Southern star Mahesh Babu showered praises on the recently released "Prema Katha Chitram", after watching a special-screening of the film.

"Prema katha chithram..totally enjoyed it..really happy for the kind of success d film has achieved..congratulations 2 sudheer ,maruthi ,the director and d entire cast n crew..," Mahesh said on his Twitter page.

"Really happy for sudheer ...hardwork always pays..wishing him even bigger successes for his future projects..wonder how maruthi makes quality films in such compact budgets??? TFI needs more people like him.." 

Directed by Prabhakar Reddy, "Prema Katha Chitram" has Mahesh's brother-in-law Sudheer babu playing the main lead. Nanditha who was seen in "Neeku Naaku Dash Dash" plays the female lead in the flick. The rest of the cast include Praveen, Giri, Eluru Srinu and Ranadheer.

The film's story is about four friends who try to kill themselves as they faced failures in their lives. They stay together in a farm house, where a ghost takes over the heroine's body. The rest of the film is about how the friends deal with the issue.

The horror-comedy flick that released on 7 June, opened to good response from film buffs. The film, which was reportedly made on a low budget ₹2 crore, has seen good collections in the first week of its release.

"Prema Katha Chitram" has been produced by Maruthi, who has directed successful films including "Ee Rojullo" and "Bus-stop." The film's score composed by Jeevan Babu (J.B) has already topped the musical charts.