Prince Mahesh Babu's Sarileru Neekevvaru released for this year's Sankranthi season and stood as a big hit in Telugu states. The film got an all time record with the highest TRP on small screen.
Incidentally, SLN was dubbed into Kannada as 'Major Ajay Krishna' and was telecast on Kannada small screen. According to the reports, the film carried 6.5 TRP and stood as an all time number one among Telugu films dubbed into Kannada. Previous record was held by Megastar Chiranjeevi's Kannada dubbed film Sye Raa Narasimhareddy with 6.3 TRP.
SLN was directed by Anil Ravipudi under Dil Raju's Sri Venkateswara Creations. Rashmika Mandanna is the heroine.
Meanwhile, Mahesh Babu will be working with Geetha Govindam director Parasuram for Sarkaru Vaari Paata' which deals with bank scams. Mythri Movie Makers, 14 Reels and GMB Entertainments are producing the film jointly.