A story about a petty thief Raja, and how his life changes when he meets Anjali in a robbery gone wrong.
Acting
Venkatesh's charming rogue act saves uneven emotional beats.
Director
Muppalaneni Shiva
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was director Muppalaneni Shiva's third collaboration with Venkatesh, cementing their streak of rural-urban crossover hits.
The film's 'thief reforms for love' template became a Telugu staple — Raja is basically a 90s time capsule of that exact moral fantasy. The robbery-gone-wrong meet-cute was lifted almost beat-for-beat from 90s Tamil cinema conventions.
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