Robinhood

<p>Ram, an orphan inspired by a school pledge, grows up believing the entire country is his family. As a child, he begins stealing from the rich to fund struggling orphanages. Years later, the police finally begins tracking the elusive thief known as “Robinhood.” Meanwhile, Neera, the daughter of wealthy Australian CEO Vasudev, travels to India to reconnect with her roots. Her father, fearing for her safety, hires a security firm found via a Google search. Unbeknownst to them, it is a rundown outfit in Hyderabad run by Janardhan Sunnipetah a.k.a John Snow. Ram, coincidentally, joins the same firm. Neera visits a village where her grandfather helps the locals. The village is under threat from Swamy, a drug dealer who wants to use the land for drug cultivation. When Neera learns that Swamy’s men injured her grandfather and are terrorizing the villagers, she and Ram attempt to rally the villagers, who are too afraid to resist. Ram pretends to side with Swamy to gain access to his operations, hacking Swamy’s phone to plant fake evidence. However, Swamy discovers the ruse and captures Ram. When Ram is captured, Neera’s grandfather is also there, and Swamy’s goons threaten to kill him. Ram, under the influence of drugs, thrashes them all. It is revealed that when Ram was a child, Neera’s grandfather saw him giving his money to an old lady even though Ram was also a poor orphan. The grandfather is touched by this and admits him into a great orphanage that he donates money to. Soon, Ram learns about Robinhood and his actions when the grandfather is injured and cannot send money to the orphanage anymore. He discovers why the donations are not coming and realizes that people are misusing orphanage donations just for fame. This is when Ram starts to steal from greedy people. Ram wakes from his drug state and learns that fellow orphans posing as security guards rescue Neera’s family. One last time, Ram goes to Swamy’s hideout and battles him but it is interrupted by Victor Varghese, a police officer who has been searching for Robinhood from the start. When Ram hacked Swamy’s phone, Victor was monitoring transactions, and just as Ram’s name came up for the person getting money, Ram’s hacker friend changed the image of Ram to Swamy, leading to Swamy’s arrest, while Victor wonders how Ram found “Robinhood” first. During one of Robinhood’s heists, Ram failed to escape without Victor noticing him. Before this, Ram made a police report about Robinhood stealing his father’s money so that if he is caught, it would be under the fact that he was searching for Robinhood. The film ends with Swamy imprisoned beside drug kingpin David Bhai, who cryptically blames his arrest on “Robinhood”—not Ram, but part of a growing movement. The final shot hints at a sequel, Brotherhood Robinhood, featuring multiple orphans also learning about Robinhood. This inspired them to also become Robinhoods. After the success of (2020), announced his next project on 22 March 2023 under the tentative titled as , as it was the second collaboration of Venky Kudumula, and . The film was officially titled as announced on 26 January 2024, coinciding with . However, Rashmika Mandanna opted out of the film due to date issues. Later was considered to play the female lead, before the makers finalized for the role, in her second collaboration with Nithiin after . Australian cricketer makes his acting debut in a and appears in an . commenced in Hyderabad and continued in and Melbourne, Australia. Filming wrapped up in December 2024. The music was composed by . The audio rights for the film were acquired by . The first single titled “One More Time” was released on 26 November 2024. The second single titled “Wherever You Go” was released on 14 February 2025. The third single, titled “Adhi Dha Surprisu” was released on 10 March 2025. Robinhood was set to theatrically release on 25 December 2024, coinciding with , but was postponed for undisclosed reasons. The film was later released on 28 March 2025. The film released on OTT platform in on May 10, 2025 from 6pm. Sashidhar Adivi of rated the film 2/5 stars andopined that the writing of Venky Kudumula “couldn’t get to the bottom of the characters gravity”, while comparing with strong writing in (2018) and (2020). BH Harsh of cited it as “an utterly listless and forgettable film”. Calling it a “misfire”, Srivathsan Nadadhur of was critical of the writing and execution of the film. In his review of the film, Avinash Ramachandran of rated the film 2/5 stars and stated that “the biggest problem with is that it merely goes through its motions”. had a modest start at the box office. On its opening day (28 March 2025), it grossed approximately ₹4.8 crore worldwide, with around ₹1 crore collected in the Telugu-speaking states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana; the remainder came from other Indian regions and overseas markets. The film was widely regarded as a , grossing only a fraction of its reported ₹55–60 crore production budget. Industry analysts noted that weak word‑of‑mouth and stiff competition from other releases, including , significantly hampered its performance.</p>