According to the buzz, Mahesh Babu has sidelined the project with Boyapati Srinu. 'Dammu' movie average performance at the box office might be the reason for this. As per the sources, Boyapati has narrated a story to Mahesh long back, but it was not finalized. Boyapati was busy with 'Dammu' and Mahesh also was busy with his prior commitments. With 'Dammu' not faring well at the box office, Mahesh is said to be avoiding for further story discussions. Boyapati already has a Mass image and this may be one of the problems that he is not able to convince Mahesh Babu. However industry people are saying that its not fair to judge the caliber of a director based on one movie. Boyapati already has 3 hits under his name including a Blockbuster movie 'Simha'.