▁as ▁Mah ath i ' s ▁brother - in - law ▁ ▁Pra ve en ▁as ▁G K ' s ▁nep hew ▁ ▁R ag hu ▁Kar uman chi ▁as ▁Mah ath i ' s ▁colle ague ▁ ▁Production ▁ ▁Development ▁ ▁An il ▁Rav ip udi ▁worked ▁with ▁Sant osh ▁S rin ivas ▁in ▁the ▁latter ' s ▁director ial ▁debut ▁K and ire ega ▁( 2 0 1 1 ) ▁as ▁a ▁writer ▁and ▁wrote ▁this ▁film ' s ▁script . ▁He ▁later ▁approached ▁N and am uri ▁Kal yan ▁Ram ▁through ▁a ▁friend . ▁Kal yan ▁Ram ▁liked ▁the ▁script ▁and ▁wanted ▁to ▁produce ▁the ▁film ▁with ▁other ▁actor . ▁However ▁Rav ip udi ▁wanted ▁Kal yan ▁Ram ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁lead ▁role ▁which ▁he ▁accepted . ▁Kal yan ▁Ram ▁was ▁busy ▁with ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁Om ▁ 3 D ▁( 2 0 1 3 ) ▁and ▁Rav ip udi ▁was ▁constantly ▁in ▁touch ▁with ▁him . ▁After ▁comple ting ▁with ▁the ▁writing , ▁he ▁again ▁approached ▁Kal yan ▁Ram ▁and ▁both ▁began ▁working ▁on ▁the ▁film . ▁ ▁Re ports ▁of ▁Rav ip udi ▁making ▁his ▁director ial ▁debut ▁by ▁collabor ating ▁with ▁Kal yan ▁Ram ▁emer ged ▁in ▁late ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁and ▁Pre - production ▁work ▁was ▁in ▁progress . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁launched ▁on ▁ 9 ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁at ▁Ram ana id u ▁Studios ▁and ▁was ▁titled ▁as ▁P ata as . ▁The ▁film ing ▁of ▁Tem per ▁(