Daaku Maharaaj released on January 12 and the film became a blockbuster. According to Sacnilk, the film grossed 94 crore as of Friday. The makers conducted a success meet celebrating the film’s reception.

At the success meet, the film’s musician S Thaman who has been getting immense acclaim and audience love for his work with the film’s score, gave an open-hearted speech. He addressed social media negativity and its impact on a film’s result. “We are killing our own films. What kind of lives are we living? We should be proud of the achievements of Telugu cinema. Look at the success we are achieving worldwide. Today because of negativity we are not even properly able to celebrate a film’s success. Please don’t kill a film. I pray that no film goes through negativity.”

In Daaku Maharaaj, Nandamuri Balakrishna appears in three makeovers as a dacoit, a civil engineer and a domestic worker. The CE review for the film reads, “Thaman S’ background score is one of the strongest suits of the latest Balakrishna starrer that delivers many strong massy moments amidst its conventional narrative”

Written and directed by Bobby Kolli, Daaku Maharaaj’s cast includes Shraddha Srinath, Pragya Jaiswal, Urvashi Rautela, and Chandni Chowdhary. Produced by Suryadevara Nagavamsi and Sai Soujanya under Sithara Entertainments and Fortune Four Cinemas, the film has cinematography by Vijay Karthik Kannan and editing by Niranjan Devaramane.

Daaku Maharaaj clashed with Ram Charan’s Game Changer and Venkatesh’s Sankrantiki Vasthunnam at the box office during the Sankranti season.