh Babu's Telugu flicks.
Come Friday, October 19, 2007 Mahesh Babu's Athidi with Bollywod belle Amrita Rao will be released in five screens across Chennai - proof enough of his growing popularity. Few young actors from other languages have been able to emulate Mahesh's success, in spite of not acting in a straight Tamil movie, his good looks adding to it. Performance after all is the bottom line.
