 In 2004 , after <unk> ' s commercial failure , its director Puri Jagannadh planned a film titled Sri <unk> from <unk> Company starring Chiranjeevi in the lead role . He later decided that explaining the story to Chiranjeevi , talking him into accepting the role , and filming the movie , would be a long , tiring process . He chose instead to revive the script of Uttam Singh S / O Suryanarayana which he had written during the production of <unk> ( 2000 ) . He approached <unk> <unk> to play the lead role , but he declined it . Later , he approached Ravi Teja who agreed to play the lead ; <unk> Babu was to produce the film . However , Teja was approached by <unk> , an award winning director , to remake the 2004 Tamil film <unk> in Telugu . Teja was eager to be involved in the remake as he liked the original very much . As a result , the production Uttam Singh S / O Suryanarayana was temporarily <unk> . Jagannadh meanwhile directed and produced 143 ( 2004 ) . Teja had backed out of participating in it citing scheduling conflicts with other existing commitments . Jagannadh wanted to experiment by casting <unk> <unk> in the lead role but this too failed to <unk> . 
