Young director Maruthi proved his mettle and most of his directorials ended up as money spinners. But things are completely different when it comes to his films as a writer. He penned scripts and produced almost a dozen films out of which Prema Katha Chitram is the only film that impressed the audience. Maruthi has been badly criticized for his work after his recent outings ended up as disasters. Maruthi charged Rs 1 crore for penning the story, screenplay and dialogues for Brand Babu which released yesterday.

The film received poor response and Maruthi’s efforts have been criticized. He has been charging Rs 50 lakhs to Rs 1 crore per film for penning the script, but Maruthi’s directorial commitments aren’t allowing him to spend ample time on developing these scripts. His market is currently in stake with back to back debacles. Maruthi pinned many hopes on his next directorial Shailaja Reddy Alludu. If this film fails to recover the investments, Maruthi will have to prove his mettle once again with a small film to be back in race.

It’s high time for this promising director to restrict himself working on limited projects instead of signing all the approached films.