Whether it's a rough patch or a slight decline, there's no time left anymore, so shift is the only constant.
There was a time when Rajamouli didn't finalize any film after Baahubali 2, when Koratala Siva didn't take up any project after Bharat Anu Nenu, when Boyapati was pretty free after a tragedy like Vinaya Vidheya Rama, and no star hero approached VV Vinayak after seeing Intelligent videos. At the same moment, Sukumar is still basking in Rangasthalam's popularity, but no project has taken off, though Krish is still coming out of NTR's biopic trauma.