Ace director Rajamouli says that he prefers powerful villains in his movies, and he reasons that when a hero beats a powerful villain, his heroism gets elevated and he is even more revered. Our Telugu heroes are following his technique and are making sure to rope in powerful and menacing villains, but with one condition, they shouldn’t be good looking and stylish. This condition is said to be the precise reason why Sonu Sood has been missing in Telugu films.
3-4 years ago, Sonu Sood used to part of half a dozen Telugu films a year. However, he hasn’t acted in a straight Telugu film in past three years, his last appearance was in Mahesh Babu’s ‘Aagadu’ (2014). Interestingly, he wasn’t the first choice in that film as he replaced Prakash Raj.
It is heard that Tollywood heroes are so insecure of Sonu’s macho and stylish looks that they are explicitly asking directors not to cast him in their films. With Tollywood being a Hero-dominated film industry, Sonu Sood had to lose offers because of the stylish looks with which he dominates most of the heroes.
To his credit, Sonu has recently shared screen space with Jackie Chan in ‘Kung Fu Yoga’ and is currently busy with Bollywood films.