Nagarjuna, Nani's multi starrer Devadas directed by Sriram Aditya is turning out to be an average grosser at the box office. Even as speculation is on what went wrong with Devadas with critics analyzing the pre-release talk of Nagarjuna who felt something went amiss and later indulged in damage control mode, those who watched the film felt that Devadas turned out to be a copied version.
The film has striking similarities of Malayalam film Bhargava Charitham Moonam Khandam starring Mammootty and Srinivasan released in the year 2006. Bhargava Charitam features a don entering the house of a doctor for treatment and doctor trying to change the don. Only difference with Devadas and Bhargava Charitham is the Tollywood makers used lavish sets.
However fate of both the films turned out to be the same. Inside talk is Sriram Aditya faced pressures from Nag and Nani to include both their scenes and balancing them, he lost the plot completely.