If there is one hero who can snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, it has to be NTR. His track record shows it.

But, to begin with, let's analyze how his is a curious case in a different sense. A slew of flops of his have got a peculiar similarity. What is it? Read on...

1. When Meher Ramesh made 'Shakti' with NTR, he had been in good form. He had delivered 'Billa' with Prabhas. But 'Shakti' was a flop.
2. 'Oosaravelli' with Surender Reddy failed. Just before that, the director's 'Kick' with Ravi Teja was a sensational hit.
3. Before 'Dammu', Boyapati Srinu had sealed his image as a mass director with Balakrishna's 'Simha'. But then, when NTR teamed up with him, he only had a flop to deliver.
4. Srinu Vaitla was in perfect form when he teamed up with NTR for 'Baadshah'. Mahesh Babu's 'Dookudu' was a blockbuster.
5. Cut to 2013, Harish Shankar did his best at making another flop for Tarak. 'Ramayya Vasthavayya' came after Harish had sealed his image as a mass director with Pawan Kalyan's 'Gabbar Singh'.
6. As if these are not enough, Santosh Srinivas joined the club. After delivering a hit with Ram's 'Kandireega', he made 'Rabhasa' with the unsuspecting NTR. It was a miserable partnership.

But NTR's luck at times is unlikely.

1. When Puri Jagannadh did 'Temper' with him, the director had been down. He was delivering only flops. But Tarak's box office 'temper' proved to be otherwise.
2. Ditto with Sukumar, who had scored a flop with Mahesh Babu. '1: Nenokkadine' in 2014 was the one. Cut to 2016, 'Nannaku Prematho' was a hit.
3. Bobby couldn't have delivered a bigger flop with Pawan Kalyan. 'Sardaar Gabbar Singh' threw up abysmally low figures in 2016. Cut to 2016, 'Jai Lava Kusa' in the combination of Bobby and NTR was a fairly good, if not a big, hit.

Years before, Krishna Vamsi's 'Rakhi' was critically acclaimed and had a decent run at the BO. But before this film, KV had flopped with 'Chakram' and 'Danger'.

NTR prefers to team up with hit directors, only to see the scene reversing in his case. But those who just delivered a flop or bevy of flops gift him a hit.

Zero logic. Only sentiment: From the above, one must say that Trivikram Srinivas should deliver a big hit with NTR, after 'Agnyaathavaasi'.