Autonagar Surya
Autonagar Surya is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language political action film directed by Deva Katta. The film stars Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu, with Brahmanandam and Sai Kumar in pivotal roles. The film was produced by K. Atchi Reddy on Max India Productions banner while R. R. Movie Makers acted as its presenter who later disassociated themselves with the film. This film is a Second film under Deva Katta's Quadriology of society which shows perspective of a common man on society. Anoop Rubens composed the music for the film while Srikanth Naroj, known for his work in the 2011 film Hostel handled the cinematography. Gautham Raju handled the editing. The principal photography started officially on 14 October 2011 at Hyderabad. After Filming continuously till December 2012, the film's shoot was halted due to the Financial turmoil of the producers ultimately reviving in September 2013, Wrapping the entire shooting by 30 November 2013. The film was scheduled for a worldwide release on 27 June 2014 in theaters. Upon release, the film opened to mixed to negative reviews from critics due to which the film was trimmed by 12 minutes. Plot
The film is set in the 1990s and revolves around an orphan named Surya who works as a mechanic in Autonagar. In an unfortunate situation, Surya kills a goon, goes to jail for five years, and earns an engineering degree there to start his dream project, which is to build a vehicle that runs only on batteries. He wishes to complete the project once he is out of the jail. After finishing his sentence, However, he faces hurdles while working on his project in the form of the city mayor and his henchmen who control the Autonagar area. The rest of the story is about how Surya deals with them. 