It stars Sunil and Swati Reddy in the lead roles, alongside Brahmanandam and Kota Srinivasa Rao.

Then Rakhee suggests Appalaraju to convince the top heroine of the film industry Kanishka as her nod would help them fetch financiers.

Appalaraju pleads with Kanishka and she convinces Babu Garu and Data Base agrees to invest on the film.

However, due to some differences with Kanishka, Babu Garu quits the project and Data Base refuses to finance the film.

Rahman Sharma scores tunes for the lyrics penned by Srisailam Anna and in order to attract the mass audiences, the hero KT insists on keeping an item number in the film.

Mistakenly, they burn another film's negative and Nayaki has a smooth release and becomes a big hit to the surprise of Appalaraju.

The biggest surprise is that Appalaraju wants to bring out a tragic and heart-touching film, but he bags the award for a comedy entertainer.

The film was launched at Annapoorna Studios, Hyderabad by Ram Gopal Varma who makes a comeback to Tollywood after 12 years.

"[2] Hemanth of 123 Telugu rated 2.75/5 and stated: "KSD Appalaraju is a fine example of how curiosity can kill the cat.