ahead of the release of devadas nani is convinced that the film will live up to expectations with some films you just know theyre going to click you can feel it much before the film releases the whole vibe around the film has been so positive from the word go the kind of response the films teaser and trailer have got from the public has convinced me that we have a winner in our hands exudes nani who is sharing the screen with nagarjuna in the moviedevadas revolves around an unlikely bond of freindship that develops between two characters who are polar opposites of each other i play dr das an honest middle class medical practitioner who has a lot of dreams he loves what he does and moves to the city with lot of hope but how a don called deva enters his life uninvited and changes it is what the film is all about he says apparently it was national award winning screenwriter shridhar raghavan of khakee and dum maro dum fame who first pitched the story to nani i loved the idea but it needed to be tweaked ive grown up watching nagarjunas films and knew he would be perfect for the role when he heard it he thought i would be perfect as das too we wanted to find a director who would adapt it to suit the telugu audience thats when sriram adittya stepped in he took 40 days to develop the script and we all loved how he kept the essence of the story shridhar wrote intact and yet made it his own he revealsthe actor is all praise for rashmika mandanna who is paired opposite him in the movie rashmika is such a positive energy on the set and is so expressive i truly enjoyed working with her he says rounding off produced by aswini dutt under vyjayanthi movies devadas releases today