Balayya doing what Mahesh and Venky rejected?

From no where, Balakrishna - Puri Jagannath combination became a project with probability to get materialise.

After being rejected by Mahesh Babu, NTR and Venkatesh, director Puri Jagannath didnt act like a pessimist but he got sticked to optimism.

Not letting himself down, Puri has reportedly bagged a crazy project with the help of serious efforts.The star director will be directing Nandamuri Balakrishna for his 101 film, most possibly.

Though Balakrishna is swinging in between Puri and KS Ravikumar, there are more chances of Puri making it first.Now the question is, whether this script narrated to Balakrishna is the same what got rejected by Mahesh and Venkatesh? Is this the same "Janaganamana" what Puri has announced a year ago ?.