A successful Tamil film directed by Simbu Devan is being dubbed into Telugu as Himsinche 23va Raju Pulakesi by N.V. Prasad and Paras Jain under the banner of Mega Super Good Films in which popular comedian Vadivelu plays a dual role. Presented by R.B. Choudary, the film was produced with a huge Rs. 7 crore budget in Tamil, with comedian Vadivelu as hero. The film ran for more than 100 days in Tamil. Superstar Rajinikanth and hero Vijay attended the silver jubilee function celebrated in Tamil Nadu. The audio of the Telugu version was directly released into the market without any formal audio launch function. It may be mentioned here that popular director Shankar produced the film with direction by his protégé Simbu Devan. Comedian Vadivelu plays two roles - as a king who always harasses the people and as a common man who brings about a change in the king.