Yes it is relieved by the actor himself and it is during the lean phase after the release of Jhonny. The actor himself directed the movie but it went on to become a big disaster. The actor in Attarintiki Daaredhi audio function revealed that he lost interest in doing movies after Jhonny failure. It was then Trivikram tried to contact him to narrate a story.
In the beginning, he was not interested and finally he gave in. But while Trivikram was narrating, Pawan Kalyan seemed totally uninterested and fell asleep. The actor said he might have slept of due to tensions, tiredness. However, Trivikram did not give or disappointed and later came up with Jalsa. And how is that happened! Pawan Kalyan also thanked Trivikram for helping him personally.
