Premikudu (2016 film)

• Maanas Nagulapalli
• Sanam Shetty
• Ajith
• Shakalaka Shankar
• Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao
• Bhanu Chander

The film's title logo was launched in August 2015 at Prasad Labs in Hyderabad coinciding with Maanas's birthday. The event was presided by film producer Damodar Prasad, who was the chief guest. By August 2015, 60 percent of the film's shoot was complete, with the shoot primarily taking place in and around Bangalore.[1]

The film's soundtrack was released on 13 March 2016 at a ceremony held at Rock Heights in Hyderabad. The previous day, a single track was premiered at a FM station.[2][3][1][4] The film was dubbed into Malayalam by SS Cinema.[5]

The film released on 17 June 2016.[6][7] A reviewer from film portal 123Telugu wrote "gor a small budget film to be successful, it should have at least an unique story line or an interesting narration", adding "sadly, Premikudu does not have any of those going its way."[8] A critic from NettTV noted that the film was "boring and outdated", but noted Maanas "acted decently and did justice to his character of selfless and ignorant youth", while Sanam "plays the character of the rich girl and has pulled it beautifully with her looks and attitude".[9]