Raja, an orphaned thief, dies while helping a gang in kidnapping a wealthy heiress, Mahi, in exchange of money. He then lands in Yamlok and fights with Yama, the god of death, to get his life back.
Acting
JR NTR's dual swagger; Mohan Babu's scene-devouring Yama
Direction
Rajamouli already flexing massive set-piece ambition in 2007
Visual Effects
Yamlok production design — gloriously over-the-top afterlife
Director
S. S. Rajamouli
N.T. Rama Rao Jr.
Raja
Priyamani
Maheshwari
Mamta Mohandas
Dhanalakshmi
Mohan Babu
Yama Dharma Raja
Brahmanandam
Chitragupta
Ali Basha
Sathi
Jayaprakash Reddy
Maheshwari's Father-In-Law 1
Raghu Babu
Maheshwari's Father-In-Law 2
Narendra Jha
Narayana
Khushboo
Yama's Wife
Naresh
Narada
Rajiv Kanakala
Indra Deva
M. S. Narayana
Narsing Yadav
Guard in Yama's Place
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mohan Babu's Yama became so iconic it spawned imitations across Telugu cinema for years.
The film reimagines Yama from feared deity to comedic antagonist — a distinctly Telugu subversion of mythological tropes that Rajamouli would later weaponize in Baahubali.
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