A celebrated cop, DCP Aditya, faces his toughest challenge when a taunting serial killer begins targeting victims and leaving notes meant for him. Teaming with an aspiring crime novelist, he must stop four more murders to save his medals, career, and reputation while uncovering the killer's past.
Acting
Nani's chilling transformation into methodical antagonist Vishnu.
Direction
Indraganti's Hitchcock-meets-South-Indian-cinema visual language.
Score
Amit Trivedi's pulsating background score that never lets you breathe.
Director
Mohana Krishna Indraganti
Nani
Vishnu
Sudheer Babu
Aditya
Nivetha Thomas
Apoorva Ramalingam
Aditi Rao Hydari
Saheba
Vennela Kishore
Mansoor
Chakrapani Ananda
Home Minister
Srikanth Iyengar
Rashid
Tanikella Bharani
IG Y. V. Narendra
Naresh
Aditya's father
Rohini
Sreelata, Apoorva's mother
Thalaivasal Vijay
Ramanujan, Apoorva's father
Vinay Varma
Sadik Hassan
Harish Uthaman
Ranjith
Aadarsh Balakrishna
Sharath
Ravi Varma
K.K.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nani and Sudheer Babu reversed their usual hero-villain screen personas; Nani had never played a full antagonist before.
The chess motif throughout isn't decorative—Vishnu literally calls Aditya his 'king' to capture, mirroring the final checkmate staging.
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