No way, one can reject a statement from critics and film observers that Mahesh Babu is a star of only two Telugu speaking states. He might be growing with each film here in AP and Telangana but at the same time he is reinventing the new market and business standards even in Overseas and our neighboring states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. These days, we are seeing each and every new release of Mahesh Babu even hitting the screens in other states either in direct Telugu language or as a dubbed version or even as a remake.
Here comes best example to show Mahesh Babu as a Star even in Karnataka. He was attending the audio release of ‘Dookudu’ Kannada version titled as ‘Power’ starring Puneeth Raj Kumar. There were huge crowds gathered at the audio release function of ‘Power’ held in Bellary and Mahesh Babu remembered the days of ‘Pokiri’ and ‘Okkadu’ which ran to good hits even in Karnataka.