Actress sai pallavi will refuse to act in any big film if she doesn't like the story. The film he rejected was chandramukhi 2. sai pallavi was the first to play kangana Ranaut's character. Hearing the story of the film, sai pallavi realized that he was very much a grinch and escaped. The film has also become an utter flop.

 Bola shankar was another big film that sai pallavi rejected. It is a telugu remake of the tamil film Vedalam starring Ajith. sai pallavi has been approached to play the role of Chiranjeevi's younger sister. But he refused to act as he was not interested in the story and the opportunity went to Keerthy Suresh.

Vijay's Leo was one of the films that sai pallavi refused to act in. Before trisha, they were planning to cast sai pallavi opposite Vijay in the blockbuster hit film directed by lokesh kanagaraj starring Vijay. But as he said no, trisha lost that chance.