During the beginning days of his career, Power Star Pawan Kalyan preferred to act in the direction of maximum number of young talented directors and senior directors as well. Moreover, till the release of 'Balu', he had not repeated his directors for his movies. The list of his movies and the directors till the release of 'Balu' are 'Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi- EVV Satyanarayana, 'Gokulam Lo Seetha'- Mutyala Subbayya, 'Suswagatham'- Bheemaneni Srinivasa Rao, 'Tholiprema'- A. Karunakaran, 'Thammudu'- Arun Prasad, 'Badri'-Puri Jagannadh, 'Khushi'- SJ Suriah, 'Johnny'- Own direction and 'Gudumba Shankar'- Veera Shankar.
Incidentally, Mega Power Star Ram Charan appears to have followed the footsteps of his babai selecting his directors. As of now, he has not repeated his directors, as Pawan Kalyan did it in the beginning of his career. Till now, Ram Charan worked for the movies and the directors such as, 'Chirutha'- Puri Jagannadh, 'Magadheera'- Rajamouli, 'Orange'- Bhaskar, 'Rachcha'- Sampath Nandi, 'Naayak'- VV Vinayak, 'Thoofan'- Apoorva Lakhia, 'Yevadu'- Vamsi Pydipally and an Untitiled Project in the direction of creative director Krishnavamsi.