Tamannaah Bhatia is cast opposite Mahesh. She will be sharing screen space with him for the first time.
Aagadu is produced by Ram Achanta, Gopichand Achanta and Anil Sunkara, who were in charge of the production of Dookudu.
Brahmanandam, Rajensra Prasad, Sai Kumar, Napolean and Sonu Sood are part of the cast.
S Thaman scores the music, K V Guhan handles the camera and M R Varma is in charge of editing. The film is being shot in Ladakh too.
Aagadu is likely to release in the last week of September.
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