The film stars Mahesh Babu, Rashmika Mandanna, Vijayashanti, Prakash Raj and Rajendra Prasad.

Meanwhile, Bharathi reveals to Ajay Krishna that she had lodged a case against Nagendra for planning the murder of her cousin, which was covered up as a suicide.

Ajay Krishna, along with Bharathi leaves for Nagendra's house and challenges him, stating that he will change him into a responsible citizen, by making him surrender after fetching all the evidence.

Despite gathering the evidence, Ajay Krishna spares Nagendra from being jailed as he might use sympathy to leave prison and resume his corrupt activities.

[6] A few days later, sources claimed that the venture would be produced by Dil Raju and Anil Sunkara under Sri Venkateswara Creations.

[7] On 31 May, Dil Raju and Ramabrahmam Sunkara of Sri Venkateswara Creations and Mahesh Babu himself of GMB Entertainment publicly announced the venture, as they were producing it.

[19] The makers announced that the film features five songs and all of them will be released as singles, on five consecutive Mondays of the December month.

[20] The first single track titled "Mind Block" was released on 2 December 2019, which was sung by Ranina Reddy with Blaaze singing the rap versions.

[22] The song resembles numbers, like "Idhe Kadha Nee Katha" from Maharshi (2019) and "Srimanthuda" from Srimanthudu (2015), which were composed by Devi Sri Prasad.

The Times of India critic Neeshita Nyayapati, rated the film 3/5 stars and stated, "Sarileru Neekevvaru definitely has its moments but Anil Ravipudi’s bloated narrative that tries too hard."

On performances, Nyayapati noted that Babu did a "good job of playing a man who will serve the country, crack jokes and protect," while also appreciating Vijayashanthi's role.

She felt that DSP's music was "okay" and action by Ram-Lakshman was "engaging", but Ratnavelu's cinematography was "unfortunately overshadowed by subpar VFX shots."[33].

Jeevi of Idlebrain rated the film 3/5 stars, praising Mahesh Babu's entertaining performance and charisma despite the weak storyline.

[34] First post editor Hemanth Kumar rated the film 3.25/5 stars and stated: "Mahesh Babu hits it out of the park in Anil Ravipudi's fine blend of heroism and comedy.

"[35] In a review for The Indian Express, Manoj Kumar rated the film 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Mahesh Babu shines in mind bending popcorn fare.

"[37] Sangeetha Devi of The Hindu wrote "Mahesh Babu's film is a partly entertaining mixed bag.

"[38] A reviewer of The Hans India rated the film 3/5 stars and wrote, "The movie will be like an eye feast for the audience who have been waiting to see Mahesh Babu in a complete entertaining role"[39].Mirchi9 rated Overall, Sarileru Neekevvaru is an easy one-time watch for lovers of mass entertainers with action and comedy.

Telugu360 rated the movie with 3/5 and mentioned Sarileru Neekevvaru is an engaging commercial entertainer, and Mahesh Babu excelled in it.