Ram Charan's debut movie was directed by Puri Jagannadh, an obvious chance in 2007. After all, Puri was the biggest star director back then, with a film like 'Pokiri' as his crowning glory. Picking Mani Sharma to set the tunes was another obvious choice. Chiranjeevi, the proud and somewhat nervous father, couldn't have asked for a better launch for his son in an era where commercial action entertainers came with defined elements.
Two years later, Naga Chaitanya made his debut with 'Josh'. Two choices were intuitive: Dil Raju and composer Sandeep Chowta. But an unknown person like Vasu Varma directing 'Josh' came out of the blue. He was a debutant and had prior experience only as a script consultant/co-director. Probably, Akkineni Nagarjuna trusted Dil Raju's judgement. As for Akhil, a lot of things went wrong with his debut, 'Akhil: The Power Of Jua'. VV Vinayak directing it was a no-brainer but a superhero-type flavour in the story was a big no.
How about Balakrishna's son, Mokshagnya? After years of dilly-dallying, he is finally debuting under Prasanth Varma's direction. Varma is not the Puri Jagannadh equivalent of 2024, but that's not to be seen as a deficiency. Varma is implanting the debutant into his 'Cinematic Universe'. When Charan made his debut, commercial movies were the low-hanging fruit. Not so today. Directors, producers and actors have had to scratch their heads to crack the success formula. Varma, with 'HanuMan' as his crowning achievement, is one of the few directors who understands that spectacle movies are what today's audiences want. So, Varma directing Mokshu's debut movie is the best that could have happened to Balayya.
In summation, Charan and Mokshu got lucky with the right choices.
