Meanwhile, Ratnam's son Radha uses blackmail to threaten harm to Ravikanth's family if he does not back out of a prestigious highway contract. Nevertheless, the village head Narayana Rao hopes that the standard of living will soon improve along with the general condition of the village. The natural resources of Devarakota are being exploited by Sashi, the brother of central minister Venkata Ratnam, whose tyranny has made many locals migrate to the city to seek a better life. A friendship blossoms between them, and as time passes they become attracted to each other. Charuseela wants to use technology for the benefit of Devarakota, a remote village in Uttarandhra from which she hails. After he meets Charuseela at his friend Apparao's birthday party, he enrolls in a university course on rural development. Harsha Vardhan is the sole heir of his father Ravikanth's business empire worth ₹250 billion.
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The film went onto win three Nandi Awards (including Best Popular Feature Film), three Filmfare Awards South, six IIFA Utsavam awards, five South Indian International Movie Awards, and four Santosham Film Awards. After the film's release, many actors, bureaucrats and politicians announced plans to develop the backward villages and encouraged the adoption of villages in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. It opened to positive critical reception and was a commercial success, grossing nearly ₹2.0 billion globally on a budget of ₹400–700 million and becoming the third highest grossing Telugu film of all time. Srimanthudu and its Tamil dubbed version, titled Selvandhan, were released simultaneously worldwide on 7 August 2015 in around 2500 screens. Though most of the film was shot in and around Hyderabad, a few portions were filmed in Tamil Nadu and Malaysia. Principal photography began on 7 November 2014 in Pune, and lasted till mid-June 2015. Production began on 11 August 2014 at Ramanaidu Studios in Hyderabad. Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao edited the film. Devi Sri Prasad composed the score, and R. In addition to directing the film, Siva also wrote the screenplay. Srimanthudu was initially going to be produced by UTV Motion Pictures, but the company backed out, citing differences with Siva. His efforts anger the local crime boss Sashi (played by Sampath Raj) and his brother Venkata Ratnam, a politician (played by Mukesh Rishi). Urged by his friend Charuseela (Haasan) to learn about his and his father's ancestral roots in a remote village named Devarakota, Harsha adopts the village and spends some time trying to improve the standard of living of the local people and the infrastructure of the village. The film tells the story of Harsha Vardhan (Mahesh Babu), a young man who inherits a business empire from his father Ravikanth (played by Jagapati Babu). It was distributed globally by Eros International. Sampath Raj, Mukesh Rishi, Sukanya and Harish Uthaman appear in supporting roles. The film stars Mahesh Babu, Shruti Haasan, Jagapati Babu and Rajendra Prasad. The film is produced by Mythri Movie Makers and G. Wealthy Man) is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Koratala Siva.