Gangaram (Gopichand), an orphan raised by M.S. Narayana always craves to be a Police Officer and finally becomes a cop. His intensity and dedication earns respect in the department. Later he will be appointed to trace the international criminal Khalid (Kelly Dorge). In this process, unexpectedly he will be filmed as a criminal and will be banned from the department. The rest of the story is how Gangaram proves his innocence.
Trade
The movie got mixed reviews and mixed response from audience. Overall the movie ended as an average flick at box office. The film completed 50 days in 79 centres.
Highlights
This is first combination of Gopichand and Puri Jagannadh.
Priyamani paired with Gopichand for the first time.
Roja played the role of mother to Priyamani in this film.
Hansika was the initial choice for the heroine of the film but later Priyamani was finalized.
The story of the film is inspired by an encounter specialist Daya Nayak.
Raghu Kunche was initially roped to provide music but Puri replaced him with Chakri.
Geetha Madhuri received Filmfare Award for ‘Magallu’ song in this film.
Sidelights
During the shooting of the film Priyamani had issues with the producer of the film Bellamkonda Suresh regarding remuneration but she managed to complete the film.
The film was dubbed in Hindi with same name and in Tamil as "Vettai Nayagan".
As Roja was extending support to United AP, the Telangana activist disrupted the shooting of the film in Hyderabad.