A crime-lord frames Raghuram, an innocent man, to hide his misdeeds. However, an undercover policeman, Vamsi, sets out to catch Raghuram but realises that he is not the culprit.
Acting
Nagarjuna's smoldering intensity as conflicted cop Vamsi.
Direction
Priyadarshan adapting Hitchcock's 'The Fugitive' with Telugu flair.
Score
Ilaiyaraaja's tension-building background score.
Director
Priyadarshan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Priyadarshan reportedly watched 'The Fugitive' dozens of times before directing, yet the film transforms its source into distinctly Indian anxieties about police corruption and caste-adjacent class violence.
Nagarjuna and Amala married in 1992, making this one of their final on-screen pairings as single actors — their real tension reportedly made the 'enemies-to-lovers' arc uncomfortably authentic.
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