Power Star Pawan Kalyan rejected a lot of movies that other heroes picked. Later, they became big hits. Athadu is one such film that Trivikram initially narrated to Pawan Kalyan. Now, there is an interesting buzz that Ram Charan's Nayak was initially for Powerstar Pawan Kalyan. Director VV Vinayak recently revealed the same. When Vinayak narrated the script to Vinayak, it is Pawan who recommended it to Ram Charan.

Pawan Kalyan liked the script very much and felt that Ram Charan would be perfect for the lead role. Charan played a dual role in the film and the movie turned out well at the box-office. Nayak released in the year 2013 and has become a big hit.

Amala Paul and Kajal Aggarwal played the leading ladies in the film. Thaman S scored the music for the film.