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
Sudeepa
Sudeep
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Bindhu
Nani
Nani
Adithya Menon
Sudeep's Business Partner
Thagubothu Ramesh
Thief
Devadarshini
Bindu's sister-in-law
Chatrapathi Sekhar
Tantra
Srinivasa Reddy
Sudeep's Personal Assistant
Sivannarayana Naripeddi
Priest
Dhanraj Sukhram
Thief's friend
Rajiv Kanakala
Thief's Manager
Hamsa Nandini
Chandrakala
S. S. Rajamouli
Narrator(Voice)
Chinmayi Sripaada
Bindu (Voice)
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.
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