Naandhi
Naandhi ( Beginning) is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language legal  drama film directed by debutant Vijay Kanakamedala and produced by 'Naandhi' Satish Varma. The film stars Allari Naresh and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar while Priyadarshi, Harish Uthaman, Vinay Varma, and Praveen play supporting roles. The film has music composed by Sricharan Pakala with cinematography performed by Sid. The plot follows the life of Surya Prakash (Naresh), an undertrial prisoner who is falsely accused of murder, awaiting judgement. Released on 19 February 2021, Naandhi opened to highly positive reviews. The film is a commercial success, grossing over 9.5 crore at the box office. A Hindi remake has been announced with Ajay Devgn as the lead under the production of Dil Raju. Producer 'Naandhi' Satish Varma won SIIMA 2022 Best Debutant Producer Award (Telugu category) for Naandhi. Sakshi Excellence Jury Special Recognition Award 2021 has been awarded to producer 'Naandhi' Satish Varma for the movie Naandhi on 21st Oct 2022. Plot
Surya Prakash is an honest software engineer, living with his parents. His only aim is to fulfil the dreams of his parents, which they sacrificed for his upbringing. Soon, Surya gets engaged to Meenakshi. Meanwhile, tensions arise in the state, after the death of an honest and truthful lawyer Rajagopal. The police are under immense pressure to arrest the murderer. The in-charge of the case, CI Kishore, pulls Surya into the case, arresting him by falsely accusing him of killing Rajagopal. This is after he gets a contract, worth 10 lakh, which Surya actually took as a loan, for buying a house. Kishore creates and plants fake evidence. Surya is astonished as all the people, who can prove Surya's innocence, turn hostile, after being threatened by Kishore. Surya becomes an undertrial prisoner and Kishore tortures him to make him accept the crime, but Surya stands his ground. Surya's parents commit suicide, by immolating themselves, which devastates Surya. At the funeral ground of his parents, Kishore reveals to Surya that he only forced his parents to commit suicide, for not torturing Surya in jail. Surya becomes infuriated and beats up Kishore, due to which he is charged with another case. Helpless, Meenakshi leaves Surya and ends their relationship. After four years, Surya's case is still in court and he is a broken man. He meets Radha Prakash, a controversial YouTuber and narrates his past. Later, Adv. Aadhya comes forward and succeeds in bailing Surya, but Surya brutally thrashes up some imprisoned goons, who beat him up without any reason, as per Kishore's plan. Surya again ends up in prison. Radha Prakash is revealed to be Aadhya's brother, and he recorded the incident, in which the goons mistreated Surya. The video gets uploaded on the Internet, resulting in a Human Rights Officer meeting Surya in prison. Upon Surya's request, his case goes to the Fast Track High Court with Aadhya as his defence lawyer. Aadhya proves Surya's innocence and he is acquitted of the accusations. Surya decides to take revenge on Kishore using IPC Section 211. Satyamurthy becomes Kishore's defence lawyer, for the case. Surya abducts Chandraiah, Kishore's assistant, who testified against Surya in Rajagopal's murder case. Chandraiah reveals that Kishore bribed two goons to kill Rajagopal, but upon pressure from the opposition party, he decided to capture them. The goons learned of the truth and escaped, which caused Kishore to pull Surya into the case, using a co-incidence as evidence. Chandraiah accepts to reveal the truth in court, but he is kidnapped by the henchmen of ex-Home Minister Naagender, who is revealed to be the mastermind behind Rajagopal's murder. Aadhya requests the judge to provide them more time and he accepts. Chandraiah is killed by Kishore, who fakes a report that he died in the riots. Aadhya and Surya find out that Naagender ordered Kishore to kill Rajagopal. Before Rajagopal's death 5 years ago, Naagender's land scams were brought to light by the government. To divert the media's attention, Naagender got Rajagopal killed because of his popularity and good image in the state. Aadhya and Surya nearly succeed in exposing Naagender and request permission to tap Naagender's phone calls, to prove him guilty. A night before the court appearance, Surya is kidnapped by Naagender, who blackmails Aadhya to withdraw the case, but upon being inspired by Surya, Aadhya carries on with the prosecution. Though injured, Surya successfully frees himself, defeating Naagender's henchmen. He reaches the court, where he is admitted to the hospital and is saved from his injuries. Naagender and Kishore are successfully proved guilty and they receive life imprisonment and death sentence respectively. After this, Surya is relieved that he finally achieved his parents' death legally. 