Jagapathi babu: No one recognized me?

When the first look of Mahesh Babu's latest blockbuster Srimanthudu was released, fans went bonkers seeing their Superstar casually riding a bicycle. On the other hand, there was also some mixed talk about Mahesh's role of a billionaire and him simply riding a cycle. But everything's changed once the film released.

Inspired by Mahesh Babu, many youths, most of them IT professionals and fans, quit their bikes and cars and took to riding cycles to work and some even for fitness. Reiterating this fact, Jagapati Babu, who played Mahesh's billionaire father in Srimanthudu, said that Mahesh made bicycles more popular than charter flights. The senior actor said, "no one recognized me when I got down from a charter flight in Srimanthudu. But everyone's talking about a cycle because of Mahesh Babu."

Jagapati Babu made these comments at the Hyderabad Bicycling Club's Chak De India cycle ride. Today, Mahesh flagged off the cycle ride in Hyderabad and suggested the youths to cycle everyday to keep themselves fit and so it will also help in lessening the pollution, thereby creating an eco-friendly environment. "Cycle thokkandi..chala manchi..ledante laavu aipothaaru," said Mahesh in Srimanthudu style.