There were several rumours going around at the time that pawan kalyan left Satyagrahi because of creative disputes with the director. According to some, the actor considered making a political statement through that movie, but few influences scared him away from doing so. Despite all of these rumours, producer AM Ratnam said that Pawan had originally requested that the movie be stopped. Why, you ask?
"Pawan was extremely dissatisfied that his directing abilities had failed to satisfy the telugu audience after the results of Jhonny were announced. With that, he was unwilling to take the chance of our money going to Satyagrahi. That is the reason he ceased working on the project, according to AM Ratnam. Under Krish's leadership, the team that created Kushi, an all-time blockbuster, is currently working on hari Hara Veera Mallu.