Director SS Rajamouli, while talking to the press during an event related to the film Vijetha, spoke about how actor Chiranjeevi is good at judging stories. 

He said, none can beat Chiranjeevi when it comes to judging stories and he liked the story of Magadheera. Rajamouli also added that Chiranjeevi was impressed with the story of Vijetha. "Now, Chiranjeevi garu quite liked Vijetha’s story and this was a huge confidence booster for us. The trailer and songs are quite good and I wish Sai Korrapati garu makes a lot of money with this Vijetha like Allu Aravind garu did with the old Vijetha,” said Rajamouli.