Mahesh Babu became the undisputed king of the box-office with the success of Pokiri. Puri Jagannath and Mahesh Babu worked for the first time, on the project and the success of the movie does not have any limits. Ileana played the leading lady of the movie and Mahesh's sister Manjula produced the film.

Interestingly, an interesting trivia about the film is currently doing rounds on social media. AMB Cinemas revealed this trivia. The following is the untold facts about the movie.

1. It was filmed on a budget within 10 crores
2. Pokiri was initially titled as 'Uttama Singh S/O Surya Narayana'
3. Mahesh Babu gained 5 kgs and had a variety of hairstyles for the movie
4. The movie's shoot was completed in less than 80 days.

Mani Sharma scored the music for the film and the audio album has become a big hit.