

Nani is a flower decorator, madly in love with his neighbor Bindhu. He gets killed by the baddie, Sudeep, a powerful businessman. Nani comes back as a housefly to get his revenge.
Visual Effects
2012 CGI that somehow still slaps. The fly has SOUL.
Direction
Rajamouli makes you genuinely root for an insect.
Acting
Sudeep's slow unraveling is delicious villainy.

Director
S. S. Rajamouli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The fly was created using a mix of miniature sets, macro photography, and CGI—no actual flies were harmed, but one animator probably had a breakdown.
This was simultaneously shot as Naan Ee in Tamil, and the bilingual success proved South Indian cinema could dominate with pure audacity.