Flashback: When Ram Charan replaced Pawan Kalyan in a super hit

It is well-known that Pawan Kalyan and his nephew, Ram Charan share a very close off-screen bonding. On every possible occassion, Charan says he has umpteen respect and admiration towards his Babai(uncle) Pawan Kalyan. Even Pawan reciprocates equal amount of love towards Charan.

Incidentally, Pawan Kalyan helped out Ram Charan by referring him to a project which came his way.

Going into the story, VV Vinayak approached Pawan Kalyan with ‘Naayak’ story a few years ago. The star director was supposed to do a film with Pawan Kalyan under DVV Danayya’s production.

Pawan Kalyan liked the story that was narrated by Vinayak but he could not star in the film for undisclosed reasons. Instead, he suggested Charan’s name for the action drama and the latter agreed to star in the film and that is how ‘Naayak’ conceptualized.

‘Naayak’ proved to be a super hit at the box office and stood as one of the biggest commercial hits in Charan’s career. This way, Ram Charan replaced Pawan Kalyan in a super hit film.

Cut to now, there are rumors that Charan has agreed to do a film under Pawan Kalyan’s production. An official announcement regarding the project is yet to be made though.