To protect his father recovering from a coma, a relentless cop must pose as the political leader his father always envisioned while hunting the men who tried to kill him.
Acting
Mahesh Babu's dual swagger—cop rage and fake-politician charm
Direction
Sreenu Vaitla's trademark blend of slapstick and mass moments
Writing
The meta TV-show-within-a-movie conceit that shouldn't work but does
Director
Sreenu Vaitla
Mahesh Babu
ACP G. Ajay Kumar
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Prashanthi
Prakash Raj
Shankar Narayana
Sonu Sood
Nayak
Brahmanandam
Padmasri
M. S. Narayana
Bokka Venkata Rao
Adithya Menon
Sivayya
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Mallesh Goud
Sayaji Shinde
Meka Narasinga Rao
Sonia Deepti
Prashanthi's friend
Tanikella Bharani
Ramachandra
Ajaz Khan
Bunty
Vennela Kishore
M. S. Shastry Ramanujam
Sravan Raghavendra
Shravan IPS
Ravi Prakash
Ravi Prakash IPS
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Dookudu' title references a 1976 Superstar Krishna film—Mahesh Babu's father, keeping it generational.
Brahmanandam's Padmasri character parodies actual Telugu film industry awards culture, with his 'comedy duel' scenes becoming instant meme material.
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