Vishnu in talks with Vinayak?

Young actor Manchu Vishnu is reportedly holding discussions with seasoned director V V Vinayak to make a big-ticket action adventure. If reliable industry sources are to be believed, the elder son of Mohan Babu wants to shed his comic-role image and get into an angry-young-man role and was looking for a director who could get him a larger-than-life image. 

“Vishnu wants to do some action films and is putting on muscle to break away from his softer lover boy image,” says the source. Finally, he felt that action filmmaker V V Vinayak could be the best option and has reportedly sent feelers through his friend and famed writer Gopi Mohan for an action adventure. 

However, a source close to director denies it, “Vinayak is busy in script work for his upcoming film with Balakrishna and has no other project in mind. It is true that Gopi Mohan has been visiting him, but no talk of a film with Vishnu,” he cuts short. Actually, Vishnu needs a big director to pull him out of the rut after a slew of duds like ‘Achari America Yatra’ and ‘Luckunnodu’ and others. 

“Vishnu has to re-invent his image to regain his winning habit, so, he is showing interest to work with big directors,” the source concludes. No doubt, Vishnu is on the right track since these days, names of big names trigger hype and spell box office magic.