A village is hounded by an unknown disease, decimating its population. The village priest prophesies that God's avatar will save them. Siddha goes in search of this supernatural potential and finds it in Seetarama Raju, a cab driver.
Acting
Mahesh's transformation from slacker to savior — that *stare*.
Direction
Trivikram balances village tragedy with Ali Basha as Tom Cruise.
Score
Mani Sharma's desert themes slap harder than they should.
Director
Trivikram Srinivas
Mahesh Babu
Alluri Seetarama Raju
Shafi
Siddha
Prakash Raj
Gopala "G.K." Krishnan
Rao Ramesh
Tantrik
Anushka Shetty
Subhashini
Ali Basha
Tom Cruise
Sunil Varma
Babji
Tanikella Bharani
Durga Prasad
Brahmanandam
Miriyam
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Raju's grandfather
Subbaraju
Govardhan
Raghu Babu
Sundaram
Dharmavarupu Subramanyam
Taxi Owner
Archana
GK's PA
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The desert scenes were shot in Rajasthan, not Andhra, because Trivikram wanted 'biblical scale.'
Khaleja flopped initially but became a cult classic — Telugu audiences weren't ready for a deconstruction of mass hero worship in 2010.
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