Ankusham
Acting
Rajasekhar's simmering intensity before the explosion.
Direction
Kodi Ramakrishna knows how to build a crowd-pleasing confrontation.

Director
Kodi Ramakrishna
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ankusham arrived during Telugu cinema's obsession with vigilante heroes mirroring real frustrations with police corruption in 1990s Andhra Pradesh.
Rami Reddy's villain performance reportedly had audiences throwing slippers at the screen in theatres — the highest compliment.