Kathanayakudu is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language Drama film starring Jagapati Babu, Rajinikanth, Dasari Brahmam and Meena Durairaj. Vyjayanthi Movies was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) C.ashwini Dutt and G.p. Vjaykumar. Kathanayakudu is written by Marudhuri Raja and directed by P. Vasu. Ayngaran acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Kathanayakudu was released on 1st August 2008 and takes a screen time of 146 minutes. The screenplay for the movie was written by P. Vasu. Cinematography was done by Arvind Krishna and editing by Saravana. The music was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar.