Murugados always had that respect on Thala. In an interview, he even said that he will hold his current projects and will do a movie with Thala, if Thala calls him.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=w5vMgtgu...youtu.be&t=51s
Recently Murugados said that he has a full script ready for Thala and met him 3 times for discussion post thupaki. Thala, who said yes for murugados when he was an unknown person, didn't approve the script now. You can see the disappointment in ARM's tone. Had Thala thought about the kind of market he can exploit in Andhra and Overseas through murugados, he would have said yes even without listening to the script.
http://i62.tinypic.com/312bll0.jpg
But that is Thala for you, he will just go by his instinct. Having said all this, i myself not a great fan of murugados movies except for Gajini hindi version and Ramana.