After Coimbatore-based Ravichandra Verma passes away, his young son, Raja, assumes the responsibility of running the family business as well as ensuring that his brother, Ajay, gets a good education - much to the chagrin of three of his uncles. Years later, while on a trip to Uttaranchal, despite of warnings from a Pandit, he gets killed by a female assassin, but his family is informed that he is missing. Shortly thereafter, Gyaneshwar Kale and his sister, Sravani/Shivani, will inform the family that Raja is still alive but is handicapped and suffers from memory loss. The family is overjoyed but are not aware that Raja is actually a hoodlum/extortionist known as Bottu Seenu/Raghu Rokda.
Acting
Nagarjuna's triple-role juggling — noble, rogue, and everything between.
Direction
Sreenu Vaitla's signature comedy-action blender, dialed to 11.
Score
Devi Sri Prasad's earworm numbers that outlive the plot.
Director
Sreenu Vaitla
Nagarjuna Akkineni
King / Bottu Seenu / Sarath
Trisha Krishnan
Sravani / Shivani Kale
Srihari
Gyaneshwar 'Ghyanbhai' Kale
Mamta Mohandas
Swapna / Pooja
Brahmanandam
Jaya Surya
Ajay
Sunil Varma
Sharath
Srinivasa Reddy
Sai Kishore
M. S. Narayana
Chorus Narayana
Venu Madhav
Yadi
Master Bharath
Anushka Shetty
special appearance
Priyamani
special appearance
Genelia D'Souza
special appearance
Sneha Ullal
special appearance
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Nagarjuna's first triple-role film, and he reportedly insisted on distinct physicalities for each character.
The 'lookalike replacing dead noble' trope was peak 2000s Telugu cinema, blending Amitabh Bachchan's 'Don' energy with local masala sensibilities.
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