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Srimanthudu
శ్రీమంతుడు
Srimanthudu release date: 7 August 2015 (theatres). Directed by Koratala Siva; starring Mahesh Babu, Shruti Haasan and Jagapati Babu.
- Film release
- 7 August 2015 · All 2015 films
- Director
- Koratala Siva
- Music
- Devi Sri Prasad
- Production
- Mythri Movie Makers
- Writing credits
- Koratala Siva
- Runtime
- 158 min
- Language
- Telugu
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Film release: 7 August 2015 · all 2015 Telugu films.
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Srimanthudu (meaning “Wealthy Man”) is a 2015 Telugu-language action drama written and directed by Koratala Siva and produced by Mythri Movie Makers and G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment. It stars Mahesh Babu, Shruti Haasan, Jagapathi Babu and Rajendra Prasad. A story about a billionaire’s heir who adopts his family’s ancestral village, it was a critical and commercial success, and after its release a number of actors, officials and politicians announced plans to adopt villages in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Story
Harsha Vardhan is the sole heir to his father Ravikanth’s huge business empire. At a party he meets Charuseela, who wants to use technology to help Devarakota, the remote village in Uttarandhra she comes from, and he enrols in a course on rural development. When Harsha learns that his own family’s roots lie in Devarakota, he travels there, adopts the village and sets about improving its lives and infrastructure. His work brings him up against the local strongman Sashi and his brother Venkata Ratnam, a minister, and also uncovers why his father left the village long ago.
Cast
- Mahesh Babu as Harsha Vardhan
- Shruti Haasan as Charuseela
- Jagapathi Babu as Ravikanth, Harsha’s father
- Rajendra Prasad
- Sampath Raj as Sashi
- Mukesh Rishi as Venkata Ratnam
- Sukanya and Harish Uthaman in supporting roles
Development
UTV Motion Pictures announced the project in October 2013 as its first Telugu production, but later withdrew over differences with Siva, and Mythri Movie Makers became the main investor. Mahesh Babu co-produced the film through his own company, taking a share of the profits instead of a fee to keep the budget in check, and took part in the story discussions. Shruti Haasan was cast as the heroine; Siva named her character Charuseela after the lyrics of a song of that name. Impressed by his work in Legend, Siva cast Jagapathi Babu as the father.
Production
The film was launched at Ramanaidu Studios, Hyderabad, on 11 August 2014, and principal photography ran from 7 November 2014 in Pune until mid-June 2015, mostly in and around Hyderabad with some portions in Tamil Nadu and Malaysia. Devi Sri Prasad composed the music, R. Madhi was the cinematographer and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao edited the film. The title was confirmed on 29 May 2015.
Release and box office
Distributed worldwide by Eros International, Srimanthudu was released on 7 August 2015 alongside its Tamil dubbed version, Selvandhan. It received positive reviews, and according to the source it grossed over ₹200 crore on a budget of ₹60–70 crore, making it the second highest-grossing Telugu film of all time at the time of its initial release.
Awards
The film won three Nandi Awards, including Best Popular Feature Film, and three Filmfare Awards South, including Best Actor – Telugu for Mahesh Babu. It also won the Telangana Gaddar Award for Third Best Feature Film.
Sources: Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Trailer from the official YouTube channel of Mythri Movie Makers, published 18 Jul 2015.
Cast of Srimanthudu (2015)
- Mahesh Babu as Harsha Vardhan
- Shruti Haasan as Charuseela
- Jagapati Babu as Ravikanth
- Rajendra Prasad as Narayana Rao
- Vennela Kishore as Apparao
- Sithara as Charuseela's mother
- Mukesh Rishi as Venkata Ratnam
- Sukanya as Harsha Vardhan's mother
Additional cast
Further acting credits recorded for this film; voice-only and dubbing credits are excluded.
- Ravi Prakash
- Rahul Ravindran as Karthik
- Subbaraju as Ravikanth's brother
- Ali as Rajaratnam
- Harish Uthaman as Radha
- Sampath Raj as Sashi
- Thagubothu Ramesh
- Surya
- Ravi Varma as Charuseela's cousin
- Shamna Kasim
- Sivaji Raja as Suryam
- Shanoor Sana
- Anand as Meghan's father
- Tulasi as Narayana Rao's sister-in-law
- Chatrapathi Sekhar
Also in the cast (TMDB): Sravan Raghavendra as Radha's sidekick, Sanam Shetty as Meghna, Surekha Vani as Sumathi, Angana Roy as Charuseela's cousin, Trishna as Trishna, Surya Bhagawan Das as Madhav Rao, Kadambari Kiran as Villager.
Character names as listed on TMDB, checked 10 Oct 2026.
What critics said
The article describes positive reviews for Mahesh Babu's performance and for Koratala Siva's writing of a socially conscious commercial film.
- The Hindu (Sangeetha Devi Dundoo) called it a “star-driven film with a strong plot that's worth a watch”, less realistic than Swades but engaging.
- Sify liked the mix of Mahesh's performance, Shruti Haasan's charisma and a fine story, without a separate comedy track.
- The Times of India (Karthik Pasupulate) likened it to a slightly dumbed-down Swades, but said it achieves more than most big Tollywood potboilers of the decade.
- Bangalore Mirror (Sethumadhavan N) credited Siva's writing for keeping it engaging throughout.
- Deccan Chronicle (Suresh Kavirayani) called it a good emotional drama with an excellent Mahesh Babu.
- Outlook India (Hemanth Kumar C. R.) praised it for not being built around its star's image, calling it sensible and full of heart.
- IBNLive (Karthik Keramalu) placed it a notch above routine commercial films.
Summarised by Tollywood Desk from the reception section of the Wikipedia article Srimanthudu (revision 1374656011), which cites the reviews named above. Quotation marks show words quoted in that article; no ratings or scores are added here.
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