Veerabhadram Chowdary made Bhai before this. We remember Nagarjuna coming out and saying openly that Bhai was one of his worst career choices and that he regretted being in that movie. Now consider Aadi's situation. He hasn't had a hit for God knows how long (has he ever had one?). His dad had to put in money to bail out his previous movie Garam, which was a disaster.
In this kind of a situation, what would one do? Pick a "safe" director (read – one who has made a few moneyspinners recently) and move away from elements that did not work in his previous movie and make a safe mo....