athu pulli thanne paranjittundallo repeatedly..it was because of personal issues...! he was supposed to do a movie right after ATHIDI called MIRCHI...to b direted by a debutant called JASTI HEMAMBAR...! but aa tymil his wife NAMRATA's father died n after sumtym her mother also died...that time he stood in support for her...athum kayinj MAHESH nte thanne grandmother died (whom he care for most..kaaranam cherupathil his father krishna telugu il padangalil busy aayappol CHENNAI yil valarnna MAHESH ne nokiyathu granparents aanu ) angane he said it took time for him to cum bak mentally and physically...unfortunately KHALEJA shoot also got postponded numerous times coz f location issues , a huge fire destroyin the whole SET...! pinne pakuthi vech producer insolvent vare aayi as he was producin 2 big movies simultaneously the other one being KOMARAM PULI...!