Pawan to produce movies?

According to reliable industry sources, superstar Pawan Kalyan will be producing more movies under his banner. "He wants to encourage young actors and directors and thinking of funding some movies this year, if they get the right script," says an industry source.

Undettered by the rout in AP Assembly elections, the 'Gabbar Singh' star wants to focus some time on filmmaking. "He has a couple of friends who will help to launch a few projects.

With this brand name the films are going to get big push and hype in the industry," the source adds. In fact, Pawan Kalyan is not new to production since he produced 'Chal Mohana Ranga' starring Nithiin and Megha Akash in the lead, but it didn't set box office on fire.

Meanwhile, the 40-plus actor also got an offer to act with a fancy remuneration but he has put on backburner. "Pawan Kalyan is not keen to don the grease paint once again. He could be using his creative interests as a producer and churn out a couple of content-driven movies," the source points out.

Actually, some big banners are waiting for his nod as an actor, but he is planning to turn producer, so banners have to wait for some more time. "Actually, one Mr Vijay, a Telugu guy, who is based in Mumbai has been persuading his friend Pawan to take a plunge into production.

They could make films with young actors and soon they could begin to listen to the scripts, just waiting for the final nod from Pawan Kalyan to kick-start the productions under PK Arts banner," the source concludes.

Interestingly, his erstwhile arch-rival and reigning star Mahesh Babu has established a banner MB productions and is making a big-ticket film with Adivi Sesh by joining hands with Sony Pictures.

Even other Telugu stars like Nagarjuna and Venkatesh have their own banners.