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<p>Siva is a well-behaved man in , , who meets Indu, the daughter of a local politician Viswanatham, and they fall for each other. One day, Indu tells Siva that her father is planning to get her married to a man named Mahesh, and she tells him that they should not meet until she convinces her father. Fearing that Vishwanatham would not accept their love, Siva asks Daddy to convince Vishwanatham to get them married. On the way to Viswanatham’s house, Daddy meets with an accident and is admitted in the hospital. Viswanatham disapproves of their love and gets Indu married to Mahesh and sends her to the USA. Siva is thrashed by Vishwanatham’s goons when he tries to stop Indu’s wedding. Enraged about losing Indu, Siva becomes an aggressive, sadistic man. Two years later, he beats Viswanatham’s men and burns his properties as revenge. After a while, Siva learns that Indu has returned from and creates a ruckus twice in front of her house. Daddy tells Siva’s friend that when he had gone to Vishwanatham’s house, he had overheard the conversation between him and Indu. To his and Vishwanatham’s shock, Indu confesses that she was in love with Mahesh and he realises she used Shiva for her sexual desires. Vishwanatham accepts Indu’s love, thinking that Mahesh would be better suited than Siva. After Daddy leaves the place, he met with an accident. It is revealed that Indu is a heartless, cruel, self-absorbed woman who uses and is predatory in her actions. Even though Vishwanatham knows the truth about Indu and chastises her for it, he still continues to injure Siva for her sake. Vishwanatham sends his men to warn Siva not to see Indu until she and her husband Mahesh leave for USA, but Indu bribes them to kill Siva. One of Viswanatham’s men stabs and reveals the truth about Indu to Siva which leaves him devastated and heartbroken. He confronts Indu at her home severely wounded and curses her that her life is on his mercy and she is going to live with guilt forever. After this, Siva dies, leaving Daddy and Viswanatham devastated. Ashok Reddy, in an interview to , said that “Ajay brought us the story of this film during the release of . We were so impressed with the story because it is different, raw and native. Premato Mee Karthik is a family movie, so this was going to be a huge deviation. But we were confident about the story and Ajay both, so we began shooting in December last year. During the shooting too, the technicians working on the film liked the way the film was shaping up. That’s where the positive buzz began.” The songs were composed by and the score was composed by . The song ” ” became one of the biggest hits of Telugu. It is sung by and composed by Chaitan Bharadwaj. It became one of the few films in Tollywood with huge success at the box office. The film has collected a gross of in the first four days. The film collected a total share of . of called it “a generic angry young man’s generic love story, until a solid twist turns everything on its head”. Suhas Yellapantula of stated “Take away the blood and gore and there’s a story here. touches a rather unexplored subject but falters in its execution. You can’t help but wonder why the director plays around with so many different camera angles and tries to create a dark setting. has sex, tears and a lot of blood, but the essence of the film is somewhere lost in between. Just like that bike which is in focus all the time, but in reality, is insignificant.” Srivathsan Nadadhur of wrote about the film that “Director Ajay Bhupathi’s raw storytelling is a plus for , the narrative borders on voyeurism at times, but the filmmaker displays enough maturity to not make it seem crass. His inexperience still shows, though, too many moments of nothingness, an indulgent screenplay goes overboard in exploring the angst of the male protagonist. The second hour is inconsistent, the intensity of a full-blown action-romance is amiss despite potent writing. The lead protagonist Karthikeya gets a dream role, yet it’s too big a shoe to fill in his debut.” The film was to be remade in Tamil with , but the film never entered production. The film was remade in as . A Hindi remake starring and debutant was announced in March 2019, filming began on 6 August with the title . Produced by , directed by and presented by , it released theatrically on 3 December 2021. Another film, a remake, is the Kannada film , starring Dheeran Ramkumar and in the lead roles was released on 26 August 2022 in theatres. It is produced by Jayanna and Bhogendhra, directed by Anil Kumar. In 2020, Ajay Bhupathi confirmed the sequel of the film.</p>