Siva (Nitin) is a thief who steals black money from rich people and spends for the education of orphans. He comes to know about Cricket betting which is worth Rs. 500 crores. He robs and in order to escape from the police he seeks the help of an oldie (Rama Prabha) and goes to a wedding. That is where he meets Krishnaveni (Ileana) and falls in love. But Siva hides the fact that he is a thief and one fine day he decides to tell Krishnaveni about the truth. By then Krishnaveni comes to know about Siva. The rest of the story is how Siva wins back the heart of his love lady and how a mafia gets connected to Siva.
Trade
Though the film was released with high expectations, the movie failed to impress the audience and fared poorly at box office.
Highlights
This is first combination of Nitin and Ileana.
Nitin developed eight packs for this film.
'Local’ title was first under consideration first but later the makers changed it to ‘Rechipo’.
90% of the second half of the film was shot in gulf countries. So the makers of the film have roped in technicians from Sudan, Pakistan and Armenia.
Baby Latha (daughter of producer GV Ramana) unveiled the logo of the film at the Film Chamber.
The film was dubbed into Tamil as Dhana and Hindi as Aaj ka Naya Khiladi.
Sidelights
Director Paruchuri Murali missed a hattrick with this film. His earlier films ‘Nee Ishtam’ and ‘Pedababu’ were decent hits.