Mahesh Babu in Shankar's Next ?

Director Shankar is on the verge of completing his big budgeted movie "I" , Reports have it that Shankar is very keen on starting his next project as quickly as possible and has also started searching for his Next Hero.  Rumors have it that Mahesh Babu is the most probable candidate for Shankar's next. Reason being Mahesh Babu was the first choice for Shankar's Three idiots remake in Telugu and there were also numerous rumors linking Mahesh Babu to the bollywood remake of 'I'.