Dookudu

Dookudu
Film poster
Directed by	Srinu Vaitla
Produced by	Ram Achanta Gopichand Achanta Anil Sunkara
Written by	Srinu Vaitla Gopimohan Kona Venkat
Starring	Mahesh Babu Samantha Ruth Prabhu Brahmanandam Prakash Raj Sonu Sood
Music by	S. Thaman
Cinematography	K. V. Guhan Prasad Murella
Edited by	M. R. Varma
Production company	14 Reels Entertainment
Release date	23 September 2011 (2011-09-23)
Running time	175 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹ 35 crore
Box office	₹101 crore

Dookudu (English: Aggression) is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Srinu Vaitla, featuring Mahesh Babu and Samantha Ruth Prabhu in the lead roles. It was produced by Ram Achanta, Gopi Achanta and Anil Sunkara under the banner 14 Reels Entertainment. It was written by Srinu Vaitla along with Kona Venkat and Gopimohan. S. Thaman composed the music while K. V. Guhan handled the cinematography after Prasad Murella left the project in mid-way. The film is partially inspired from the 2003 German tragicomedy film Good Bye, Lenin!.

Production began on 28 June 2010 at Hyderabad. Shooting began on 22 October 2010 at Turkey and lasted till mid-September 2011. The film was predominantly shot in Hyderabad, with portions shot in Mumbai, Gujarat, Istanbul, Dubai and Switzerland. The film released on 23 September 2011 in 1600 screens worldwide.

Upon release, Dookudu received positive reviews and was commercially successful. The film was cited as "The biggest hit you've never heard of" by The Los Angeles Times. The film collected a distributor share of ₹567 million in its lifetime and grossed more than ₹1 billion in its lifetime making it one of the highest grossers of 2011 in Telugu cinema. The film won seven Nandi Awards, six Filmfare Awards, eight SIIMA Awards and eight CineMAA Awards.