Superstar Mahesh Babu will be seen as a rich Playboy in upcoming coming film, Srimanthudu. He will be immersed in wine, money and women in the film till the Interval and a sudden twist changes the direction of the actor as well as the movie. This is a kind of role which was not essayed by the actor till date. The shooting of the film is going on at a brisk pace.The makers are targeting Dussehra release for the movie to cash the Dussehra holidays season.
The movie is already a hot cake in the trade circles. The Overseas rights of the movie were picked up recently for a whopping 8 Crore rupees. The makers are also getting fancy offers from remaining territories as well. The movie recently completed a major schedule in Tamil Nadu where the film unit canned major sequences in Karaikudi and Pollachi. The makers are planning to release the First Look Posters of the film very soon.
Mahesh Babu has a tough year in 2014. Both this releases this year, 1-Nenokkadine and Aagadu have bitten dust very badly. The actor is licking his wounds and is eager to make a comeback to the winning ways with this new film. This film is the first combination of Mahesh Babu and Shruti Hassan in a film. Earlier the slender actress danced for an item number in Mahesh Babu's Aagadu.
Touted to be commercial action entertainer like Koratala's debut film, Mirchi, the movie has Jagapathi Babu playing father of Mahesh Babu. Popular Overseas distributors Mytri Film Makers are turning producers for this film. Yerineni Naveen, Yalamanchili Ravi Shankar (Thammudu) and CVM (Mohan) are the producers. Devi Sri Prasad will be composing the music.
