He is tasked with stopping the power plant construction by Damodar (Sonu Sood), a crime boss, due to its environmental impact.

While the film received a mix of positive and critical reviews, it underperformed at the box office, failing to recoup its budget of ₹65 crore.

He is assigned the task of halting the illegal businesses of Damodar, an influential crime boss whose dream project is to build a power plant.

Using his wits, Shankar destroys all the three main businesses of Damodar by befriending and trapping their respective in-charges: Lion Seenu, Ferocious Firangee and Super Sampangi.

On a parallel note, Shankar loves a sweet shop owner named Saroja who reciprocates his feelings at a later point of time.

A person named Shekhar approaches Shankar, and through him, he informs Mallikarjuna Rao, the local Superintendent of Police, that he is the witness of the murder of environmentalist Prakash by Damodar.

By trapping initially and blackmailing later, Shankar gets hold of Delhi Suri with whose help, he creates a rift between Damodar and Nagaraju which leads to the latter's murder.

Donayya takes revenge by revealing Delhi Suri's role in the murders of the three people to Damodar.

Bharath receives posthumous recognition for his honesty, while Delhi Suri turns a police informer working under Shankar.

Mahesh supported his decision, stating that this change would make the audience experience freshness and discover something new.

[10] Tamannaah Bhatia was signed as the female lead, and she played the role of a local sweet shop owner.

[21] A village set resembling Tadipatri was erected in Gujarat for the film's shoot to avoid local interference from crowds that would ensue if shot in Andhra Pradesh, where Mahesh is a star.

[24] Mahesh did not suffer any injuries during the film's shoot at Bellary, but took rest due to the stress he underwent.

[30] The makers preferred Hyderabad to Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan for the remaining portions and 70% of the shoot was completed by late April 2014.

[38][39] The climax sequences were shot in August 2014 on Mahesh and other supporting cast at Rachakonda near Ramoji Film City.

Mahesh called it the "most strenuous schedule I went through in my life", and added, "For every shot, they had to get the dust up to get the right visual.

[4] The song "Bhelpuri" was filmed on the lead pair near Pangong Tso, Ladakh in May 2014 under the supervision of choreographer Dinesh Kumar.

[46][47] Few portions were filmed at Leh for ten days with great difficulty under the supervision of choreographer Prem Rakshith.

When the Italian crew refused to come because of the weather in Switzerland, Vaitla filmed parts of the song at the hills and the waterfalls.

[62] Haasan provided vocals for the song "Junction Lo" which happens to be the item number she performed in the film.

[64] Director S. Shankar unveiled the soundtrack album of the film on 15 August 2014 at Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad.

After the teaser's release, the fans of Mahesh and Kalyan had a verbal fight on the social platforms, with the latter calling it a "sequel to Gabbar Singh".

[69] As a part of the film's promotion, a statewide contest named "Meelo Evaru Superstar SUPER SuperFan" was launched on 25 August 2014.

Few Mahesh's fans were selected from Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Khammam, Warangal, Tirupati and Kurnool from 25—27 August.

These twelve played a game there and the winner was crowned by Mahesh himself as the "Superstar SUPER Superfan" with a special gift.

[73] Owing to Mahesh's popularity there, the makers offered to screen Aagadu in every university there and in other countries, if there are more than 100 students willing to watch the film.

After the release of the prologue, Gemini TV acquired the satellite rights for ₹ 97.5 million, one of the highest amount ever paid for a Telugu film.

For a mind game to be interesting, both players need to be smart and second guess the opponent’s next move, which doesn’t happen here.

[84] Karthik Pasupulate of The Times of India gave the film three out of five stars and called Aagadu "Dookudu 2.0" in operating system parlance.

Pasupulate added that it seems more like a remake of Dookudu with a "much louder Mahesh Babu, more banal jokes, and a few superficial twists in the screenplay", and that the end product is "more slapstick than funny".