| Director | Vakkantham Vamsi |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 157 min |
| Country | India |
| Budget | ₹35 crore |
| Box office | ₹10.2 crore |
Abhinay "Abhi", a recruit of Selvamani, a drug lord and music freak, narrates his past to the latter.
Past: Abhi, a junior artist with aspirations of becoming an actor in Telugu cinema, lives in Hyderabad with his parents Somsasekharam and Usha. He meets Likitha, a business tycoon, and they both begin to fall for each other. Abhi gets a job at her company but soon resigns after he gets a chance to act as the lead role in a film directed by his friend Rakesh. Somashekaram kicks Abhi out of the house after learning about his resignation, while Rakesh changes his mind and removes Abhi from the film.
Abhi gets heartbroken and goes to a dhaba for a drink, where he gets into a fight with some goons and thrashes Loki, the brother of a dreaded gangster Nero. Abhi gets surprised that Nero is the name of the antagonist in Rakesh's script. Additionally, he learns that all the occurring events are based on the script. Abhi assumes that this is all Maisamma's will, so he does not act in the film, and he follows the written script and recreates it in real life. Abhi confronts Nero as SI Sai Saitan Nath (the main protagonist of the script) and challenges Nero to defeat him. After knowing the facts, Nero confronts Abhi and burns the script.
After that, Abhi makes a deal with Nero to raise him as the protagonist against him, and Nero can later kill him to sustain his power. As per the plan, Sai stops Nero's crimes, resulting in a fierce confrontation. Meanwhile, Likitha, Somasekharam, and Usha arrive to meet Abhi, assuming he is in a film shooting. After observing the true situation, they decided to act in front of the villagers as Likitha's parents, who made Abhi act like an orphan. The villagers take the initiative to fix the marriage of Abhi and Likitha. Later, Nero pulls IG Vijay Chakravarthy into the issue, but Vijay, after believing the facts, stands by Abhi and adds more fuel to the fire.
In a final confrontation, Nero stabs Abhi and reveals his real identity to Vijay to declare him a cop to save their reputation. However, Abhi survives and tells Nero that the last confrontation is the pre-climax of the film and that Nero's death is the film's ending. Abhi kills Nero in front of Vijay, but Vijay manages the situation and gives Abhi a new identity to catch Selvamani.
Present: After narrating his past, Abhi arrests Selvamani, who leaves his revenge on Abhi because of his admiration for his performance. Later, Vijay assigns Abhi a new task to capture an international gangster.