Claim: Ileana D'Cruz starred in Pokiri.

Pokiri -LRB- Rogue -RRB- is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language action film , written and directed by Puri Jagannadh . The film was produced by Jagannadh and Manjula Ghattamaneni by their respective production companies Vaishno Academy and Indira Productions . The film stars Mahesh Babu and Ileana D'Cruz ; Prakash Raj , Nassar and Sayaji Shinde appear in prominent roles . The plot revolves around the life of an undercover police officer , Krishna Manohar , who infiltrates a mafia gang headed by a Dubai-based don Ali Bhai , under the pseudonym Pandu .   Made on a budget of around 100120 million , the film 's principal photography commenced in November 2005 and lasted until April 2006 . Most of the film was shot in and around Hyderabad and Chennai , except for a song which was shot at the province of Phuket in Thailand and the city of Bangkok . Shyam K. Naidu was the film 's cinematographer , and it was edited by Marthand K. Venkatesh . The soundtrack and background score were composed by Mani Sharma .   Pokiri was released on 28 April 2006 , to positive critical feedback , and collected a distributor 's share of 420 million . The film grossed 660 million worldwide and remained the highest-grossing Telugu film for three years , until it was surpassed by Magadheera in 2009 . The film was also one of the fourteen southern Indian films to be screened at the International Indian Film Academy Awards -LRB- IIFA -RRB- Film festival in 2006 . The film won four Nandi Awards and two Filmfare Awards . The film 's success catapulted D'Cruz into stardom and brought recognition to Jagannadh as a writer and director .   The film was remade into Tamil as Pokkiri in 2007 by Prabhu Deva with Vijay and Asin portraying the lead roles . Deva remade the film into Hindi as Wanted in 2009 with Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia portraying the lead roles . In 2010 , the film was again remade in Kannada as Porki by M. V. Sridhar with Darshan and Pranitha Subhash portraying the lead roles .