Apart from youth, Mahesh Babu has a very good following among the family audiences and so the satellite rights of his films always fetch huge prices.

The satellite rights of 'Srimanthudu' were also sold for a huge amount. Zee Telugu bought the satellite rights of 'Srimanthudu' for Rs.10 crores. Fans were awestruck watching the neatly cut teaser of the film, released on May 31st. The hoopla surrounding this film, which will be releasing on July 17th, is high. This is Koratala Siva's second film as a director and Shruti Haasan is playing Mahesh Babu's love interest.

Mahesh is also into production with this movie. He co-produced the film under G.Mahesh Babu Entertainment Pvt.Ltd banner along with Mythri Movie Makers.

Jagapathi babu is playing Mahesh's father in this movie. Rahul Ravindran and Tejaswi Madivada will be seen in key roles. Poorna will appear in a special song. Devi Sri Prasad is the music composer.