Dasu is a small time crook who becomes orphan after his father goes to prison. Meanwhile a local goon decides to send one of his men into the police department to get information for them. Dasu will be roped for this job but he needs to pass SSC exam to get a police job. He clears the exam and gets into the force as a traffic cop. Then he is transferred to the crime branch because of his heroics. The rest of the story is about how Dasu realizes the sanctity of the cop job and eliminates the mafia gang.
Acting
Ravi Teja's perpetual-motion energy carries every absurd beat
Stunts
Pre-physics action sequences that defy gravity and common sense
Editing
Rapid-fire cuts that somehow make 152 minutes feel like 90
Director
Amma Rajasekhar
Ravi Teja
Dasu
Ileana D'Cruz
Nakshtra
Biju Menon
Lawyer
Ali Basha
Sathi Pandu
Venu Madhav
Puli
Prakash Raj
Commissioner of Police
Lal
Smuggler Don
Brahmanandam
Phillips
Suman Shetty
Student
M. S. Narayana
Traffic Police officer
Raghu Babu
Escaped Prisoner
Uttej
Police Constable
Raja Ravindra
Police Informer
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Dasu's Father
Dharmavarupu Subramanyam
School Principal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ravi Teja performed several stunts himself despite the production's questionable safety standards, cementing his 'Mass Maharaja' nickname.
The film exemplifies the 'cop-who-doesn't-play-by-rules' archetype that dominated Telugu cinema post-Samarasimha Reddy, reflecting post-liberalization anxieties about state legitimacy.
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