Tollywood directors  have showered praises on Mahesh Babu's latest release Dookudu. Director SS Rajamouli said that Mahesh Babu's performance and comedy timing was very impressive and were highlights of the movie. Wrote Rajamouli, “Best thing about dookudu is the"doola vagudu"character vaitla Sreenu garu created for mahesh.he carried it with such ease and elegance which is the main reason for the huge success.and not to forget the producers ability to garner such large number of theatres making the film even Bigger.congratulations mahesh, Sreenu Garu, Gopi garu, ram garu and anil garu and the whole team.”

Another young director Harish Shankar also expressed kudos to Dookudu team. Harish maintained that carrying comedy throughout the movie was a difficult task and the team was able to do that successfully. “Hats off to Srinu Vytla, Gopimohannd Kona venkat for a terrific entertainer, mentaining Comedy till last reel is not an easy task. Kona Venkat came up with some unique Expressions in Dhookudu. He did a greaaaat Job”. Dookudu release yesterday (September 23) with highest number of prints and has garnered hit talk across the board.