Paagal
Paagal () is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by debutante Naresh Kuppili and produced by Bekkem Venugopal under the banner of Lucky Media. The film stars Vishwak Sen, Nivetha Pethuraj, Bhumika Chawla and Murali Sharma. The release was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The film was released on 14 August 2021. Plot 

Prem, an 8-year-old boy, is taken care of by his mother. They both love each other very much. One day, Prem's mother dies of cancer without proper medication. Prem is very depressed because of his mother's sudden demise. His friend Mahesh suggests he love a girl sincerely and in turn, he will get the same love and affection which his mother used to show. He writes a letter to his deceased mother, ties it to a helium balloon, and releases it. From there on, Prem starts proposing to every girl but gets rejected. One day, he sees an elder girl who is dumped by her boyfriend and proposes to her. She rejects him as he is younger than her and is still studying without having a job and money. Realizing this, he studies very hard, and after seven years, he gets hired in a big company with a high salary. He goes to the girl to propose, but when he reaches her home, he finds that she is married and has a daughter. This saddens him, and once again, Mahesh suggests that Prem go to Vishakapatnam as girls there are known to accept love easily. Now in Vishakapatnam, Prem continues his search for a suitable girl. There, he encounters a gang teasing a girl, Radha. Prem saves her from the gang and immediately proposes to her. Radha likes him but does not reveal it. After spending a few days with him, she takes the initiative to propose in a cafe. While she is proposing, Prem watches Mogali Rekulu, a popular TV serial that he watched with his mother. Angry about this, Radha rejects him. This time, Mahesh suggests finding a wealthy girl. As Prem is searching for such a girl, he comes across Sofie and tries to impress her but later learns that she already has a boyfriend and that she had just used him for money. This time, Mahesh suggests finding an “unattractive” girl. Prem finds Baby, who is dark and chubby, and proposes to her. Baby accepts it but also uses this as an opportunity to show all the people who teased her that she will not get any boyfriend due to her appearance. After a few days, she breaks up with Prem, telling him that a marriage alliance has been fixed for her at home. With all of this happening, Prem is shattered. While he is sitting depressed, he sees MLA contestant Raja Reddy and proposes to him. Raja Reddy gets creeped out and tries to ignore Prem, but Prem keeps troubling him to love. Frustrated, he plans to kill Prem. When Raja Reddy's goons are about to kill Prem, the opposition party's leader also sends a few thugs over to kill Raja Reddy, but Prem saves him from the thugs even though he was badly injured by Raja Reddy's goons. Being touched by this, Raja Reddy starts developing feelings for Prem. After a few days, Prem is shown standing on top of a tall building trying to commit suicide and called Raja Reddy to propose (read: say I love you) to him at the building. By then, Raja Reddy comes there and proposes to Prem to save him, but Prem shoots Raja Reddy instead. Shocked and sad, Raja Reddy asks Prem why he wants to kill him. The story then flashes back to Vishakapatnam when Prem decides to commit suicide as he was not successful in finding a girl who loves him like his mother. When he is about to fall from the flyover, a girl screams "I love you" at him. He then goes searching for the girl and finds out that she is Theera. He asks her why she proposed to him. She tells him that she said "I love you" to save him  Prem tells her that he loves her now, but she does not accept his proposal. To show his true love, he jumps from a running train, injuring himself. Then Theera reveals that she is already engaged and by loving him, she does not want to break her promise to her father. Her father had adopted Theera from an orphanage and took care of her like his own daughter. But Prem declares that he will love her till her marriage day and then will disappear from her sight. They both start spending days together. They also act close in front of Prem's friends and his ex-girlfriends Radha, Sofie and Baby to make them jealous and teach them a lesson. During these days, Theera's friends find out that Theera is starting to have feelings for Prem and warn her to stay away from him as there are just six days left for her marriage. From there on, Theera starts avoiding Prem, but Prem goes mad without meeting and talking with Theera. While searching for her, he meets with a minor accident in front of Theera. Finally seeing Theera, he asks her where had she gone. Theera then reveals to him that there are only three days left for her marriage. Prem is shattered at this news. Not wanting to hurt him, she tells him that in these three days, she wants to make the most memorable moments of her life and goes to her pg. The next day, she waits for Prem but he does not show up. Theera searches for Prem the whole day but with no avail as to where he went. Early morning the consequent day, Mahesh informs her about Prem's location. She immediately goes there and finds Prem. She acts strangely and Prem tells her that she has feelings for him. Then, Theera reveals to him that she does love him and that when they were young, she received one of the helium balloons and had followed him wherever he was going. But she tells him she cannot love and marry him without her father's acceptance. She goes to her house for the marriage but is not able to forget Prem. Simultaneously, it is shown that her father is none other than Raja Reddy. Prem comes to her house, but Theera tells him that she cannot cheat her father. Meanwhile, Raja Reddy's goons see them together and misunderstand that she is eloping with him. Raja Reddy goon informs this news to Raja Reddy, who decides to get his daughter killed. Theera then meets with a car accident which was planned by Raja Reddy and seems to have died from the injuries. The movie then comes back to the present, and Prem is shown to teach Raja Reddy a lesson, and Raja Reddy realizes his mistakes and regrets for his daughter's death. But Prem tells him that Theera is still alive but that she does not know that her father had plotted to kill her. In the ending credits, it is shown that Prem brings Raja Reddy to where Theera is staying. Both daughter and father exchange their happiness. Prem and Theera get married with a happy ending. 