August 17, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Telugu movie star Mahesh Babu is likely to be seen as a cop in his upcoming movie Dookudu. The movie will be directed by Srinu Vytla under the banner of 14 Reels Entertainment. However, the news of the actor turning a cop is not confirmed yet.

Prakash Raj will also be seen in an important role in this movie. He has replaced Sri Hari, who was the first choice to play the role. This is for the first time Mahesh Babu is acting in a Srinu Vytla directed movie. The film is likely to be launched on September 12.

Samantha has been signed as the heroine of Mahesh. Music director Thaman, who earlier scored music for the movie Kick, is composing music for Dookudu.

The dialogues of the movie are written by Kona Venkat and the story has been penned by Gopi Mohan.

Mashesh Babu is now busy with his another movie titled Mahesh Khaleja.

-- Sampurn Wire